I have a complicated situation and need your advice and guidance. I am married to a Canadian PR holder who currently resides in Canada. I am a second wife; polygamy is allowed in our culture and religion. I have 3 kids from a previous marriage. I live outside Canada as I have no means to enter Canada (I applied for a visit visa once and it got rejected and no hope for express entry). My husband was coming to visit every 2 months or so.
His first wife was part of his application for immigration as a dependent. They landed in summer 2015. She was living with him and their 4 kids till lately when he divorced her the Islamic way (by word of mouth). Now he wants to document the divorce (probably in his home country) and then apply for a spouse sponsorship for me and for my 3 dependents.
My question is, can my husband submit the sponsorship request on grounds that I’m his wife and we’ve been married for one and a half years, and provide all the related evidence of the legitimacy of our marriage (wedding ceremony, honeymoon, his visits to my country of residence, money transfers, pictures, texts, etc.,) and justify that it’s allowed to have 2 wives in our culture and religion? Or will that be a black point for him? In case we shouldn’t disclose that our marriage coexisted with the previous marriage, what would be our options to be united together in Canada?
He currently holds a full-time job in Canada and has a good financial standing.
I really appreciate your advice and responses.
His first wife was part of his application for immigration as a dependent. They landed in summer 2015. She was living with him and their 4 kids till lately when he divorced her the Islamic way (by word of mouth). Now he wants to document the divorce (probably in his home country) and then apply for a spouse sponsorship for me and for my 3 dependents.
My question is, can my husband submit the sponsorship request on grounds that I’m his wife and we’ve been married for one and a half years, and provide all the related evidence of the legitimacy of our marriage (wedding ceremony, honeymoon, his visits to my country of residence, money transfers, pictures, texts, etc.,) and justify that it’s allowed to have 2 wives in our culture and religion? Or will that be a black point for him? In case we shouldn’t disclose that our marriage coexisted with the previous marriage, what would be our options to be united together in Canada?
He currently holds a full-time job in Canada and has a good financial standing.
I really appreciate your advice and responses.