calvinw06 said:
Hello, so great news. I'm finally married to my love. After seven weeks in Peru and Argentina, we did the marriage in Argentina and I have all the paperwork and stamped by the Argentinian officials. The process is easy but just a lot of running around Buenos Aires. Need to get passports, hotel notarized and medical exam all approved by the hospital.
Now the next step is sponsoring my wife to Ontario, Canada. So sad we both had to go our separate ways on our last night. A lot of tears, hugs and kisses. The next step is to set a plan on when to start sponsorship application.
Many questions, and i would try to answer to the best of my ability. First of all, congratulations on your wedding. The application forms for Venezuala ( assuming you are applying outland ) can be found here:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/fc.asp
You are in interesting and very important phase in application stage, i.e, to organize documents. The documents have to be organized as per the checklist in the above link.
calvinw06 said:
She is Venezuelan living in Margarita Island and I'm Canadian living in Ottawa. I had to leave my job that was paying me a little over minimum wage. As for 2016 my current income is 11K. Which doesn't look good for sponsoring I believe. I was told by my other friend that sponsored her wife from Lebanon to Canada that it doesn't matter how much you make. As long as I prove to CIC, I'm financially able to support us together without depending on Canada Benefits.
Per CIC rules, you do not need to earn money as a sponsor, to be able to sponsor your wife, but you "must" show your intent to support your wife, and how you plan to do so. 11K - is that for the whole year of 2016? Assuming so, make sure, as a sponsor, you do have your work employement letter, or something which shows you are earning income in Canada. If you migrated to Canada before 2016, you can show your tax statements for the previous year. Thats all is required.
calvinw06 said:
I also haven't met the family member of my wife and don't have pictures with them. Would that be an issue proving our marriage is genuine? The reason for this is cause Venezuela is so dangerous for me to travel. Would this be an issue for proving that my marriage is genuine?
We have a lot of pictures together, WhatsApp messages and few Facebook messages and not much gmail conversations. Kept every single travel documents, hotel and apartment receipts. Would these help the case?
Marriage of convenience, as it is called in Canada, is something visa officers would closely look at. It is fine that you havent met the family members of my wife. You can explain in detail, the reason for not going to her country. If you look at some of the principal applicant forms, there are questions that would address these.
Pictures, whatsapp messages, few facebook message, and gmail conversations is fine. They would look at every proof you would submit in establishing authenticity, especially since you are recently married. Its the quality of proof, that matters, than the quantity. As an example,
picture showing "kissing on cheek", no friends in picture etc without other proofs can be looked upon as "marriage of convenience" . I suggest you send qualitative pictures ( showing your friends along with your wife, or something like this ) depicting timeline of events. The flower receipts, post cards etc, also can be added. In my signature, you can see how someone arranged their document, although you dont need to send tons of documentation. Again, remember the quality of proof.
http://www.voiceonline.com/couple-do-not-kiss-on-the-lips-in-photos-citizenship-and-immigration-canada-spotting-fake-marriages-from-china/
calvinw06 said:
I have searched CanadaVISA forums and others mention it can take 25 months in south america region for everything to be %100 completed. Would that be the case for us?
It's hard to look for work in Venezuela now but my wife is planning to take French classes. With her learning French, and already knowing English and Spanish. Would this be a plus for the application? Or doesn't matter?
Good for her. The truth is, for immigration purpose, spanish may not matter. French will be very helpful, and again, in the forms, you can list the same. Venezuala outland applications are processed in Mexico city. Per CIC, it takes 17 months. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/
However, there are good chances your application will be processed faster ( if there are no complications ) - by current estimate, under 12 months. There are few people who have got their paper work processed in 7-9 months. There are different stages in application, as you may be aware. If not, you can look at following acronyms in this forum: AOR, ECAS, GCMS/CAIPS, PPR etc. There are very knowledgeable people here, in this forum. In doubt, you can always ask, and someone would respond.
Good luck organizing your application.
You can additionally look at "Spouse application - Organized initial file" in my signature, and this message : http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/may-2016-outland-spousal-applicants-t412073.0.html;msg5177419#msg5177419 to give you some idea. Procedure is slightly different ( since my spouse is citizen of Mexico ).
Im sure!!! January is starting with ppr!
