Work and residency permits for Canadians

I'm looking for advice regarding Visas/residence + work permits for Canadians. She wants to come here and stay for ideally over one year (that would allow me to get permanent residency in Canada).

What is the situation with regard to residency/work permits for Canadians ?
I spoke to the Auslander office in my town and suggest she should simply turn up and apply for a work permit (that would be in the remit of the normal 90 days), we'd like something more certain than that though. There is a scheme where she can get in via the youth mobility program - though that is for up to 12 months.

I'm English and would be able to support her financially if that makes any difference to the process.

Any ideas or experiences would be appreciated.
thanks

Do you mean the holiday work visa? Someone correct me if I am mistaken, but that would only allow her to work for 90 days during the one year validity of the visa.

What skills/education/work experience does she have?

Why would her residency here get you future residence in Canada?

there is a youth mobility program visa which states that you can work to 'fund your travels'

She is currently studying and would continue doing a university course on a distance learning program. Additionally she will more than likely get a TEFL (or some other similar qualification) before she comes or whilst here.

wrt her residency here allowing future residency in Canada, Canada's immigration law allows you permanent residence if you and your partner have lived together for a year or more.

That's the holiday work visa. Sounds like it would work to get her here, and yes, she can teach English, even without TEFL certification (rather costly to get if she is only going to teach English for one year).

If you basically just want a one year visa, go for the Youth Mobility Program, its easy to get and has provisions for working, so her teaching english should work well.

Hello,

I am Canadian and this is what I did to be able to stay in Germany.
First I arrived on a Foreign language visa. I was registered at the Volkshochschule as a student in their German language course. You should confirm but I believe that you can be on this visa for 18 months while learning German. The criteria is to be registered at a recognized language school and have at least 20 hours of learning.
While having this visa, I applied and found a job and because I am Canadian they were able to switch the visa type to Arbeitserlaubnis without me having to return to Canada and apply from there. I arrived in 2000 and the rules were somewhat different then in that I needed both Arbeitserlaubnis and Aufenthaltserlaubnis. I believe it is only one document today.

After 5 years of working I now have the Niederlassung ie Permanent residence.

You can also check with your local Auslanderamt as to the new requirements as I believe it has become easier to apply for work as a non-EU national.