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You come to Canada on a Student Visa as an international student for a one-year program. You meet a man from your college who is also an international student. You start to talk to him and begin to like him. You notice some red flags from the comments he makes sometimes but you look past it, hoping it will change after marriage.

He gets a job offer in a different province with the possibility of applying for permanent residency through one of their Provincial Nominee programs. The two of you decide to get married before his move, in hopes that you would join him after you have completed your certificate program. After he moves, he informs you that as his spouse you can be included in his application for permanent residency.

He convinces you that for this purpose, you would need to share all your accounts and passwords with him. You find that a bit strange, but you still go ahead and share this information. A few days later, he makes threatening phone calls that he will break off your marriage if you continue to exchange emails with your male colleagues at college. You are concerned with this aggression, but you look past it, thinking this will change after you move in with him.

After finishing the program in June, you move provinces to live with him. The move is going great so far, and you feel like you could make this marriage work despite his anger outbursts occasionally. You have a few more months left on your student visa, so you decide to look for a job. However, when you have a discussion with him, it turns into an argument and he insists that you stop going ahead with your plans.

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You decide against his wishes to contact a settlement agency to help with your resume and to look for a job. When he finds out, he became extremely angry that you went behind his back. He struck you many times and broke your arm. Local Hospital has referred you to Nisa Homes, can Nisa Homes help you?

Nisa Homes caseworkers will complete an initial assessment to determine whether we are able to provide you with the support you need. If there is a bed available, we will work together to make a safe plan for you to enter the Home.

Your husband has come home from work and is again screaming. You realise that you need to wait another day to have this discussion again with him - on a day when he is in a better mood. You feel afraid because he is becoming more unpredictable with his outbursts. You need to call Nisa Homes and ask for help.

You speak with a caseworker and after answering some questions, you begin to panic and realise that your anxiety is overwhelming, and you need more time before you can decide to leave – even if your husband is becoming more unpredictable and violent. You plan to speak with the caseworker again the following day. After a few days, you are ready to come to Nisa Homes.

You don’t want to find a job and risk going back to your country when your Student Visa expires as the Provincial Nominee Program would take a while to process. Can Nisa Homes continue to provide support, even if you are not in the Home?

You can choose to receive remote casework support if that is what is going to be best for you. The support we offer is very similar and depends very much on the goals that you make and what you need our support in order to achieve them.

Nisa Homes can provide you with a safe, warm home and help you to make your own goals and find a solution so that you can have a place to call home.

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