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My Fiance and I currently live in the UK. I am here on a Working Holiday Maker Visa and we are getting married in September 2011 in Canada. I am a bit confused on how to get my Fiance a visa for Canada. I would like to apply for a Spousal visa, am I able to do that before we get married? Also, can I do that if I dont earn enough money? I seen that if you are sponsering your spouse then I am not eligble for a co-signer. Would there be exceptions because I am living abroad? We really want to settle in Canada and start our lives there but we are so confused as to which direction we should go in. We have been trying for over a year but with no luck. ANY information on this subject would be most beneficial. :)

If you have been living together for a period of at least one year, and you can provide evidence to prove it, you can sponsor your fiance to Canada as your common-law partner. Otherwise you have to wait until you're married to apply to sponsor as a spouse. There are no fiance visas in Canada anymore. If you are a Canadian citizen you're eligible to start the sponsorship process while you're still living abroad - but you do have to include evidence with the application of your intent to re-settle in Canada.

As far as income - spousal/common-law sponsorships are minimum income exempt, so it doesn't matter how much money you do (or don't) make.