Red Tape Keeps Couple Apart - Article

[rjessome]

Thanks, rjessome.
So all I have to worry about is "if" his new app will be approved!

Fingers crossed.  You know I will help you when you are ready to file again.

[CharlieD10]

No, that's not entirely correct.  CIC defines the relationship for these purposes as either married or common-law.  If the date of marriage is less than 2 years or the length of co-habitation is less than 2 years at the time of application, conditions WILL be placed on any PR visa issued in this category.

Marvelous, so they are counting from the date of marriage or establishment of the common-law relationship??  Well, then I can see the big red flags all over our file already, as we were married about 7 months when our application was filed. 

Isn't this a case of damned if you do and damned if you don't, though?  I mean, I have seen where couples have been held suspicious because they didn't file a sponsorship application until years after they were married, now they are basically saying you shouldn't file until you have been married or together common-law for at least 2 years!  Does that mean it's no longer a bad thing if you take years to file, and filing too soon is now suspicious?

[canadianwoman]

Thanks, rjessome - we won't be ready until at least next year.

CharlieD10: I think it is still best to file soon after marriage if that is when the applicant wants to immigrate. If the couple is staying together somewhere outside of Canada for 2 years or more, then the new regulations will mean they get a non-conditional visa, which is reasonable I think, since they have shown the marriage must be working on some level.
But if a couple are separated - one in Canada and one abroad - and they don't file soon after marriage, it will still look suspicious. If the VO asks why, and they say, oh, we wanted to be married for two years before applying so we wouldn't get a conditional visa, I'm pretty sure the VO will take it as evidence of a MOC.

[Danny4450]

The application processing time for spousal sponsorship from CHC Islamabad was increased from 6 months to 21 months after Jason Kenney took over. Its not a concidence that their efficiency went down after 2006, the quota has been reduced to minimum on purpose. I feel that I am being discriminated against by Mr. Harper & Jason Kenney and I discourage everyone who feels like they have been discriminated against to vote for ABC (Anyone But Conservatives). 

[CharlieD10]

Thanks, canadianwoman, I agree with you as well.  Hopefully, the IOs looking at the individual applications realise that as well, seeing as not every couple is from a second country where conditions are similar to those in Canada, or is able to move to a third country with such conditions.