So you separated 3 months after she landed? As you have to be legally separated for 1 year before a divorce can be issued in Canada. I think IRCC will have concerns. But I am not an expert.
Canadian PR Sponsoring Second Wife
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Bluntly, they are always concerned when one sponsor wants to proceed with a second spouse, possibly excepting cases where there are many years in between the cases.
I'm not saying the amount of time after landing is irrelevant - it is relevant - but it's likely to get extra scrutiny as it is.
To the extent the OP can do anything at this point - it's strengthening the relationship bona fides.
When did you separate from your first wife? November 2021? December 2021?
Did you get engaged and married on the same trip home or did you meet your spouse on at least one separate visit and start dating her and then get married on a separate trip?
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We started living separately from around September 2021 and I got the divorce in Dec 2022. I did get engaged on a separate trip but that was during the time we were separated and weren't divorced yet. Once I got the divorce paperwork in Dec 2022, I went back and got married a month after.
Can I ask how you decided to go from divorce to remarriage so quickly? How does that even happen?
Because I had already started talking to my new wife after I was separated(parents introduced). Apparently we couldn't just file for divorce right away and had to wait at least a year as per our lawyer who was helping us in the divorce process. I even thought about cancelling the sponsorship for my old wife as she wasn't a PR yet but mutual friends got in between and I let the whole process go through, which now I come to think of it, was a dumb move on my end.
Just wondering why you couldn't find a girl in Canada? You want to go through this whole sponsorship ordeal again? Yeah mutual friends whose best interest was in making sure she got PR and money from you. I been there before, it sucks.
But tou want to go through all of this all over again? You understand you have the power you have at your fingertips with PR and just living here right? You can easily do your shaadi and matrimonial stuff here without bothering to import and gift PR to another girl, with all the uncertainty associated.
Yup, totally understand but our divorce lawyer's friend (who wanted to take care of my sponsorship to 2nd wife) didn't even bring up 3 years gap once. The guy kept telling me that I should be getting married soon and just bring them the proofs and he will take care of the rest but now when I talked to him, he's like, "Oh yeah man, not sure how I missed that, you will have to wait 3 years after the first wife became PR." Which sucks big time for me.
Anyways, I am trying to think of ways to utilize this time for better. Probably look around for options of getting her to States, Mexico etc to meet in the meantime.
Lawyer friend sound like they know nothing about the immigration process. I wouldn't want them touching my application when they don't even know the basic requirements. Do the paperwork yourself. It's actually very simple. But I think your challenge will be convincing IRCC that this time around is genuine.
Here's a link to a forum. FYI - Interview wait times are extremely long right now for US visas. Also, she will need to make sure she declares all of her Canadian visa refusals in the US application.
https://forums.immigration.com/
Stay away from this person. The fact he didn't immediately figure out that the 3 year rule applied to you means he's incompetent. You do not want a person like this handling your application.
What I'm trying to say is you could have just taken a moment to breathe and then married a Canadian instead of rushing into marriage #2 - no sponsorship, no moving from overseas, no culture shock headache. You didn't even know about the 3-year rule - you should have known about it yourself. You don't even know about your own obligations. I wish you the best but I'm a little concerned about these choices you're making, feels way too fast. The only people who seem to benefit are girls who are getting PR as a gift from you, and lawyers who seem to have no clue but just want your money.
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The fact that you separated a month after your first spouse landed raises concerns that the relationship was likely in a very bad place or even over before she landed as a PR which is actually the truth. You were supposed to withdraw the sponsorship if there is a relationship breakdown or even if you are unsure about the relationship. The timing will likely lead to a lot more scrutiny or both your first and 2nd relationship. This is especially the case because your first wife didn’t have status in Canada so there will be concerns that this was a marriage or convenience or that there was pressure put on your to continue the sponsorship so that your ex-wife could still get status.
In terms of your 2nd wife it is good that you didn’t get married on your first trip to see her. Had you known this person well growing up? Are marriages without having no spent much time spent together in person common in your home country? I would encourage you to try to visit her as much as possible (within reason IRRC is aware that people have a certain amount of vacation time and a limited amount of funds) until you can sponsor her and until she can get PR. If she can get a TRV disregard the advice about needed to visit her.
@BilalSaee
The lawyer also seem to be aware that you were no longer in a relationship with your first wife but encouraged you to complete the sponsorship process. The lawyer has a lack of knowledge and is encouraging people to commit immigration fraud