URGENT CANADA IMMIG. INFO req'd - precipitous action propose

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Hullo all,

My whole family is concerned about my sister taking possibly overly- precipitous action, giving up far too much (career, investment flat, parents, children, grandchild) to marry far too soon and move to Canada for at least 3 years, for a fellow she hardly knows.

I'd be most grateful if anyone could advise whether:

(1) an Australian primary-school teacher with good references would have a good chance of finding work in a small town in south-west Canada

(2) whether marrying, in December, a guy she has only spent 2 WEEEKS with (in July - after communicating by phone and email during this year), would guarantee an automatic entitlement to a work permit allowing her to work on arrival in Canada in January, or whether such a marriage would not confer any advantage.

Any official website/document references would be appreciated, if avail.

The info I've seen, seems to indicate that one may be allowed to work in Canada simply after finding a job (e.g. she could go there as a vistor to try it out for 12 mths while she takes leave form her job, without having to get married so quickly) , and that in any case there's no automatic assumption that such a precipitous marriage will be accepted as "bona fide" and give an automatic entitlement to a work permit - certainly not in January, as it appears to take around 6 mths to get a spousal sponsorship visa.

This is all the more worrying because it seems she would be potentially giving up a lot (e.g. if it all falls apart, it would be very difficult for her to find such a good job again at her age, we don;t know if he even owns any property, and if she had sold her house & flat, he could end up with a good chunk of the money) and him nothing, and it is primarily HE who is pushing for the quick wedding, based on info. that seems wrong/incomplete:

(1) the immigration & work visa issues
(2) she has to be married to avoid paying $10/day for travel insurance - but Aust. long-term travel ins'ce is avail. for <$1,000 for 12 mths!
(3) he would lose *** $10,000 / MONTH *** in super if he leaves work before age 55, so he can't come back to Aust. to live with her before then.

Furthermore, when she spent a year working elsewhere in Aust. (not far away like Canada!) she missed her family very much and made many (expensive) trips back - it also seems an easy way for him to migrate to Aust. himself, as his sister and parents already live there.