very important questions guys please help me out

[julia.sydney2011]

I am Julia how you doing guys? My question is simple but complicated.

I am going to marry my first cousin (MY FATHERS'S REAL BROTHER'S SON) NEXT MONTH ON 12 TH OF AUGUST 2011. I would like to apply for Federal Skilled Visa i mean PR visa for canada. my immigration lawyer said that our relationship is like brother and sister hence on the basis of this relationship i will not get visa. IS IT TRUE?  PLEASE HELP ME OUT.dear


just tell me i will get visa or not? I could not get answer.....

[Kedeisha]

It looks like it is allowed

http://www.cousincouples.com/?page=facts

[Leon]

Also see here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2008/12/22/cousins-marry.html

Cousin marriage — and marriage between a niece or nephew and their uncle or aunt — is legal in Canada, according to the federal Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act of 1990.