Marriage Outside Canada as a Refugee help

[Mdx31]

Hi guys i hope you can give me your opinion about my particular case

I am currently a Protected Person i left my girlfriend in my home country (Venezuela) due to my situation. We have been in a relationship for about 4 years, i have been in Canada one year. My girlfriend applied for a visitor Visa and as expected it was denied. I applied for my PR in March this year 2018. So I was thinking if it is possible to get married outside Canada with a Refugee travel Document, and include her in my PR application

As far as I know that would be faster than waiting for my PR to be accepted and then apply for sponsorship.

So i just wanted to have your comments on this and know if this is the best way to go or not

thanks for reading my case!

 

[sss12345]

Hi guys i hope you can give me your opinion about my particular case

I am currently a Protected Person i left my girlfriend in my home country (Venezuela) due to my situation. We have been in a relationship for about 4 years, i have been in Canada one year. My girlfriend applied for a visitor Visa and as expected it was denied. I applied for my PR in March this year 2018. So I was thinking if it is possible to get married outside Canada with a Refugee travel Document, and include her in my PR application

As far as I know that would be faster than waiting for my PR to be accepted and then apply for sponsorship.

So i just wanted to have your comments on this and know if this is the best way to go or not

thanks for reading my case!

As far as I know that if you have been together for more than a year then she is considered to be your common law partner. I hope other senior members can confirm whether it was possible for you to add her as a dependent in your initial application for permanent residence. Please also check this link for the definition of common law. All the best!

 

[Mdx31]

Thanks for your reply. And yes i am aware that if we have been together for a year i could apply as common law partners but the problem is that since i came to Canada i never said to authorities that i have a common law partner because we lived together for several months in Venezuela but there was always a period of time that she wasn't home so i thought that they won't accept that as common law partner.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Thanks for your reply. And yes i am aware that if we have been together for a year i could apply as common law partners but the problem is that since i came to Canada i never said to authorities that i have a common law partner because we lived together for several months in Venezuela but there was always a period of time that she wasn't home so i thought that they won't accept that as common law partner.

Common-law requires one year of continuous cohabitation, so if you don't have that, you are not common-law.