Will a new American spouse of a Canadian citizen (married in Mexico) be granted entry at the border and allowed to begin PR processing?

[selfemployedandconfused]

I am asking on behalf of a friend who would like some guidance. This forum has helped me before in my own immigration journey (got my family class PR in 2016!) and I hope that some of you can weigh in on what my friend has to look forward to.

The situation is as follows:

My American friend just flew to Mexico and married her Canadian girlfriend with me and a few other friends as witnesses. She would like to fly to Montreal from Mexico with her now-wife and would like to know whether she will be granted entrance at the border (due to COVID restrictions) in order to begin her PR application process. The immigration laws around COVID currently say that spouses of Canadians are granted entry and Mexican marriages are considered legal by the Canadian govt, but I'd like to double check that this won't be a problem.

(Will also be calling Immigrations tomorrow when they open their phone lines to triple check.)

Thank you!

 

[PMM]

Hi

I am asking on behalf of a friend who would like some guidance. This forum has helped me before in my own immigration journey (got my family class PR in 2016!) and I hope that some of you can weigh in on what my friend has to look forward to.

The situation is as follows:

My American friend just flew to Mexico and married her Canadian girlfriend with me and a few other friends as witnesses. She would like to fly to Montreal from Mexico with her now-wife and would like to know whether she will be granted entrance at the border (due to COVID restrictions) in order to begin her PR application process. The immigration laws around COVID currently say that spouses of Canadians are granted entry and Mexican marriages are considered legal by the Canadian govt, but I'd like to double check that this won't be a problem.

(Will also be calling Immigrations tomorrow when they open their phone lines to triple check.)

Thank you!

1. Phone CBSA they are the ones who make the decision if he is admissible, CIC could say yes, but CBSA is the one who makes the decision.

 

[Underhill]

The answer is maybe. It all depends on the agent she deals with when flying in (or boarding her flight to Canada).

Also, only a proper marriage certificate issued by the government of Mexico would accepted as proof of the marriage. The paperwork and/or the certificate that the officiator gives them at the time of their wedding is not proof of the marriage.