Hi there,
I am preparing to sponsor my husband after I get my certificate of citizenship updated with my married name. in the meantime I am gathering information on how the sponsorship process works. I have a few doubts/questions.
We live in Romania, we have been married one year this past April, and we have a little girl 7 months old.
We met in 2013, and lived together since 2014.
We have bought a house in 2014, but it is only in my name (we were not married at the time), because I had the bigger salary and the bank could give us a higher loan for the house.
We have IDs with the same home address for each of us, and I guess the phone bill in his name comes at this address. All the others (electricity and Internet are in my name). He could probably get a form that in also for this address, that his taxes are paid, from the townhall. Is this sufficient proof? I could get some cheap one year life insurance, and make if payable to him, but I dunno if that is advisable.
Also because we have been married for less than 2 years, and he was married before, the form asks to provide further proof of relationship. They say max 20 pics. I selected 200+ pics from all our past 4 years together (trips, holidays with us and his 10 yo son from his previous marriage, us renovating the home, etc). Should i include trips with my stepson or leave them out? Also, include the home renovation pics? He did most of the work by himself, with a little help from dad and brother
We also had a very small wedding, just civil ceremony, with his sister, her husband and their kid, and two of my friends. My dad and sister are in Canada, my best friend also, and he and his mom and dad do not really get along, they are not the nicest people, so we didn't want them ruining our day. Can I explain all this in a letter?
My biggest problem tho is that basically selling the house will be our ticket out. Paying off the loan to the bank, and having some money (5-10k let's hope) left over to take with us to Canada. This would be the income proof, since I have not worked in Canada. I did work in Romania the past 8 years, currently I am on maternity leave.
From Dec 1st, Romania will be visa-exempt country, so in theory we could sell the house, leave and apply for sponsorship and OWP inland. But then I don't have any proof of IDs, and telephone bills and any of that. We would be staying with my sister or my dad. By applying inland, he also cannot leave Canada. I am thinking if something were to happen with his other kid, back in Romania, he would have to come back. And then we risk having to start over..
If we apply from here, and during the process of waiting we sell the house, basically we have to move (with his brother, or we rent for a while an apt) and we don't have the same address as in the initial application.
But selling the house is the proof that I intend to return to Canada together with him.
If I wait to sell the house, until the PR visa is granted, how long is the visa good for? 4mths more or less? What if the house does not sell so fast?
I don't know how to proceed... can someone provide any insight, or have some guidance for us?
Sorry for all the details, and if this has been really confusing.
I am preparing to sponsor my husband after I get my certificate of citizenship updated with my married name. in the meantime I am gathering information on how the sponsorship process works. I have a few doubts/questions.
We live in Romania, we have been married one year this past April, and we have a little girl 7 months old.
We met in 2013, and lived together since 2014.
We have bought a house in 2014, but it is only in my name (we were not married at the time), because I had the bigger salary and the bank could give us a higher loan for the house.
We have IDs with the same home address for each of us, and I guess the phone bill in his name comes at this address. All the others (electricity and Internet are in my name). He could probably get a form that in also for this address, that his taxes are paid, from the townhall. Is this sufficient proof? I could get some cheap one year life insurance, and make if payable to him, but I dunno if that is advisable.
Also because we have been married for less than 2 years, and he was married before, the form asks to provide further proof of relationship. They say max 20 pics. I selected 200+ pics from all our past 4 years together (trips, holidays with us and his 10 yo son from his previous marriage, us renovating the home, etc). Should i include trips with my stepson or leave them out? Also, include the home renovation pics? He did most of the work by himself, with a little help from dad and brother
We also had a very small wedding, just civil ceremony, with his sister, her husband and their kid, and two of my friends. My dad and sister are in Canada, my best friend also, and he and his mom and dad do not really get along, they are not the nicest people, so we didn't want them ruining our day. Can I explain all this in a letter?
My biggest problem tho is that basically selling the house will be our ticket out. Paying off the loan to the bank, and having some money (5-10k let's hope) left over to take with us to Canada. This would be the income proof, since I have not worked in Canada. I did work in Romania the past 8 years, currently I am on maternity leave.
From Dec 1st, Romania will be visa-exempt country, so in theory we could sell the house, leave and apply for sponsorship and OWP inland. But then I don't have any proof of IDs, and telephone bills and any of that. We would be staying with my sister or my dad. By applying inland, he also cannot leave Canada. I am thinking if something were to happen with his other kid, back in Romania, he would have to come back. And then we risk having to start over..
If we apply from here, and during the process of waiting we sell the house, basically we have to move (with his brother, or we rent for a while an apt) and we don't have the same address as in the initial application.
But selling the house is the proof that I intend to return to Canada together with him.
If I wait to sell the house, until the PR visa is granted, how long is the visa good for? 4mths more or less? What if the house does not sell so fast?
I don't know how to proceed... can someone provide any insight, or have some guidance for us?
Sorry for all the details, and if this has been really confusing.
