Should we marry now or later ?

[Elizabethw13]

I am a UK/ Australian citizen currently in Canada on a tourist visa and I am trying to apply through the Federal Skilled Worker Program but currently only have 430 points and even though I have applied for a lot of jobs in Canada I do not get any answer so we are looking at other options in order for me to get a work visa.

My partner is Belgium and currently in the process of getting his PR, he has submitted all his documentation and was just requested to complete the medical. We know we want to get married one day so are now deciding maybe the best option is for us to do it sooner rather than later however is it possible once we have married to add me to his current application ? Will it then have to go through a different process and delay it? ( the current processing time for sponsorship of family says 26 months) or are we better waiting till he receives his PR then getting married and applying ?

Thank you

 

[Bcboundboy]

I am a UK/ Australian citizen currently in Canada on a tourist visa and I am trying to apply through the Federal Skilled Worker Program but currently only have 430 points and even though I have applied for a lot of jobs in Canada I do not get any answer so we are looking at other options in order for me to get a work visa.

My partner is Belgium and currently in the process of getting his PR, he has submitted all his documentation and was just requested to complete the medical. We know we want to get married one day so are now deciding maybe the best option is for us to do it sooner rather than later however is it possible once we have married to add me to his current application ? Will it then have to go through a different process and delay it? ( the current processing time for sponsorship of family says 26 months) or are we better waiting till he receives his PR then getting married and applying ?

Thank you

Vital first question: Have you lived together for 12 months continuously at any point?

 

[BethanyM]

I am a UK/ Australian citizen currently in Canada on a tourist visa and I am trying to apply through the Federal Skilled Worker Program but currently only have 430 points and even though I have applied for a lot of jobs in Canada I do not get any answer so we are looking at other options in order for me to get a work visa.

My partner is Belgium and currently in the process of getting his PR, he has submitted all his documentation and was just requested to complete the medical. We know we want to get married one day so are now deciding maybe the best option is for us to do it sooner rather than later however is it possible once we have married to add me to his current application ? Will it then have to go through a different process and delay it? ( the current processing time for sponsorship of family says 26 months) or are we better waiting till he receives his PR then getting married and applying ?

Thank you

Not trying to give you a hard time, but I think Immigration regards a marriage which was planned based on immigration considerations, for them is a marriage of convenience and as such they may not recognize it for a Sponsorship Application. - So, I'm saying a marriage must be 'justified' in terms of the relationship, where you are with each other, with each other's families, with your life plans. All of that would have to be documented in a Spousal Sponsorship Application, so you'll want to keep helpful information, photos, proofs of travel, phone call and gifts etc. to help you show the true relationship.

I don't know if he can amend his current application. No doubt it would slow it down, they would have to process you as well as him, but there might be advantages to doing that.

If he waits X number of months to get his PR (I'm presuming he's not being sponsored as a spouse to someone else), He'd have to get settled in Canada before he could apply to sponsor you and you could count on at least another year for your application.

If you can prove that you're in fact already a common-law couple who have lived together for a year uninterrupted (with lots of proof), you may want to further explore the idea of being added to his application. I really don't know how that would work. Just throwing out some thoughts.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

We know we want to get married one day so are now deciding maybe the best option is for us to do it sooner rather than later however is it possible once we have married to add me to his current application ? Will it then have to go through a different process and delay it? ( the current processing time for sponsorship of family says 26 months) or are we better waiting till he receives his PR then getting married and applying ?

If you have lived together continuously for at least a year, you are common-law and must be included in the app now. If you are not common-law and you get married, your partner will need to add you to the app. It won't go through a different process but it will be delayed a few months while IRCC processes your portion of the app.

It is far easier to be added to his current app than it is to wait and apply for sponsorship.

Not trying to give you a hard time, but I think Immigration regards a marriage which was planned based on immigration considerations, for them is a marriage of convenience and as such they may not recognize it for a Sponsorship Application.

It would not be seen as a Marriage of Convenience.

 

[alok4best]

Get married now. Sponsorship after PR can easily take a year or more.
Getting married now will only push it back by few weeks to a couple of months, also there won't be condition 51 on your(dependent) PR.