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    Marriage Fraud

    It's not a question of 'blaming' the sponsor. It's simply a fact of life: you get married, you take responsibility for the decisions you make. There's a reason only adults are allowed to get married (generally). That includes having your marriage fail, etc. The limits of what 'the government'...
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    Marriage Fraud

    Perhaps it's possible to design a system that isn't open to abuse - but reality is that there is already abuse (with threat of "leave me and you'll get deported"), and when Canada had a program like this, it made the abuse worse. It's going to be a high bar to get over - and govt will also...
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    Marriage Fraud

    I have no idea which is more prevalent, but fully agree that the idea the problems are limited just to the applicants deceiving unsuspecting sponsors is obviously false. And as a parallel note: the pressure to approve more/faster/better (from perspective of the applicants and sponsors) is...
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    IMM5669

    For clarification for others (I'm sure you know but the confusion comes up): in this context, 'family members' means IMMEDIATE family members of the adult principal applicant - spouse, dependents (i.e. children but only those 18 years of age or older), etc. NOT parents, grandparents, siblings...
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    Application for Canadian Citizenship - A Comprehensive Guide

    No impact. Almost everything incl direct correspondence with applicants done exclusively on-line, no postal. A few exceptions like sending citizenship certificate at very end, IF you choose the physical and not electronic certificate. If you moved cities/provinces you would want to be invited to...
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    Common Law Sponsor

    Assuming you have decent proof of your cohabitation - in theory, she can stay there as long as she wants. That said, if you spend a long time not residing together, IRCC will wonder what's going on / is it a live relationship. But if you just mean while you prepare to return and while the...
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    Common Law Sponsor

    The critical factual question you must answer: did you reside together (with sufficient evidence of the cohabitation as @Naturgrl mentions) for a continuous period of 12 months before she departed for her home country? If so, then you should be able to apply as common law (and the fact you've...
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    Marriage Fraud

    I agree with this. However, just to present the other side: what IS a misrepresentation to IRCC is if the partner was ACTUALLY in another relationship at the same time as to the original poster and INTENDED to leave the 'main' relationship (I'm using main here only to mean the one upon which...
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    Marriage Fraud

    I believe I responded in substance to most of this but again: provide what evidence you have to police and immigration, and then it is no longer your business. I referred to government interests and priorities being different from yours: as soon as you claim that immigration fraud is a 'public...
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    Marriage Fraud

    There are ALWAYS shortcomings and gaps, in any society and legal system. Government simply cannot do everything; and civil courts are always imperfect as due process imposes restraints. We can look at and analyse the gaps that you imply exist here - and from your perspective they are gaps - but...
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    Marriage Fraud

    Sorry, two additional points: 1) Please take every possible step you can to protect yourself and distance yourself from this individual - who sounds like total garbage of a human being - and this may require seeing a lawyer or other steps. But take any steps you take in recognition that /the...
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    Should I file an amendment for eCOPR

    If your spouse was already a Canadian citizen, not relevant to IRCC.
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    Marriage Fraud

    These are all private matters between you and the individual - the government does not exist to check whether your spouse/partner is lying to you. Unless you can provide /direct/ evidence that the other person did this with the intent of committing immigration fraud, (or as noted separately has...
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    Marriage Fraud

    I would add: for a while, and at various times, the government attempted to implement and apply various 'conditions' to sponsored spouses (eg they could lose their PR status in some cases if they didn't remain married), precisely to attempt to deal with such cases. The result? Widespread # of...
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    Marriage Fraud

    Provide the information about the police report and any subsequent follow-up (eg if charges are actually laid) to IRCC.
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    Marriage Fraud

    Have you considered reporting to the police? There is a far greater likelihood of IRCC acting if there is an ongoing case of sexual assault. Failing that, the greatest difficulty is some kind of direct evidence of the marriage fraud itself.
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    Sponsoring my Common Law Partner separately from her Dependents

    Okay - since now you're being clear, your question can be addressed. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-5289-sponsor-your-spouse-common-law-partner-conjugal-partner-dependent-child-complete-guide.html Short answer, the...
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    Sponsoring my Common Law Partner separately from her Dependents

    I for one do not understand - what exactly are you trying to achieve by having the children as non-accompanying? They clearly are intending to stay. Non-accompanying does mean that you're not applying for PR status now but might in future - but it ALSO means you're saying the children do not...
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    No updates in my Citizenship application

    I don't think that word-representation corresponds to facts. I've been doing some extended tracking from the 'current processing times' website, over several months, and the idea that files stop getting processed after ~16 months or so does not look to be true. What it does look like is that...
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    Immigration status question in application

    In my opinion, yes.