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Buan v Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness), 2015 CanLII 91132 (CA IRB), <http://canlii.ca/t/gn2m6> Look at this case. A woman was sponsored by her father to come to Canada. She had a child, who was not declared. At the border, she confessed to having a child to the border guard...

My husband (a Nigerian citizen) and I (a Canadian citizen) want to adopt a child from Nigeria. We have contacted the Nigerian authorities, and have started the paperwork. To bring the child into Canada after adopting her, I do not sponsor her - she will be my child, so I can just apply for...

I'd like your opinions on the following: I'm a Canadian and my husband is Nigerian. We applied for his PR visa once, but he was rejected and we lost the appeal. We are planning to send in a new application soon. The thing is, in the first application we stated we met in 2001, but were not sure...

Would it be better for a Pakistani widow to apply for a TRV or a Super Visa to visit her four children in Canada? She only wants to stay for a month, and is currently in the USA. In addition, she has a 5-year-visa for the USA. As well, can we send her TRV application to a visa office in the USA...

Does anyone have any advice about what should be put in an invitation letter? A friend of mine wants to invite his Pakistani mother-in-law to come visit them in Canada. She has travelled before to the USA and did not overstay. Still, I know getting a TRV for a Pakistani person is going to be...

The recent thread about signs that might show you your partner is a fraudster got me thinking. Suppose someone sponsors his or her spouse, but then as soon as the applicant gets here, he or she runs off. Could the sponsor sue the applicant for the cost of the application and other expenses? Has...

This is all second-hand, so maybe the person talking to me misunderstood what the lawyer said, or maybe the lawyer is wrong. But I'd like your opinions. A friend applied to sponsor her husband. His application was rejected. She appealed. She had an ADR hearing, and lost, which means she can...

What do you do if you are denied at an appeal hearing, but feel your rights were not respected? This is a friend's situation (really): she just had her appeal hearing, and was denied. Problem 1: She is a native speaker of English, and her husband is Nigerian. He speaks English well enough to...

Could someone explain this? I thought that when someone appeals a refused spousal application, the appeal could be allowed on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. But that first the appeal judge would have to find that the marriage is genuine. But once they decide the marriage is genuine...

I'm asking this for a friend of mine. She is a Canadian citizen, and her husband is Nigerian. They have been trying to get him into Canada for years now, but he has a criminal conviction for drug possession, and he was using a fake passport to travel previously, so his case has been seriously...

My husband is planning to reapply for a PR visa in December, so I am starting to get the application documents organizzed. He applied the first time in January 2007, was refused, appealed, and lost the appeal. So we have three documents - the CAIPS notes from the interview at the embassy, the...

Hi. I have a big favour to ask of my fellow forum members. It has nothing to do with immigration, so I apologize in advance. There is a band from my hometown (Saskatoon) named Violent Kin that is starting to have some success. They are having a video contest for people under the age of 18...

The sponsor and applicant can use evidence that they travelled together, or that one has travelled to visit the other, as proof that the relationship is genuine. One part of this proof is the visas and entry and exit stamps in our passports. I have gone to visit my husband 6 times, so I have...

I am asking this for a friend of my husband. This friend has been in an internet relationship with a Canadian woman for a couple of years. She went to visit him, and they got married. However, they have spent only two weeks together their entire relationship. His PR application was denied, and...

I'd like to hear forum members' opinions about this. My husband's PR application was rejected, and we lost the appeal. I'm going to go live with him, starting next week. After some time, we will apply again. So how long do you think we would have to live together to make our relationship look...

I sponsored my husband, a Nigerian citizen. His PR application was rejected. We then appealed, but the appeal was not allowed. So now what do we do? The decision of the visa officer and of the appeal court judge was that our marriage is not genuine, by the way. I've read lots of appeal cases...

Hi egelorie - you're welcome, and feel free to send me any questions you have. I'm glad to help.

Hi jaweda: Phone cards are not considered very good proof, it's just that if you don't have other phone records it is worth it to try sending the cards. You don't need to send other evidence now that your application is at the visa office. Keep any more evidence you have or get, and have your...

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My husband had his appeal today, and it was a disaster. Look at the ridiculous questions they asked us: 1. My husband's first language is not English, but he can speak it. But not well enough, I guess. They talked to him over the phone and they had a hard time understanding him. The judge chewed...