Hello,
I am trying to explain my case in detail just in case that anyone here could kindly help me to make a good decision regarding my sponsorship application for my partner. My boyfriend and I, are both Iranian, and I am Canadian permanent resident. We are in a genuine relationship for almost 7 years, and have been in a continuous relationship since 2011. We have a good record of daily chats, emails, calls, photos, gifts, joint credit card, life insurance ( we don't have joint property or bank account). We have also traveled together for couple of times, and therefore we could also provide some proofs such as hotel reservations or flight tickets to strength our case.
Unfortunately we never had a chance to live together, because first the same-sex relationship is illegal in Iran, and second that I moved to Canada (Montreal) in first year of our relationship in 2012 for my graduate studies. Since then in 2015, he applied twice for TRV to visit me in Canada, but both times his applications were refused due to the lack of tie and travel history. After that he traveled to so many countries in Europe with his multiple Schengen visa, and therefore we decided to apply again for TRV on Dec 2018 for the 3rd time. For this application, we included all the relationship proofs that we had, a support letter from member of parliament and the common-law statuary declaration form. But again the TRV application is refused since the visa officer considered him as an intended migrant, and therefore the application is rejected only because of the lack of tie. Also in the refusal letter the visa officer suggested to apply for family class application.
Now we are both really frustrated that we can visit each other in any country in the world except Canada. I am living here for about 8 years, and have a stable job, and am not really able to move out from Canada, and start from zero in another country. Anyway, after reading so many threads here, I think we will have 3 options to proceed:
1) Apply for TRV again, and mention that we are going to marry in Canada or live together for 1 year to be able to apply for inland family class application. This is our ideal scenario, as it is the fastest option. We cannot really really wait for another 2 years of hassle without even being sure that the application will be approved.
2) Apply for conjugal partner sponsorship. Do we have any chance here? Will the visa officer ask us to marry in another country? And if we apply in this program, how long it takes to pass the eligibility?
3) Marry in another country and then apply for spousal program. Actually I know that this would be the safest option, but we are sure that our families will not support our marriage, and hence we won't have any witnesses in our ceremony. Plus that this costs us too much money which we probably cannot afford.
I am wondering if anyone here had a similar experience? Which option should I apply? I appreciate your thoughts regarding this case.
Thanks
I am trying to explain my case in detail just in case that anyone here could kindly help me to make a good decision regarding my sponsorship application for my partner. My boyfriend and I, are both Iranian, and I am Canadian permanent resident. We are in a genuine relationship for almost 7 years, and have been in a continuous relationship since 2011. We have a good record of daily chats, emails, calls, photos, gifts, joint credit card, life insurance ( we don't have joint property or bank account). We have also traveled together for couple of times, and therefore we could also provide some proofs such as hotel reservations or flight tickets to strength our case.
Unfortunately we never had a chance to live together, because first the same-sex relationship is illegal in Iran, and second that I moved to Canada (Montreal) in first year of our relationship in 2012 for my graduate studies. Since then in 2015, he applied twice for TRV to visit me in Canada, but both times his applications were refused due to the lack of tie and travel history. After that he traveled to so many countries in Europe with his multiple Schengen visa, and therefore we decided to apply again for TRV on Dec 2018 for the 3rd time. For this application, we included all the relationship proofs that we had, a support letter from member of parliament and the common-law statuary declaration form. But again the TRV application is refused since the visa officer considered him as an intended migrant, and therefore the application is rejected only because of the lack of tie. Also in the refusal letter the visa officer suggested to apply for family class application.
Now we are both really frustrated that we can visit each other in any country in the world except Canada. I am living here for about 8 years, and have a stable job, and am not really able to move out from Canada, and start from zero in another country. Anyway, after reading so many threads here, I think we will have 3 options to proceed:
1) Apply for TRV again, and mention that we are going to marry in Canada or live together for 1 year to be able to apply for inland family class application. This is our ideal scenario, as it is the fastest option. We cannot really really wait for another 2 years of hassle without even being sure that the application will be approved.
2) Apply for conjugal partner sponsorship. Do we have any chance here? Will the visa officer ask us to marry in another country? And if we apply in this program, how long it takes to pass the eligibility?
3) Marry in another country and then apply for spousal program. Actually I know that this would be the safest option, but we are sure that our families will not support our marriage, and hence we won't have any witnesses in our ceremony. Plus that this costs us too much money which we probably cannot afford.
I am wondering if anyone here had a similar experience? Which option should I apply? I appreciate your thoughts regarding this case.
Thanks
The ideal case for us is getting married in Canada, but the problem is that they don't issue TRV