Correct way to invite spouse to Canada for inland application?

[Regina]

Aren't we being dishonest to the border?

Yes, it is misrepresentation.

And it could cost you dear on the border or later, after you marry her in hurry and when you apply for sponsorship. CIC has a lot of ways to make you toubles with the process.

 

[screech339]

Once she is in Canada you must marry first and only then "sponssor her". Such a sudden wedding in Canada (without her parents and siblings and friends present, right?) will definitely arise A LOT OF suspicions and questions at CIC.

It can but not always. As long as you kept records of your relationship prior to marriage, you should be fine. That's the key. Showing prove of genuine relationship prior to marriage.

If the OP's case was a simple thing of meeting online only and getting marriage after coming in to Canada, then that will raise RED FLAGS for sure.

Again key is proving your relationship prior to marriage is key to removing CIC's flags.

Not every foreign parents can come to the wedding. Usual excuse is no visa to come to Canada. As with the case with my wife. She had no family members at our wedding in Canada only because her family all don't have TRV.

 

[screech339]

Yes, it is misrepresentation.

And it could cost you dear on the border or later, after you marry her in hurry and when you apply for sponsorship. CIC has a lot of ways to make you toubles with the process.

Are you saying I misrepresented myself to CIC when I submitted my invitation letter to my fiancé? We got married the second time my wife entered Canada.

According to you, my wife should not get PR sponsorship because she misrepresented herself when she applied for visa?

 

[screech339]

Technically the OP is not misrepresenting himself. The purpose of the visa is to allow her to come VISIT him in Canada. No marriage, nothing. Purely visiting him. So no misrepresentation on his or her part.

They plan to get married the second time she comes to Canada. A completely different scenario.

If they got married on her first entry to Canada, then they, sort of misrepresented themselves, since they made no mention of getting married or sponsoring PR, in the TRV application. Besides getting married after coming in Canada on TRV is all legal and nothing illegal about it, as long as the spouse leaves before visa expires.

 

[Regina]

They plan to get married the second time she comes to Canada. A completely different scenario

I am talking about the SECOND visit.

At the second visit she will claim at POE that she is coming only to visit. Then soon after her claim of "visiting" they got married in hurry and he applies for sponsoring her. That is a red flag for CIC. Technically they cannot do much but in reality- they could.

If her parrents applied for visa to come to wedding and did not get it- it is one case. If they even never tried to go to wedding and therefore did not even apply for visa- it is a different story for CIC. Besides there could be problems for parents and siblings to come to Canada on visit later BECAUSE she already claimed she was coming to visit but her intention was to marry and to stay. So CIC will suspect her relatives in doing the same (not to marry but to stay longer , to work illegally and so on).

 

[screech339]

I am talking about SECOND visit.

How so? A lot of people can come in to Canada to get married. After all, niagara falls is the honeymoon capital of the world. A lot of people get married after they come in on visitor status. As long as you respect the immigration laws, you are not misrepresenting yourself by getting married.

We got married on her second visit to Canada.

 

[Regina]

A lot of people get married after they come in on visitor status. As long as you respect the immigration laws, you are not misrepresenting yourself by getting married.

Yes, of course.
People come to visit, are allowed to stay in Canada for 6 months and during that stay they decided to marry. They invite friends and family to the wedding.

And yes some people sneak to Canada pretending they "just visiting" knowing ahead of time they are going to Canada to marry in hurry , no friends no family present.

 

[lxybean]

Thank you all for your valuable inputs! This is definitely complicated lol...it's like the CIC is being self-contradictory, I mean:

- If she enters Canada with a TRV, that implies she is only here temporarily and do not intend to stay long-term
- But at the same time, the ultimate goal is to sponsor her and immigrate, which means to obtain permanent residency

How can these two things be completely honest and compatible with each other? I am still a little confused
Is there a way that is actually recommended by CIC? I can't seem to find it on their website

 

[screech339]

And yes some people sneak to Canada pretending they "just visiting" knowing ahead of time they are going to Canada to marry in hurry , no friends no family present.

And you never heard of the term, "elope"?

As long as you provided proof of your relationship prior to getting married, you got nothing to worry about.

 

[lxybean]

And you never heard of the term, "elope"?

As long as you provided proof of your relationship prior to getting married, you got nothing to worry about.

Thank you so much!

 

[lxybean]

Hello, I just have one more question!

If for some reason she gets rejected for a visitor visa to Canada, is it detrimental to the later sponsorship even if we decide to apply outland?

Thanks again~

 

[screech339]

Hello, I just have one more question!

If for some reason she gets rejected for a visitor visa to Canada, is it detrimental to the later sponsorship even if we decide to apply outland?

Thanks again~

It is not detrimental to sponsorship. However you do have to report it in the PR application form. There is a declaration question asking if you have ever been denied entry to Canada or to any other country. You would have to say YES. You then have to provide details on it.