Sponsorhip

[agsc]

Hi, a friend of mine recommended this forum. I hope someone can help me. I'm still waiting for the letter asking for my passport from the embassy for my immigrant visa. My problem is, how will I get my long boyfriend? If it's through common law partner, I believe I have to inform CIC about it and will affect the process of my application because I did not disclose him in my application and we don't have evidences to prove that we lived for a year or so because we really didn't, no joint accounts or whatsoever only letters and photographs. He is now working in Singapore and we are planning to marry on 2012. But long distance relationship is not going to work for me that's why I wanted him with me asap. I'm thinking of having him apply for a tourist visa and then marry once I'm in Canada and file. Is't against the law in Canada or something suspicious for a tourist visa holder to marry a PR? I'm worried that problem may occur if we do that. Please help me decide what is the best option to do for me to get my boyfriend. Thank you!

 

[bonbon9]

Hi!

There is no problem if you get married in Canada with a tourist visa. They don't get suspicious for that. The hard part would be getting a TRV, if your partner needs it, because you must not lie to them about your intentions coming to Canada. Also, you need to prove that he has enough ties back home to go back when his trip is over. It is hard for spouses and boyfriends/girlfriends to convince CIC of this.

Hope this helps!

 

[britincanada]

You have 2 options;

What kind of Visa have you applied for?

1) Inform CIC of your relationship with your boyfriend. CIC will be annoyed but as long as you do this before you land you will be ok..If you try to sponsor him at a later date and CIC realize you were in a relationship with him before you gained PR then 2 things will happen: A) You will never be able to sponsor him B) You run the risk of your own PR being Revoked!

2) You dont inform CIC..You land..and when you sponsor your Boyfriend you discount the the time you were together before you landed as PR..BUT again if CIC realize you were in a relationship with him before you gained PR then 2 things will happen: A) You will never be able to sponsor him B) You run the risk of your own PR being Revoked!


Are you sure you dont have proof of your relationship? No Emails? No Phone bills showing each others phone number on them? No Photos together? No personal letters? It doesnt have to be joint bills!

 

[agsc]

Thank you for your replies.

Britincanada:

I applied for permanent residence. As I mentioned we do have letters and photographs. I guess the option with what you've given me is to inform CIC about the relationship don't want to take the risk of not having sponsor him or having mine revoked. If I will inform them as early as now, will the process of my application be affected? If yes, how long? If I marry before I got my visa, same thing will happen...?

Let's say I'm in Canada already and will go back to the Philippines to marry two years from now and then sponsor him. Do I still need to inform CIC about it? Or is't a different thing?

Again, thank you!

 

[rjessome]

You have 2 options;

What kind of Visa have you applied for?

1) Inform CIC of your relationship with your boyfriend. CIC will be annoyed but as long as you do this before you land you will be ok..If you try to sponsor him at a later date and CIC realize you were in a relationship with him before you gained PR then 2 things will happen: A) You will never be able to sponsor him B) You run the risk of your own PR being Revoked!

2) You dont inform CIC..You land..and when you sponsor your Boyfriend you discount the the time you were together before you landed as PR..BUT again if CIC realize you were in a relationship with him before you gained PR then 2 things will happen: A) You will never be able to sponsor him B) You run the risk of your own PR being Revoked!


Are you sure you dont have proof of your relationship? No Emails? No Phone bills showing each others phone number on them? No Photos together? No personal letters? It doesnt have to be joint bills!

Actually, the OP doesn't have any options to bring her boyfriend with her on her application. She stated in her original post that they were NOT common law partners. She writes "we don't evidences to prove that we lived for a year or so because we really didn't..." I take that to mean that they were not living together.

So if my reading of her statement is correct, in CIC terms he is not an eligible family member to be added to her current application. He is a boyfriend or fiance that she plans to marry. If she marries him at a later date after she becomes a PR of Canada, she will be able to sponsor him.

 

[BeShoo]

If you are not currently in a long-term marriage-like relationship (you said you are not common-law), you don't have to worry about declaring him until you are married.

It's no problem to get married on a tourist visa. As long as you have a history of the development of your relationship, it won't seem like a non-genuine marriage. It sounds like you have enough of a history that you don't need to worry about that.

 

[canadianwoman]

My problem is, how will I get my long boyfriend? If it's through common law partner, I believe I have to inform CIC about it and will affect the process of my application because I did not disclose him in my application and we don't have evidences to prove that we lived for a year or so because we really didn't, no joint accounts or whatsoever only letters and photographs.

It sounds like your boyfriend is just a boyfriend and cannot be sponsored by you right now. To be sponsored as a common law partner, you and he must have lived together for one year. I get the impression you have not.
But because you have not lived together for one year, you do not have to declare him to CIC. When you do marry, you will be able to sponsor him without declaring him now. Just make sure that when you do sponsor him, you are clear that he was your boyfriend before marriage, that he was your boyfirend before and during your application for a Canadian PR. Don't try to make your evidence of a genuine relationship look better by claiming you were living together when you weren't.
If you didn't live with him for a year, you don't have to declare him and you will be able to sponsor him when you get married.
(If you have lived with him for a year, you must declare the relationship to CIC and the visa office now, though.)