shaikhy said:
Hello/Salam,
I had a few basic questions that I am really confused and concerned about, hoping someone has gone through the same and can help out.
I am a Canadian PR (Pakistani National), living in Canada for the past 10 years and my Canadian Citizenship application is currently under process. I plan to marry a Pakistani national residing in Dubai U.A.E (under her father's U.A.E residency visa). The condition for her to be a U.A.E resident under her father's residency visa is that she needs to be single. We plan to get married in Pakistan next year. Questions:
1. When we get married in Pakistan, do we need to let the appropriate U.A.E authorities know of the marriage? I'm guessing yes. If so then wouldn't her residency be taken away from her now that she is married since the condition for her residency has changed and she can no longer be a resident under her father's residency visa?
2. If the above is true then would she need to apply for U.A.E residency by herself, say by securing a job, so she can continue to stay with her family in the U.A.E?
2. After marriage, is it mandatory for her to update her surname and or marital status on all possible documents before we can apply for her Canadian Sponsorship?
3. The VO for my case would be Abu Dhabi?
Any help is greatly appreciated and I wish you all the best with your applications.
We were in the same situation in UAE, our sponsorship application finalize and spouse landed already, kindly see response to all your queries.
1. you do not need to let any authority know about you wife's marital status change. She can continue to keep visa under her father sponsorship. However, single expectant female must provide proof of marriage, as long as pregnancy is not involved, no issues.
2. she can either stay on father visa or obtain her own through work permit etc. but again second part of item 1 above is very important.
3. It is not required to change family name for the wife. you may consider replacing father name to husband name in her passport. even though it was changed in my wife's passport but UAE immigration kept issuing her residence visa with her full name plus father's name on residence visa.
4. you can either choose VO designated for the country of citizenship of the applicant or where applicant has resided legally for a period of minimum 1 year.
Hope this helps
