Foreign documentation and health

[CuriousInToronto]

Thank you for this forum. I’ve already found it to very helpful in that I found that I can sponsor my fiancé on ODSP. She’s in Columbia, 32 years of age in an abusive situation living with her parents and I want to get her here soon.

I’m thinking of just a tourist visa for now. I know now, thanks to your website, she can stay here for up to six months on that type of visa, and that we could apply for an extension so she could remain here for up to a year. I’m thinking of taking this route because we only met last September. She wouldn’t need to work. I can cover her expenses.

We would get to know each other better in that time, but I’d like her to get any documentation she needs before she leaves. If she did need any unforeseen documentation, could she get it from Toronto, or would she have to return to Columbia?

She has two children, but the father has full custody of her first and will be staying in Columbia. Her second child will be staying with her parents in Columbia as the father will not give consent for his daughter to leave the country. I assume the first daughter doesn’t require a medical due to full custody by the father, but do we need proof of this? And the youngest daughter would require a medical, even though she won’t be leaving Columbia?

Also, I read elsewhere that she would need some sort of “certificate of health and behavior” and a “prison record”? How would she get these in Columbia? Does anyone know what I should tell her to get?

Sorry for all the questions, but if I may ask one more, I also read that it’s more difficult to get Permanent Resident status even after marriage if the relationship is less than a year old. It was suggested that we would need proof of the relationship’s beginnings, photographs and witnesses to prove our relationship is valid. Is there an article anywhere about this issue?

Thanks in advance for any assistance. To give something back, the links in the sticky post on this forum are returning 404 page not found. I think it’s because of /english/ in the links has been changed to /en/ The CIC homepage is now:

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship.html

 

[canuck78]

Thank you for this forum. I’ve already found it to very helpful in that I found that I can sponsor my fiancé on ODSP. She’s in Columbia, 32 years of age in an abusive situation living with her parents and I want to get her here soon.

I’m thinking of just a tourist visa for now. I know now, thanks to your website, she can stay here for up to six months on that type of visa, and that we could apply for an extension so she could remain here for up to a year. I’m thinking of taking this route because we only met last September. She wouldn’t need to work. I can cover her expenses.

We would get to know each other better in that time, but I’d like her to get any documentation she needs before she leaves. If she did need any unforeseen documentation, could she get it from Toronto, or would she have to return to Columbia?

She has two children, but the father has full custody of her first and will be staying in Columbia. Her second child will be staying with her parents in Columbia as the father will not give consent for his daughter to leave the country. I assume the first daughter doesn’t require a medical due to full custody by the father, but do we need proof of this? And the youngest daughter would require a medical, even though she won’t be leaving Columbia?

Also, I read elsewhere that she would need some sort of “certificate of health and behavior” and a “prison record”? How would she get these in Columbia? Does anyone know what I should tell her to get?

Sorry for all the questions, but if I may ask one more, I also read that it’s more difficult to get Permanent Resident status even after marriage if the relationship is less than a year old. It was suggested that we would need proof of the relationship’s beginnings, photographs and witnesses to prove our relationship is valid. Is there an article anywhere about this issue?

Thanks in advance for any assistance. To give something back, the links in the sticky post on this forum are returning 404 page not found. I think it’s because of /english/ in the links has been changed to /en/ The CIC homepage is now:

https://www.canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship.html

Have you spent time together in person? Getting a TRV is going to be challenging. What kind of ties does she have to Colombia? Job with a good income? Property in her name? Significant savings? Previous international travel to places like the US or Europe?

Although it is possible to sponsor on ODSP it can be difficult. Do you own a property? Have significant savings (which I thought wasn’t possible on ODSP)? does she have skills that will lead to easy employment?

 

[CuriousInToronto]

Have you spent time together in person? Getting a TRV is going to be challenging. What kind of ties does she have to Colombia? Job with a good income? Property in her name? Significant savings? Previous international travel to places like the US or Europe?

Although it is possible to sponsor on ODSP it can be difficult. Do you own a property? Have significant savings (which I thought wasn’t possible on ODSP)? does she have skills that will lead to easy employment?

