About the Korean Family Census.

[Joshkim993]

Hello,

I have a marriage certificate from the Ontarian government since I married my spouse(Korean) in Canada.
But the problem is the immigration requires my spouse to hand in a Korean Family Census.
And since I had a same sex marriage, I could not register my spouse as my husband in my Korean Family Census.
So sadly if I get my Korean Family Census it would come out as single... So would I just hand in his Korean Family Census and write a letter why I'm not in his document saying I'm his husband?

Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you!

 

[Joshkim993]

Hello,

I have a marriage certificate from the Ontarian government since I married my spouse(Korean) in Canada.
But the problem is the immigration requires my spouse to hand in a Korean Family Census.
And since I had a same sex marriage, I could not register my spouse as my husband in my Korean Family Census.
So sadly if I get my Korean Family Census it would come out as single... So would I just hand in his Korean Family Census and write a letter why I'm not in his document saying I'm his husband?

Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you!

Anyone?

 

[durianfruit604]

just send them letter and explain why. same sex marriage not legal in korea. i suggest you call cic and ask if you should sponsor through spousal or conjural sponsorship. my guess is conjural because same sex marriage not recognized in korea.

 

[Joshkim993]

just send them letter and explain why. same sex marriage not legal in korea. i suggest you call cic and ask if you should sponsor through spousal or conjural sponsorship. my guess is conjural because same sex marriage not recognized in korea.

What's the difference between spousal and conjural sponsorship?
It is recognized in Canada, where we had our marriage done.

 

[confusednscared]

i got married too in Canada - same sex - and I am being sponsored outside Canada under the Spousal Category .. no need to do conjugal. You should include a little note in your application explaining to CIC that same-sex marriages are not recognized in your country of residence (Korea) and therefore, XYZ is not possible. You can still get the document as a supporting piece of evidence.

I think your marriage certificate from Ontario would be sufficient evidence to prove your argument.

Lastly, do not refer to your spouse as your husband or wife. Refer to him as your partner. It makes things way much easier unless you went all the way and had a name change too.

Best wishes,
Confusednscared.

 

[Joshkim993]

i got married too in Canada - same sex - and I am being sponsored outside Canada under the Spousal Category .. no need to do conjugal. You should include a little note in your application explaining to CIC that same-sex marriages are not recognized in your country of residence (Korea) and therefore, XYZ is not possible. You can still get the document as a supporting piece of evidence.

I think your marriage certificate from Ontario would be sufficient evidence to prove your argument.

Lastly, do not refer to your spouse as your husband or wife. Refer to him as your partner. It makes things way much easier unless you went all the way and had a name change too.

Best wishes,
Confusednscared.

Thank you so much for the advice! Love this Forum!! ^^
So your currently in Canada while being processed outside of Canada?

 

[plumosa]

Lastly, do not refer to your spouse as your husband or wife. Refer to him as your partner. It makes things way much easier unless you went all the way and had a name change too.

Best wishes,
Confusednscared.

Why do you say that? My husband and I do not have the same last name and we're hetero--Quebec does not allow women to change their names, though I'm not sure I would have anyways...

Besides, as a LGBT-friendly person, I thought that being able to be married and have all the rights that come with it was the whole point of the struggle for marriage equality. Surely being able to call your partner your husband or wife is part of that!

 

[confusednscared]

Joskim, I am no longer in Canada. I am currently back in my home country awaiting my interview date in September.

Plumosa, I think it makes it a little bit more difficult and touchy for a same-sex couple. I mean after all, boys will be boys and taking up another person's last name feels somewhat strange. The name change thing I would think creates a little bit of inequality in the relationship in terms that the one who changes his/her name will be deemed the wife in the relationship. For two guys, ugh ugh ..LOL

However, different people have different views on this topic.

I guess too it really depends on how comfortable and "out" you are to the world. Some gay people aren't too revealing or like that whole public attention thing (me). Also, it's how masc or femm you are and not in every gay relationship there is a masc and femm. Both parties could be masc or femm in terms of personalities and qualities.

There are times in our relationship my partner and I would call each other husband or wife in front our close friends but we rather address each other as "partners" to make things easier for the world.

It just too different for each individual .... I guess it's how comfortable you are as a gay person wanting to make such changes. LOL.

Oh and lastly, I honestly dislike going through legal paper work especially when you have to answer those questionnaires on your family history. Changing my last name would soooo be off the list for just that one particular reason.