# How does one obtain a sponsor in Canada?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 13, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-obtain-a-sponsor-in-canada/655634 "2013-04-13T21:30:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-obtain-a-sponsor-in-canada/655634/1 "2013-04-13T21:30:59Z")

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[This thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=687514) says that in 2014 Canada will require that nurses have a Bachelors Degree, which will aggravate the nursing shortage in that country. My SO happens to be an RN with a BSN. If she wanted to work in Vancouver, how would she go about finding a sponsor?

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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-obtain-a-sponsor-in-canada/655634/2 "2013-04-13T21:52:02Z")

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If the goal is permanent resident status leading to citizenship, which is what “sponsor” implies, I don’t know.

If the goal is simply getting a job in Canada without full-on immigration status, then RNs are covered under [NAFTA](http://www.canadavisa.com/nafta-temporary-work-permit-canada.html) and it would be incredibly easy for her to do so. Going the other way (CDA to USA), my wife just had to have a job offer, prove her credentials at the border, and had her permit within minutes. I would assume (dangerous, I know) that it would be similar going the other way.

IANAL, so I won’t advise any further, other than to say she could consider that route.

PS: Tell her to avoid a job at the ER department of St. Paul’s in Vancouver. It is the ER department for one of the most drug-invested, MRSA-ridden areas in North America. Unless she likes the excitement of that sort of thing, of course.