Hello all,
I am a Canadian citizen, my fiancé is a UK citizen and we are looking to get married soon so we can apply for spousal sponsorship through marriage to be able to bring him to Canada to live with me. We've been together for two years and have spent a month and a half together physically over the past two years we've been together and talk every day so proving our relationship is genuine will not be difficult. The CIC website was confusing so I called into them and spoke with a representative who explained the outland/inland kinds of applications. (from what I understand he will need an eTA to board the plane in the first place which is fine)
However the agent I spoke with informed me that if he comes here and we are married we can apply for inland sponsorship without him having any kind of visa??
To my knowledge without a visa he can only request a stay of up to 6 months at border entry and the application process would take longer than that to be approved in the first place?
I feel like what the agent told me was incorrect and seems shady to me if not illegal?
We are dedicated to doing this correctly as we do not want to hurt our chances of being approved.
Any help is appreciated, please let me know if I missed anything!
I am a Canadian citizen, my fiancé is a UK citizen and we are looking to get married soon so we can apply for spousal sponsorship through marriage to be able to bring him to Canada to live with me. We've been together for two years and have spent a month and a half together physically over the past two years we've been together and talk every day so proving our relationship is genuine will not be difficult. The CIC website was confusing so I called into them and spoke with a representative who explained the outland/inland kinds of applications. (from what I understand he will need an eTA to board the plane in the first place which is fine)
However the agent I spoke with informed me that if he comes here and we are married we can apply for inland sponsorship without him having any kind of visa??
To my knowledge without a visa he can only request a stay of up to 6 months at border entry and the application process would take longer than that to be approved in the first place?
I feel like what the agent told me was incorrect and seems shady to me if not illegal?
We are dedicated to doing this correctly as we do not want to hurt our chances of being approved.
Any help is appreciated, please let me know if I missed anything!