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Spousal Sponsorship(outland) Are there checkups and interviews after PR sponsorship achieved?

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Tjax90

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I was born and raised in Canada for more than 20 years. Recently I've lived out-of-country for around 4 years, where I married my wife. I am going through outland sponsorship, so we can move back to Canada to have a new home with her.

I have heard a rumour about a friend-of-a-friend, that He married a Brazilian woman, and sponsored her, and they lived in Canada permanently. But after about 2 years, the marriage started to go in a bad direction. There was suspicions one of them was having an affair, and they were not getting along. But they were still trying to keep the marriage together and work through their issues.

They didn't want to live together anymore, but they had the Canadian government checking on them, and they had to stay living in the same place because the woman might lose her permanent residency or get deported if the relationship didn't work out.

Are these rumours true?
I don't like the idea of the government monitoring me and having to go in for interviews after sponsorship is acheived. It kinda feels a bit "big-brother". If there are checkups and interviews, how often are they, and what are they like?

Also is it true that at any point if things don't work out, my wife may get deported or not be able to apply for citizenship? This seems quite harsh and heartless.

I'm quite confident my wife and I are doing great. but this rumor really disturbed me hearing about deportation and regular interviews and check-ups?
 
You're not getting the full story.

Deportation would only happen if it was determined the applicant committed fraud (marriage of convenience) and only married the sponsor in order to obtain status in Canada. An affair doesn't demonstrate fraud - it just demonstrates a relationship that's gone wrong. An affair isn't grounds for deportations - relationships fall apart all of the time. Also, government doesn't check up on anyone. The only way the deportation would have been triggered is if the sponsor reported the fraud to the government and then the government investigated based on this complaint and found that immigration fraud had been committed.

Again, you haven't been told the full story. There's way more to this if someone is at risk for deportation.

Having said that, if you sponsor your spouse - you do sign up for financial obligations that remain in place even if you break up. Specifically, you are financially responsible for your spouse for three years after landing. This means that if that individual goes on social assistance / welfare at any time during that three year period - you'll have to pay this money back to the government.
 
Tjax90 said:
I was born and raised in Canada for more than 20 years. Recently I've lived out-of-country for around 4 years, where I married my wife. I am going through outland sponsorship, so we can move back to Canada to have a new home with her.

I have heard a rumour about a friend-of-a-friend, that He married a Brazilian woman, and sponsored her, and they lived in Canada permanently. But after about 2 years, the marriage started to go in a bad direction. There was suspicions one of them was having an affair, and they were not getting along. But they were still trying to keep the marriage together and work through their issues.

They didn't want to live together anymore, but they had the Canadian government checking on them, and they had to stay living in the same place because the woman might lose her permanent residency or get deported if the relationship didn't work out.

Are these rumours true?
I don't like the idea of the government monitoring me and having to go in for interviews after sponsorship is acheived. It kinda feels a bit "big-brother". If there are checkups and interviews, how often are they, and what are they like?

Also is it true that at any point if things don't work out, my wife may get deported or not be able to apply for citizenship? This seems quite harsh and heartless.

I'm quite confident my wife and I are doing great. but this rumor really disturbed me hearing about deportation and regular interviews and check-ups?
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The 2 years cohabitation rule has been repealed.
 
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Can you explain that with a little more detail? Or direct me to resources that explains what you mean?
 
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