linapp123, the vast majority of people here appeal at the Immigration Appeal Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board. Not at Federal Court. This board's decisions subsequently - are not published on Federal Court website, but only on CanLII. And processing time is different too.
I don't know what is your case - but for spousal/family sponsorship from outside of Canada, if you go directly to the Court - such a case will be refused by the Court, simply because a previous option was not exercised.
But the Court is the only option for all other cases outside of IAD jurisdiction. Including spousal sponsorship inside Canada.
Nabashir, as far as I understand from your brief story - the main reason for refusal is that your marriage is not legally valid. Because it was made without first obtaining a legal divorce. This may be acceptable by the law in your country, but unfortunately for immigration marriage must be valid under the law of both country it took place in and Canada. I don't really know how you can beat that. Unless you find a really good lawyer, who is familiar with the Family Law of Canada and your country.
But your other option may be - simply re-apply as common-law partners. If you can collect enough evidence of that, which may be very hard being apart...
