legally separated with a skilled worker visa
- Thread starter Suzyrp
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When you got PR as a skilled worker, was your wife listed on your application and was she medically examined? If so, then you can sponsor her later. If not, then no.
ciscoccie said:
It won't work. CIC will still most likely deny the application if his wife wasn't declared in his initial application. They will say it was a separation of convenience. Having citizenship will make no difference. The outcome will still be the same.
scylla said:
I don't think soo.. It would be like Person A goes to Canada on a PR and gets citizenship and then marries someone from XYZ country. I believe spouse would automatically get Canadian citizenship based on marriage.
ciscoccie said:
No - it won't be like that at all. CIC has a specific rule for trying to sponsor a spouse you were married to before to avoid people setting up separations of convenience to avoid having their spouse medically examined. If someone says they're legally separated from their spouse and doesn't include them in their PR application. Then later after they become PR they reconcile and try to sponsor their spouse through Family class, the application will most likely be refused.
And no - spouses don't automatically get Canadian citizenship based on marriage. They have to get PR first and they live in Canada long enough to meet the residency requirement to apply for citizenship. The citizenship process is the same for everyone. It doesn't matter if your spouse has citizenship or not.
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