I am a US Citizen, seeking Canadian citizenship/Work Auth/Visa for family/brother.

[luckyjack]

Hi,
I am a United States Citizen and I acquired US citizenship in 2008 through Naturalization. Let me tell very clearly what my objective is,stepwise,

First thing I want to seek Canadian Citizenship. Is it possible to acquire Canadian citizenship by default(i.e being a US citizen) or are there any time-consuming steps required for that. Also do I need to really acquire Canadian citizenship to bring my brother there.
Once I get the Canadian citizenship, I would like to sponsor my brother Canadian Visa thru some kind of visa/GC/Sponsored Citizenship.I want to try for Canada, because I know it would take a lot of time to do the same thing to bring him to US. Or is there any other country where I can easily sponsor him visa. I thought Canada being so close, it would be better for me to try there. In fact honestly, I tried to bring him on H1 and it did not work out.

I feel so bad that even being a citizen of USA, I cant even bring him on any visa. There should be some way,I feel. I hope some really workable solutions will be presented/replied to this thread. I desperately would like to help him to US/Canada.
Really appreciate a quick response.
Thanks.

 

[HKAndy]

Check out http://www.cic.gc.ca/ That is the official website containing all the steps and lots of information you asked here.

However, Immigration to any country, US or Canada, is NOT a cake walk. Canada is a sovereign nation and has its own immigration regulation, so your US Citizenship doesn't mean much when it comes to sponsoring your brother's application. If you want to do that, you will have to immigrate to Canada yourself first. A rough estimate of Skilled Worker immigration is 2 years from the date you send the app to Nova Scotia to visa stamping.

A better way, in my opinion, is to see if your brother is eligible to immigrate to Canada on his own merits. That will cut out the time needed to process your application. If he does, apply. If not, considering going to an university in Canada and take advantage of the Canadian Experience class afterward. Time wise, this is likely the fastest. Cost wise, not so much, but immigration is always time consuming and expensive. Having immigrated to the USA, you already know that. Canada is no exception.