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rox

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My friend got married after she got the Visa and landed about a week ago. However upon landing when a question was asked if she is single, she stated she is single as she misunderstood the question (she thought are you coming my yourself?). Is is possible to correct that mistake now? Was she supposed to report her marriage right after marrying (she got visa about 6-7 months ago and got married about 2 months ago before landing).

Any suggestions would be appreciated !!

Thanks
 
Unfortunately she has made a very bad mistake. It is too late to correct this error.

Because she failed to declare her spouse - she can never sponsor him. Also, because she declared that she was single when she landed (although she was married), she has committed misrepresentation. If CIC finds out they could revoke her PR status.

She should have reported her marriage as soon as she got married, returned her visa to CIC without using it, submitted all of the paperwork for her spouse, waited for CIC to review her spouse's paperwork and then issue a visa for both of them. When she received her visa, the instructions clearly indicated that she should notify CIC if there were any change to her status. She failed to do this.

Again, she made a horrible decision by landing on her single visa and declaring herself as single. But the damage is done and there's nothing she can do at this point to fix this.
 
Thank you for your insight. it has been only a week since she landed; given not much time has passed since she landed, does she stand any chance of making this correction (callling them or even visiting the airport immigration) at this point? Or this will jeopardise her own PR status?

If it is risky, she might try to have him immigrate as a independent PR.

Thank you for all the suggestions !!
 
Hi


rox said:
Thank you for your insight. it has been only a week since she landed; given not much time has passed since she landed, does she stand any chance of making this correction (callling them or even visiting the airport immigration) at this point? Or this will jeopardise her own PR status?

If it is risky, she might try to have him immigrate as a independent PR.

Thank you for all the suggestions !!

Nope, it is misrepresentation as soon as she failed to report she was married.
 
scylla said:
Again, she made a horrible decision by landing on her single visa and declaring herself as single. But the damage is done and there's nothing she can do at this point to fix this.

Hello scylla
What if you are single, and Landed also as single, before getting married?..Would you be able to sponsor your spouse?
 
xse2573 said:
Hello scylla
What if you are single, and Landed also as single, before getting married?..Would you be able to sponsor your spouse?

If you landed as a "single" you could always get married after landing and then sponsor your spouse, yes. However, be careful saying you're "single." If you're living with your fiance (boyfriend/girlfriend) and have done so for over a year (common-law), you must declare that when you land, and you would NOT be considered single in this case. If you are common-law and you put "single" because you are landing before marriage, you will have problems later with PR processing for your spouse because you both have to list your addresses of where you've lived over the last certain number of years. If you've lived together and did not report it - that's misrepresentation and you will not be able to sponsor your spouse and may even lose your PR.

Secondly, if you are living with your S.O., you will want to mention that probably when you apply for PR because you will need to prove a genuine relationship... so saying "single" when landing, and then applying PR and saying "we lived together for 3 years so it's a real relationship" won't cut it.

If you are not common-law though and not living together (application for PR asks if you live with anyone), you land as single, THEN marry and sponsor your spouse, this could be ok assuming you have proof of your relationship.

Hope that helps :)
 
MissDominica said:
If you landed as a "single" you could always get married after landing and then sponsor your spouse, yes. However, be careful saying you're "single." If you're living with your fiance (boyfriend/girlfriend) and have done so for over a year (common-law), you must declare that when you land, and you would NOT be considered single in this case. If you are common-law and you put "single" because you are landing before marriage, you will have problems later with PR processing for your spouse because you both have to list your addresses of where you've lived over the last certain number of years. If you've lived together and did not report it - that's misrepresentation and you will not be able to sponsor your spouse and may even lose your PR.

Secondly, if you are living with your S.O., you will want to mention that probably when you apply for PR because you will need to prove a genuine relationship... so saying "single" when landing, and then applying PR and saying "we lived together for 3 years so it's a real relationship" won't cut it.

If you are not common-law though and not living together (application for PR asks if you live with anyone), you land as single, THEN marry and sponsor your spouse, this could be ok assuming you have proof of your relationship.

Hope that helps :)

THANKS!!!...Nice explaination miss Dominica!!!!
I dont live with my fiance....I am in U.S.A. and she is in Africa!!!...We have NEVER live lived together even while I was in Africa!!!
But we are planing of getting married in few months time.
So l am good to go!!!..then later she join me!!!!
 
Hello Miss Dominica
Also l have a friend in almost similar situation. He is expecting his PPR almost same time he is getting married.
So what would he do if he got married before the PPR ?
 
Update the visa office that his marital status has changed. This is a material change to his circumstances, he must advise CIC. If he intends for his spouse to accompany him to Canada, fill in all the necessary paperwork, pay any additional fees and submit the updated information to the visa office. If he does not intend for her to accompany him immediately, he must still update the visa office and add her to the application as his spousal dependent.