bigamy and parents sponsorship

[jackma12]

Hi everyone
I sponsored my parents for canadian immigration few years ago my mother was already in canada on visit visa for some time with us (we are 3 brothers living in canada as canadian citizens) and my father was living back home due to job and business reasons , after they immigrate to canada my father start acting weird after few months he start demanding money even though I was providing him enough for food and shelter , after further investigation I recently come to know that he has another marriage back home and he need money for the women and her children to support them (6 children, 3 from women previous marriage and 3 from my father) me and my mother was not aware of his second marriage and he also lie about that in the immigration application as he was already married to his second wife at the time of application, now he is literally blackmailing me to give him more money as i have signed a sponsorship bound for 10 years,i have my own family to support and cannot and don't want to support my father's second family, so now I want to report him for immigration fraud on the basis of bigamy and misrepresentation in documents so his immigration can be revoked and he can be deported from canada, can someone please guide me what are my options and what should i do in this scenario

Thanks

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hi everyone
I sponsored my parents for canadian immigration few years ago my mother was already in canada on visit visa for some time with us (we are 3 brothers living in canada as canadian citizens) and my father was living back home due to job and business reasons , after they immigrate to canada my father start acting weird after few months he start demanding money even though I was providing him enough for food and shelter , after further investigation I recently come to know that he has another marriage back home and he need money for the women and her children to support them (6 children, 3 from women previous marriage and 3 from my father) me and my mother was not aware of his second marriage and he also lie about that in the immigration application as he was already married to his second wife at the time of application, now he is literally blackmailing me to give him more money as i have signed a sponsorship bound for 10 years,i have my own family to support and cannot and don't want to support support my father's second family, so I am thinking to report him for immigration fraud on the basis of bigamy and misrepresentation in documents so his immigration can be revoked and he can be deported from canada, can someone please guide me what are my options and what should i do in this scenario

Thanks

Canada doesn't recognize the second marriage, so he was not required to declare this woman in the PR app. As the second marriage didn't happen in Canada, there is no bigamy issue for the Canadian authorities to care about. He committed misrepresentation by not declaring his children by this woman but even if you had hard evidence, there is no guarantee that IRCC would take action over this.

Stop supporting him and let him go on welfare. You will have to pay it back eventually but it will be a lot less than what he is trying to get out of you now.

 

[jackma12]

Canada doesn't recognize the second marriage, so he was not required to declare this woman in the PR app. As the second marriage didn't happen in Canada, there is no bigamy issue for the Canadian authorities to care about. He committed misrepresentation by not declaring his children by this woman but even if you had hard evidence, there is no guarantee that IRCC would take action over this.

Stop supporting him and let him go on welfare. You will have to pay it back eventually but it will be a lot less than what he is trying to get out of you now.

thank you for your reply, i just want clarity on that if someone does not declare his multiple marriages at the time of immigration application submission does it comes under immigration fraud ? , i understand that canada doesn't recognize second marriage but i assume not recognizing and not declaring deliberately both are different things
please explain
thanks

 

[canuck_in_uk]

thank you for your reply, i just want clarity on that if someone does not declare his multiple marriages at the time of immigration application submission does it comes under immigration fraud ? , i understand that canada doesn't recognize second marriage but i assume not recognizing and not declaring deliberately both are different things
please explain
thanks

From Canada's perspective, she is not his spouse and therefore not included. You can't declare something that isn't recognized.

 

[canuck78]

He doesn't have to declare his 2nd wife. Have they lived together continuously for 1 year? No matter what he has to declare the children.

 

[kathyberone]

Canada doesn't recognize the second marriage, so he was not required to declare this woman in the PR app. As the second marriage didn't happen in Canada, there is no bigamy issue for the Canadian authorities to care about. He committed misrepresentation by not declaring his children by this woman but even if you had hard evidence, there is no guarantee that IRCC would take action over this.

Stop supporting him and let him go on welfare. You will have to pay it back eventually but it will be a lot less than what he is trying to get out of you now.

Misrepresentation occurred by not declaring the father's other 3 children by this other woman. Wouldn't that make the whole application fraudulent in the eyes of IRCC?

 

[jackma12]

He doesn't have to declare his 2nd wife. Have they lived together continuously for 1 year? No matter what he has to declare the children.

yes he is living with her for few years

 

[jackma12]

From Canada's perspective, she is not his spouse and therefore not included. You can't declare something that isn't recognized.

got it thank you for clarification, so my best bet is to report him on the basis of not declaring children or let him go on welfare, i am more inclined to report him because he break my trust and now using me as a bait to get more money but this is my thinking what would be legally better for me ?

 

[scylla]

got it thank you for clarification, so my best bet is to report him on the basis of not declaring children or let him go on welfare, i am more inclined to report him because he break my trust and now using me as a bait to get more money but this is my thinking what would be legally better for me ?

If there's a misrepresentation finding that impacts your father's status in Canada it may impact your mother's status as well since they were part of one application.

 

[msb]

As someone suggested, let him go and ignore him. U can make him sweat by saying you will report him for fraud if he doesnt stop contacting you.
Ircc never do anything so dont lose your time. Esp if it can affect your mom.

 

[canuck78]

Your mother should have been sponsored separately. Has your father lived with your mother since you applied to sponsor them? What about before they applied?

 

[canuck78]

Your mother should also apply for divorce. She can do it in Canada if she has lived here for over a year?