No to all of that. We haven't met in person yet, but we'll have lived together for a few months and be married before we try to apply for permanent resident visa. And now I understand what TRV means. Apologies. I'm literally just hours into researching this, starting this morning and I didn't understand what you meant. So she may not be able to even visit Canada? That never occurred to me. But now I see what your concerns are.

Her father is a taxi driver, she makes shoes and makes no real money. She doesn't even have a bank account. No property. She's never been outside Columbia.

I live in Toronto housing and own no property. I think we're allowed to have $30,000 in assets on ODSP now, but by the time I get finished paying for all of this, I'll have nothing in savings. She doesn't have a high school diploma and really only knows how to make shoes and women's bags.

 

[canuck78]

No to all of that. We haven't met in person yet, but we'll have lived together for a few months and be married before we try to apply for permanent resident visa. (TRV is a typo, I hope for PRV? If not, I'm not sure what a TRV is.)

Her father is a taxi driver, she makes shoes and makes no real money. She doesn't even have a bank account. No property. She's never been outside Columbia.

I live in Toronto housing and own no property. I think we're allowed to have $30,000 in assets on ODSP now, but by the time I get finished paying for all of this, I'll have nothing in savings. She doesn't have a high school diploma and really only knows how to make shoes and women's bags.

I read another thread here where a woman on ODSP was wondering about sponsoring her American boyfriend. No one asked if he had a job or any of the above. I'm curious why it would matter. She's not trying to come here to market her skills but to marry me. We don't know whether that will work out, since we've only done Skype and such. She'll just come to visit with a return ticket, and if she wants to stay, I'll cancel the return ticket and she'll be able to stay for up to six months. If that works out, we'll apply for an extension so she can stay for a year. If that works out, we'll get married and apply for the PRV, having lived together for months.

I'm just trying to find out what documentation she should get in Bucaramanga before she leaves, because I don't want to have to fly her back there for some paperwork.

Unfortunately her chances of getting a TRV are basically zero. For spousal sponsorship you have to show that you can support your spouse without any government help. If you have no savings after the application, are living in community housing, are on ODSP and your wife doesn’t have any skills or education that will get her employment easily in Canada there will certainly be concerns that you may not be able to survive without government help. She also has a child to support financially that will be included on the application. Just want to be realistic what challenges you may be up against.

Think you may need to rethink your plan because the TRV is unlikely to be granted I wouldn’t worry about getting all this extra documentation until you apply for the TRV. Are you able to travel? If so I would consider going to Colombia. I would also stress that you don’t have a lot of extra money. Unfortunately people from other countries expect that everyone is living comfortably in Canada. We certainly are luckier than most but I assume you are not in the position to be sending a lot of money to her on a monthly basis and if she comes to Canada you won’t be able to send lots of money to care for her child (or both).

 

[canuck_in_uk]

No to all of that. We haven't met in person yet, but we'll have lived together for a few months and be married before we try to apply for permanent resident visa. (TRV is a typo, I hope for PRV? If not, I'm not sure what a TRV is.)

Her father is a taxi driver, she makes shoes and makes no real money. She doesn't even have a bank account. No property. She's never been outside Columbia.

I live in Toronto housing and own no property. I think we're allowed to have $30,000 in assets on ODSP now, but by the time I get finished paying for all of this, I'll have nothing in savings. She doesn't have a high school diploma and really only knows how to make shoes and women's bags.

I read another thread here where a woman on ODSP was wondering about sponsoring her American boyfriend. No one asked if he had a job or any of the above. I'm curious why it would matter. She's not trying to come here to market her skills but to marry me. We don't know whether that will work out, since we've only done Skype and such. She'll just come to visit with a return ticket, and if she wants to stay, I'll cancel the return ticket and she'll be able to stay for up to six months. If that works out, we'll apply for an extension so she can stay for a year. If that works out, we'll get married and apply for the PRV, having lived together for months.

I'm just trying to find out what documentation she should get in Bucaramanga before she leaves, because I don't want to have to fly her back there for some paperwork.

TRV = Temporary Resident Visa

She has no chance of TRV approval. She has no ties, no finances, no previous travel etc. The reason no one asked the American about jobs and stuff is because Americans are visa-exempt; they don't need to prove ties or anything ahead of time to get a visa.

If you want any sort of relationship, you are going to need to travel to see her.