How much does knowing French help with getting a Canadian visa?

[mmonk]

[cali]

1. I don't know, but only Quebec is a french speaking province

I imagine it would help there.

[lamp_shade]

2. Nope. I've been to Montreal many many times

I'd say 99% of the locals speak fluent english.

[cali]

3. huh? what does that have to do with what I wrote? I know that

most Montrealers- indeed most Quebecquois- speak fluent English. I live less than 30 miles from the Quebec border, I go there at least half a dozen times a year, and my brother's business is in Montreal and he has a home there. I was simply pointing out that speaking fluent french might help in getting a visa if you wish to dwell in Quebec. Don't know if that's true, but it has nothing to do with whether most Quebecquois speak English.

[hobbit709]

4. That depends on whether you know French French or Canadian French

It's like Castilian Spanish or Mexican Spanish.

[cali]

5. I dunno. My mom used to give reports on

a Montreal radio station about American politics in French, and she grew up in France. No one had any trouble in understanding her.

[hermetic]

6. Here

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.asp

Citizenship and Immigration Canada

[kedrys]

7. If you're thinking about moving here, it helps

If you have someone here who can sponsor you (like I'm doing for my s.o.), so much the better.

Start here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.asp

Hope to see you in Montreal! :hi: