Government assisted refugee

[Victoria@dimple]

Hello! I need legal advise regarding marriage, I'm government assisted refugees for last 5 months, and just got permanent resident card. I'm engaged for more than 3 years, I know I can't go back home for wedding, but is that possible if my fiancee come to Canada and then can we get marry here? And what steps we need to take before and after marriage?
Will it effect my on P.R status?

 

[Rob_TO]

Due to your own status as a refugee, it's doubtful any of your family or fiancee would ever get a TRV approved to visit Canada, since IRCC would just assume they would also claim refugee status when they got here. However they can always try, and submit strong proofs of ties to their home country and reason to want to return.

You may need to plan to get married in a 3rd country, apart from your home country or Canada.

 

[AsylumSeekers]

Would you please share what happened to your family member? On what visa did they join you? What was your timeline during your journey as GAR

I was told by Canadian High Commission in Singapore, that if I invited my spouse and children within the one-year OYW program, I would not have to pay any fee for medical, biometrics, and application processing for them, and they would be able to join me and also get same benefits as I, and I wouldn't be asked to prove my financial strength...

 

[canuck78]

Would you please share what happened to your family member? On what visa did they join you? What was your timeline during your journey as GAR

I was told by Canadian High Commission in Singapore, that if I invited my spouse and children within the one-year OYW program, I would not have to pay any fee for medical, biometrics, and application processing for them, and they would be able to join me and also get same benefits as I, and I wouldn't be asked to prove my financial strength...

Was your family not included with you on your PR application?

 

[AsylumSeekers]

No. I was imprisoned (illegally) and managed to escape ... The military Intelligence searched for me inside county for nearly 8 months.. the country where I have been hiding now under UNHCR protection, my wife and sons secretly wanted to join me here in earlier 2022, but were not issued the passports ... I wasn't in touch with them for mine and most importantly for their own safety.... So my case was submitted as a single applicant to Canadian embassy..

 

[canuck78]

No. I was imprisoned (illegally) and managed to escape ... The military Intelligence searched for me inside county for nearly 8 months.. the country where I have been hiding now under UNHCR protection, my wife and sons secretly wanted to join me here in earlier 2022, but were not issued the passports ... I wasn't in touch with them for mine and most importantly for their own safety.... So my case was submitted as a single applicant to Canadian embassy..

Are your family listed as non-accompanying dependents? You can’t apply as single.

 

[AsylumSeekers]

I did not apply it myself.. it was applied by IOM on my behalf ..

if I can't apply, than I am not sure how the application is being processed.. in fact for a week or so, the status 'in processing" is changed to "decision made" and same day they sent me a letter for Pre Arrival Services...

However, they sent me one form under section 117(9)(d) to exclude my family from my application, which I refused to sign.

 

[canuck78]

I did not apply it myself.. it was applied by IOM on my behalf ..

if I can't apply, than I am not sure how the application is being processed.. in fact for a week or so, the status 'in processing" is changed to "decision made" and same day they sent me a letter for Pre Arrival Services...

However, they sent me one form under section 117(9)(d) to exclude my family from my application, which I refused to sign.

You can apply as a single person but you need to list your spouse and children on your application. If they are listed you can sponsor them. The amount given through welfare is very small so you will likely have to work in order for you to secure the basics like gliding and food for your family when they arrive in Canada. There is a huge shortage of affordable housing in Canada and wait periods to get a social housing spot is usually over a decade.

 

[AsylumSeekers]

So one can assume,

housing might be one the reasons for delay in application processing?

 

[AsylumSeekers]

You can apply as a single person but you need to list your spouse and children on your application. If they are listed you can sponsor them. The amount given through welfare is very small so you will likely have to work in order for you to secure the basics like gliding and food for your family when they arrive in Canada. There is a huge shortage of affordable housing in Canada and wait periods to get a social housing spot is usually over a decade.

I was confirmed on March 14 that Canadian government approved a loan for my flights to Canada. And today I received my air ticket

 

[canuck78]

So one can assume,

housing might be one the reasons for delay in application processing?

Not usually for single people but sponsoring family can be delayed if there is no available housing for government refugees and settlement agencies are currently dealing with too many government sponsored already. In general the agencies and temporary housing need people to move on to the next level so that staff can be ready to accept more people.

 

[AsylumSeekers]

Okay thanks. In my case from application submission, to IOM loan approval, and flight confirmation, it took 37 days.

However my preferred intended destination was Weyburn (Saskatchewan) but my flight is showing my final destination as Calgary. This would most probably due to the housing problem?

 

[canuck78]

Okay thanks. In my case from application submission, to IOM loan approval, and flight confirmation, it took 37 days.

However my preferred intended destination was Weyburn (Saskatchewan) but my flight is showing my final destination as Calgary. This would most probably due to the housing problem?

That processing time is incredibly unusual and fast. There will be no settlement services is Weyburn. No public transportation and difficulty getting around without your own vehicle, limited rental housing, not much experience dealing with asylum seekers, not very close to a large city where services you may need as a new protected person may be located, etc. Why is that your preferred destination? Unless you were sponsored by a group living there it is highly unusual to want to settle there.

 

[AsylumSeekers]

That processing time is incredibly unusual and fast. There will be no settlement services is Weyburn. No public transportation and difficulty getting around without your own vehicle, limited rental housing, not much experience dealing with asylum seekers, not very close to a large city where services you may need as a new protected person may be located, etc. Why is that your preferred destination? Unless you were sponsored by a group living there it is highly unusual to want to settle there.

Weyburn in an example, or let me say the reason for Weyburn, or any other village of such type/size, would be it's size and location, and zero population from one certain country. Very shortly the reason is "security". I am not sure if you are aware of the term called "enforced disappearance" ... This actually means the intelligence agents forcibly disappear you without any kind of arrest warrants etc, and don't keep you at normal prisons but at other so called safe houses. Anyway, I (by chance) managed to escape while one of the extremist organizations rescued 6 of it's members at one such safe houses after nearly 18 months of illegal detention, and immediately escaped that country also .. something like Weyburn for it's invisibility.

 

[canuck78]

Weyburn in an example, or let me say the reason for Weyburn, or any other village of such type/size, would be it's size and location, and zero population from one certain country. Very shortly the reason is "security". I am not sure if you are aware of the term called "enforced disappearance" ... This actually means the intelligence agents forcibly disappear you without any kind of arrest warrants etc, and don't keep you at normal prisons but at other so called safe houses. Anyway, I (by chance) managed to escape while one of the extremist organizations rescued 6 of it's members at one such safe houses after nearly 18 months of illegal detention, and immediately escaped that country also .. something like Weyburn for it's invisibility.

You won’t be invisible in Weyburn. Newcomers with no ties to the city will be quite rare so you will stick out and be talked about. You would blend in a larger city. Diesn’t have to be the biggest city in Canada like Toronto but probably not very small cities if you aren’t trying to stock out. Job opportunities may also be tough in such a small community,