Kingston,Jamaica

[jamwifey26]

welcome officially to the waiting game reema.

[kmc]

good morning room

god is good

ok i am getting ready to e mail or call my mp. my 6 month mark is up early october. who do i contact ? the mayor,regional or city councillor? any info on how to word my letter?

thanks in advance any helpis usefull


my bad... .welcome to all the new people on board.

[canuck0469]

Good morning family. This was posted by a very knowledgable and respected senior member on a different forum and I thought I would pass this on to our new members that have yet to apply. New applications may require more precise information to meet the criteria. As they mentioned this has NOT gone through legislation yet but may come into effect late this fall. This will NOT apply to anyone with an application in process.

The chatter in the legal community is that this is going to happen sometime this fall however this is NOT confirmed.  The government posted the proposed changes in the Canadian Gazette in April of this year (a requirement before an Act of Parliament can be amended).

Here is the Gazette posting:

http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2010/2010-04-03/html/reg1-eng.html

The Canadian Immigrant magazine does a good job of explaining in basic terms what this means:

http://www.canadianimmigrant.ca/newsandviews/news/article/6878

IMHO, this is going to mean more refusals which in turn will result in an even larger backlog at the IAD.  Oy vay! 

To anyone who is planning to apply under this class in the future, PREPARE WELL!  Marriage has long been viewed as the "easiest" way to get into Canada and with all the press regarding fraudulent marriages in the last couple of years, this government is reacting by making the rules even more strict.

On the bright side, hopefully this means there will be fewer victims of fraud.  On the dark side, applicants and sponsors need to get VERY SERIOUS about their applications (as if they weren't already!) and never assume anything when it comes to immigration.  Refusals will be common and will have nothing to do with genuiness but rather, because the VO feels the marriage was entered into for the primary purpose of immigrating to Canada.  In other words, a VO could believe your marriage is real but that the only reason your spouse met and married you in the first place was because they wanted to immigrate to Canada.

I'm not posting this to scare anyone.  Those who are already in process need not worry about these changes (which have NOT been proclaimed yet) as applicants in process would be assessed under the former Regs.  But I've been around here long enough to know there are many readers who are thinking about getting married and/or sponsoring their partner at a later date and want them to be aware that it's going to get tougher and they need to be very thoroughly prepared.

In all honesty, my greatest fear is for those sponsoring partners from 3rd world countries where the socio-econmic status differs greatly as well as those entering arranged marriages.  This is where the greatest impact will be felt in my view.
 
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[sheraig]

Hi guys....

A prayer for us all!!

Heavenly Father, in my present need, help me to believe that you are aware of my anxiety and will do what is best for me. Give me the strength to trust You and put the present and future in Your Hands. Grant this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

[CharlieD10]

Amen.

[jamwifey26]

Morning Everybody!

Canuck I saw that. I think that would just cause more complications for people applying. I think one way for them to prevent fraud marriages is to make it mandatory for people to live with their spouses for a set period of time before they are granted PR status. Have people check in once in a while to make sure everything is above board.

Hope you all have a great day!

[soanxiouswifey]

Canuck i saw that one already, i also re-posted. I was expecting them to do something like that though because of many complaints of people just marrying to get into canada.

Bless up forum

[CharlieD10]

Yeah, I saw that article, and every time I read it, I want to tell my husband let's forget this whole thing.  I mean, it's not like I married him to migrate, I don't need to marry a Canadian to migrate, thanks anyways.  If I wanted to marry someone just for status, I would have done it years ago when I was in the US and instead of helping me pay my school fees like they told my mother they would, her relatives tried to pressure me into a "business marriage" so that I could stay over there and work.  I told them off, got on a plane and came home to Jamaica. 

Now here comes Canadian gov, making it harder for me to be with my husband in his home country, because as we all know, a few rotten apples who use and abuse others are now spoiling the whole immigration barrel!  So...what will be, will be.  We will make the best case we can for our marriage, and let God watch over the rest.  Neither of us was looking for this when we met, and decided to get married, but we just have to deal with it.

On the bright side, I found a new apartment for us, finally.  He's only going to be there with me for 5 days, but I intend to make them good days, when he's away the memories will be there with me.  Time to dust off my webcam, it's going to be our connection again! 

[jamwifey26]

CharlieD...I dont think you have much to worry about. You and hubby have a lot of history and all you have to do is stockpile the proof. Good to see that you found that new place. Gitl the webcam is a life saver I tell ya.. gotta love it

What a gwaan sheraig, you gud?

[sheraig]

Good news CharlieD!!

Mi want a webcam to ..mi tell mi hubby ima evict his butt!! 

It seems like soo much fun!!

Unu soon haffi park the cameras...it will work out in time!!!

'A nuh one prayer wi pray!!"

[CharlieD10]

LOL sheraig...don't know what we would do without it!  Nuff night we fall asleep with them still on!  I can't forget the first time he said "I love you", he stayed up all night watching me sleep.  Silly man thought he couldn't wake me to tell me something that important 

Just have to watch and pray, that's all we can do.  Things will happen when they should!

[jamwifey26]

Sheraig: You nah evict a soul...especially now with them heap a rain yah. No sah my poor pillow out a shape the way me squeeze it tight.....DWL

****I cant stand the rain gainst my window***

[CharlieD10]

Hahaha! I need new pillows, and hubby said he was going to throw out the ones we have now.  I said "Yuh mad, so what mi going to hug up when you gone?!" 

[Glogirl68]

Update UpdateHubby got called fo his passport. He is on his way to KG as I type to drop it off.  
I am so excited, made all the calls regarding vacation time at work so I get 2 weeks off yahooo. Been saving all my time for this.

Missing and Soanxiouswifey get on them and see what is going on. 

[CharlieD10]

YAYYYYYY GLO!!!!! How exciting for you!!!  Congrats, great to hear!!!