Good day to you!
I'm a Filipino, a PR holder working here in Toronto. I landed last June 2011 under FSW category. My husband, as accompanying dependent landed one month after. unfortunately in August 2011, we separated, and eventually filed for divorce and granted with Certificate of Divorce in September of this year.
I'm writing to you to consult about my situation. I want to sponsor my boyfriend for almost one year now. He was actually my ex-boyfriend (in 2004) before i got married in 2005. I can show some proofs if required. We got back to each other again in January 2012 (that was 5 months after I separated from my husband). I have got monthly phone bills showing our frequent communication, also emails and chats. In October of this year, I went to Philippines and spent 40 days with him and with our respective families, and headed back here in Toronto last December 1. We have gathered a lot of photos and got our joint bank account.
I understand that there is no problem for me sponsoring him because I`m already divorce. My problem is, he was married in Philippines in 2009, spent only six months with his wife and they separated.
With the absence of Divorce in our country and the chaos of the procedures, neither of them was not able to file for ANNULMENT of their marriage (which takes years to be granted and costs a lot of money). A petition called LEGAL SEPARATION was also never applied because they do not have any asset nor children to compromise.
Because of this, I am planning to apply for Conjugal Partner Sponsorship, on the grounds that we can never be married anywhere in the world because his civil status will always show once requested by Philippine embassies from our National Statistics Office.
Another issue that I should be telling you is: His estranged wife moved to Alberta, Canada on a Nanny Visa in June 2012. Given the financial crisis, his wife also was not able to file for the annulment, and landed here in Canada having my boyfriend declared as still her husband in her immigration papers since she started her caregiver visa application right after they got married almost 4 years ago. She landed here without making any changes in her civil status to avoid complications in the process of her visa.
Presently, I have been trying to communicate with his wife but due to her financial and emotional instability in Alberta as her new place, we find it impossible for her to cooperate with the legal proceedings of their separation.
My questions:
1. How important is it to show to CIC that the person I am sponsoring is currently separated from his spouse?
2. If we really need to show a document stating his real status , will the initial stage of application for annulment will do?
I am in deep despair fighting with loneliness in this long distance relationship. I really would love to bring him here as soon as possible. Your advice to my situation is what i need. I believe I can prove that we have a genuine relationship, but please advice me what else to do if i really need to prove that he has been separated with no longer waiting for years of annulment procedures. Thank you very much and I hope you can advice.
I'm a Filipino, a PR holder working here in Toronto. I landed last June 2011 under FSW category. My husband, as accompanying dependent landed one month after. unfortunately in August 2011, we separated, and eventually filed for divorce and granted with Certificate of Divorce in September of this year.
I'm writing to you to consult about my situation. I want to sponsor my boyfriend for almost one year now. He was actually my ex-boyfriend (in 2004) before i got married in 2005. I can show some proofs if required. We got back to each other again in January 2012 (that was 5 months after I separated from my husband). I have got monthly phone bills showing our frequent communication, also emails and chats. In October of this year, I went to Philippines and spent 40 days with him and with our respective families, and headed back here in Toronto last December 1. We have gathered a lot of photos and got our joint bank account.
I understand that there is no problem for me sponsoring him because I`m already divorce. My problem is, he was married in Philippines in 2009, spent only six months with his wife and they separated.
With the absence of Divorce in our country and the chaos of the procedures, neither of them was not able to file for ANNULMENT of their marriage (which takes years to be granted and costs a lot of money). A petition called LEGAL SEPARATION was also never applied because they do not have any asset nor children to compromise.
Because of this, I am planning to apply for Conjugal Partner Sponsorship, on the grounds that we can never be married anywhere in the world because his civil status will always show once requested by Philippine embassies from our National Statistics Office.
Another issue that I should be telling you is: His estranged wife moved to Alberta, Canada on a Nanny Visa in June 2012. Given the financial crisis, his wife also was not able to file for the annulment, and landed here in Canada having my boyfriend declared as still her husband in her immigration papers since she started her caregiver visa application right after they got married almost 4 years ago. She landed here without making any changes in her civil status to avoid complications in the process of her visa.
Presently, I have been trying to communicate with his wife but due to her financial and emotional instability in Alberta as her new place, we find it impossible for her to cooperate with the legal proceedings of their separation.
My questions:
1. How important is it to show to CIC that the person I am sponsoring is currently separated from his spouse?
2. If we really need to show a document stating his real status , will the initial stage of application for annulment will do?
I am in deep despair fighting with loneliness in this long distance relationship. I really would love to bring him here as soon as possible. Your advice to my situation is what i need. I believe I can prove that we have a genuine relationship, but please advice me what else to do if i really need to prove that he has been separated with no longer waiting for years of annulment procedures. Thank you very much and I hope you can advice.
