Hello All,
I am in the process of ending my existing marriage at this moment and I am in a relationship with a girl from another country for about 2 years by now. We already went through a religious marriage with her in her home country, though officially I am still married here in Canada. I meet her several times per year for a duration of at least a couple of weeks. We talk to each other on a daily basis on the phone or messenger. We exchange sms' and we have a joint bank account in her country and a joint credit card account here in Canada. I consider her as my wife and I want to bring her here as soon as possible. My separation with the current spouse goes rather difficult pass but we recently signed a separation agreement and heading down to an official divorce.
My question is, if I have to get divorced in the first place for filling an application for my foreign wife or I can start a visa application based on the legal separation grounds? I can legalize my second marriage with the civil authorities in her country based on a religious marriage at any time and start a permanent visa application process here in Canada. What would you all suggest me to do in this situation?
Thank you in advance,
Garry
I am in the process of ending my existing marriage at this moment and I am in a relationship with a girl from another country for about 2 years by now. We already went through a religious marriage with her in her home country, though officially I am still married here in Canada. I meet her several times per year for a duration of at least a couple of weeks. We talk to each other on a daily basis on the phone or messenger. We exchange sms' and we have a joint bank account in her country and a joint credit card account here in Canada. I consider her as my wife and I want to bring her here as soon as possible. My separation with the current spouse goes rather difficult pass but we recently signed a separation agreement and heading down to an official divorce.
My question is, if I have to get divorced in the first place for filling an application for my foreign wife or I can start a visa application based on the legal separation grounds? I can legalize my second marriage with the civil authorities in her country based on a religious marriage at any time and start a permanent visa application process here in Canada. What would you all suggest me to do in this situation?
Thank you in advance,
Garry