Sponsoring before marriage

[MarkGuy]

Was there ever a time in Canada that you could send in the spousal sponsorship application before marrying?
I'm thinking possibly five, ten or more years ago?

TIA

 

[cutetwins]

yeah..either common law or conjugal

 

[PMM]

Hi

Was there ever a time in Canada that you could send in the spousal sponsorship application before marrying?
I'm thinking possibly five, ten or more years ago?

TIA

1. Yes prior to 2002 there was a fiancee class.

 

[MarkGuy]

Hi


1. Yes prior to 2002 there was a fiancee class.

OK thanks. I'm still trying to make sense of something I read on another forum.

Someone who married a Canadian mentioned:
"I arrived (in Canada) 12 months after the paperwork for sponsorship was submitted...
Married 6 months before arrival."

It still doesn't really jive with a fiance visa, because you would be in Canada for that.
The above sounds like the sponsorship paperwork was submitted while they still hadn't ever made it to Canada.

 

[MarkGuy]

Now I get it.
I've learned that with the old fiance sponsorship program, you could start the paperwork to sponsor a fiance before they arrived in Canada.

Was there also a fiance visa back then, or was I mistaken about that?
By fiance visa, I mean a temporary resident visa for the purposes of getting married within a short period of time.

If there was, were the two related at all?

 

[PMM]

Hi

Now I get it.
I've learned that with the old fiance sponsorship program, you could start the paperwork to sponsor a fiance before they arrived in Canada.

Was there also a fiance visa back then, or was I mistaken about that?
By fiance visa, I mean a temporary resident visa for the purposes of getting married within a short period of time.

If there was, were the two related at all?

1. Yes, you could sponsor a fiancee who was residing overseas. They were issued a visa with the term and condition that they must marry within 90 days of "landing" in Canada.

 

[MarkGuy]

Hi


1. Yes, you could sponsor a fiancee who was residing overseas. They were issued a visa with the term and condition that they must marry within 90 days of "landing" in Canada.

OK I understand that part.
Do you think though that the immigration offices upon receipt of the fiancee sponsorship application would wait with processing the serious obligation parts until after the couple actually married?

Did you have to notify the immigration office when you actually married so they could do other work on their behalf?
Did you as a potential sponsor have to do any other paperwork after submitting your fiancee sponsorship and after having actually married?

In other words, was there a fiancee sponsorship part II and fiancee sponsorship part III etc.?

 

[rhcohen2014]

OK I understand that part.
Do you think though that the immigration offices upon receipt of the fiancee sponsorship application would wait with processing the serious obligation parts until after the couple actually married?

Did you have to notify the immigration office when you actually married so they could do other work on their behalf?
Did you as a potential sponsor have to do any other paperwork after submitting your fiancee sponsorship and after having actually married?

In other words, was there a fiancee sponsorship part II and fiancee sponsorship part III etc.?

why does it matter what "could" be done in past years? there is no CURRENT fiance visa, and right NOW you can't send in an application for spousal sponsorship unless you are married or considered commonlaw. what are you trying to figure out? if your gf wants to live in canada, she either needs to marry you, become your commonlaw partner or find an alternate route to immigration. that's it. there are no other options and fiances are not privy to spousal sponsorship TODAY!

 

[MarkGuy]

why does it matter what "could" be done in past years? there is no CURRENT fiance visa, and right NOW you can't send in an application for spousal sponsorship unless you are married or considered commonlaw. what are you trying to figure out? if your gf wants to live in canada, she either needs to marry you, become your commonlaw partner or find an alternate route to immigration. that's it. there are no other options and fiances are not privy to spousal sponsorship TODAY!

Did it ever occur to you that some people here are simply interested in what happened in the past and nothing more?

Just for curiosity sake?

I still would like my questions answered.