Newly engaged - How can I sponsor her after marriage

[Sweden]

and if it can put your mind at ease: my partner was a student when he applied to sponsor me, and with no money in the bank. But he wrote a plan on how he was going to support me, and what he would do, and go accepted as a sponsor. So as long as you have a plan ( and do get letters from family that they will support you, and include a bank statement showing your savings if you have), you'll be fine.
Plus - by the time you are married, you probably will have a job already!
Good luck,
Sweden

 

[draxz1289]

and if it can put your mind at ease: my partner was a student when he applied to sponsor me, and with no money in the bank. But he wrote a plan on how he was going to support me, and what he would do, and go accepted as a sponsor. So as long as you have a plan ( and do get letters from family that they will support you, and include a bank statement showing your savings if you have), you'll be fine.
Plus - by the time you are married, you probably will have a job already!
Good luck,
Sweden

Thank you very much for your reply, I have just graduated and just took a short break to visit home and finally got engaged to my long tern gf.

I am now pretty clear and the fear has gone. I will definitely post questions as I go alone the process.

Thank you everyone

 

[RajaJi]

Hey Guys,

I am a PR since April 2012 and I came to India and got engaged 2 days back I am flying back this month end.

We are planning to get married in June 2014, but I want to get started on the process to sponsor her now.
Should I do an in Canada or out of Canada sponsorship, should we do a paper registration now and apply for sponsorship or would it be better to do a full wedding and then sponsor her next year.

Any help is appreciate...

You can start the process now. Since you are committed to each other and already engaged, Register your marriage now (do a court marriage) and get the marriage certificate. Prepare your application and submit it along with all supporting documents. By the time you are formally married (ceremonies ), your wife will hopefully have her PR approved and can fly with you to Canada immediately after marriage.

A friend of mine did the same. They had a formal engagement ceremony with few hundred people invited. They provided the photographs from the ceremony and it was excellent as they flew together few days after marriage.

 

[canadianwoman]

I do not agree with the above. There are so many appeals where an Indian couple was refused because the wedding ceremony did not follow Indian cultural norms. Some couples managing to get the visa with just a civil marriage is not typical. If you are refused, there is a long wait for an appeal, and then another long wait while the application is reprocessed. In the long run, it will be faster to just do the traditional wedding ceremony and apply after that.