LGBT partner sponsoring

[Don Nguyen]

I'm a Canadian permanent resident and my girlfriend is now in my home country (has no Canadian status). My home country doesn't legalize same-sex marriage. I'm thinking about 2 options to sponsor her so she can get her Canadian PR.
1. She'll come to Canada under student visa -> we stay together to become common-law partner -> I apply for sponsorship
2. She'll come to Canada under visitor visa -> sign marriage certificate -> stay with me until the visa expires -> I apply for sponsorship -> she extend her visitor visa for waiting for the application process and continue to stay in canada with me

Problems I see so far with each option:
1. She's a mature student, may be difficult to get admission offer from colleges, and international tuition fee is very expensive.
2. I don't know how difficult to apply for a visitor visa as we're not relatives.

If anyone has any ideas of any kind, please help! Thanks in advance!

 

[armoured]

I'm a Canadian permanent resident and my girlfriend is now in my home country (has no Canadian status). My home country doesn't legalize same-sex marriage. I'm thinking about 2 options to sponsor her so she can get her Canadian PR.
1. She'll come to Canada under student visa -> we stay together to become common-law partner -> I apply for sponsorship
2. She'll come to Canada under visitor visa -> sign marriage certificate -> stay with me until the visa expires -> I apply for sponsorship -> she extend her visitor visa for waiting for the application process and continue to stay in canada with me

Problems I see so far with each option:
1. She's a mature student, may be difficult to get admission offer from colleges, and international tuition fee is very expensive.
2. I don't know how difficult to apply for a visitor visa as we're not relatives.

If anyone has any ideas of any kind, please help! Thanks in advance!

Your two options are the main ones. She has to apply for a visitor or student visa on her own merits, although you can invite, I think.

Getting married will be far quicker, for obvious reasons (not waiting 12 months to become common law).

Two more options:
3. Get married somewhere, anywhere, and then apply outland (where she is abroad). This can work if she cannot get a visa to Canada.
4. If you really truly cannot get married anywhere, there is 'conjugal sponsorship.' It is intended for those who face insurmountable legal barriers to marriage and immigration barriers (i.e. the foreign partner gets refused entry to Canada so they cannot establish common law). Brief answer, it should likely be last resort, as it is intended as a last resort.

 

[Don Nguyen]

Your two options are the main ones. She has to apply for a visitor or student visa on her own merits, although you can invite, I think.

Getting married will be far quicker, for obvious reasons (not waiting 12 months to become common law).

Two more options:
3. Get married somewhere, anywhere, and then apply outland (where she is abroad). This can work if she cannot get a visa to Canada.
4. If you really truly cannot get married anywhere, there is 'conjugal sponsorship.' It is intended for those who face insurmountable legal barriers to marriage and immigration barriers (i.e. the foreign partner gets refused entry to Canada so they cannot establish common law). Brief answer, it should likely be last resort, as it is intended as a last resort.

Thank you for your info. Getting a marriage certificate is not a big issue. I'm only worried about the chance of passing the sponsorship application so she can get her PR. We don't have a long history of dating yet...

 

[armoured]

Thank you for your info. Getting a marriage certificate is not a big issue. I'm only worried about the chance of passing the sponsorship application so she can get her PR. We don't have a long history of dating yet...

If you do not have an issue getting married (somewhere), then ultimately your case is not that different from other spousal sponsorship cases, as your same-sex relationship will be treated like any other spousal one. You can read through threads here to make sure you can show evidence of a genuine relationship (time together and evidence of such will be an improtant factor).