will immigration look closely at this?

[concerned_friend_2017]

hello, i am new here on this website, I'm very concerned, i have a very close friend that is

now living in Canada with her husband, her husband was my close friends sponsor back around 6 years

ago.. they have been married now, since 2012, her husband is originally from Ukraine, and has been a

Canadian citizen for a long time, he has a good job,

nice home, 2 cars in garage and 3 children from his previous marriage,

my friends 18 yr old niece, is from Ukraine , she came to Canada on a sponsored visit by my friend and her

husband this last summer, and during her time visiting her Aunt she became

involved with my friend's husband, and now, it looks like my friends husband is asking for a divorce and wishes

to start a new life with my friends niece,

the niece went back in Ukraine now, doing her studies in college,(paid for by my friend and her husband) and

will come back to Canada in January, in the mean time, my friends husband has asked my friend for a

divorce, and they are beginning their separation process required in Canada , as her friend, i am hoping

that someone can give her some advice as to how or if she can prevent her 18 year old niece from coming

back to Canada, and breaking up her marriage with her 44 year old husband,

i believe they(husband and niece) are going to lie to immigration dept the real reason the niece is coming

back to Canada, to marry my friends husband, but.. she will return to Canada,

under the illusion of just visiting family, which by then, my friend (her aunt) will be living in an apt separated

from her husband, and the niece will be lying to immigration as to

her real motives of her visit..

 

[scylla]

If the niece already has an approved multiple entry TRV - there's really nothing your friend can do to stop her from entering Canada. Even if she has to apply for a new TRV, there's really not much your friend can do to stop her from entering Canada. I suppose she could log a complaint with IRCC - but not sure they would pay much attention since this will sound like a personal rather than immigration matter. Visitors are allowed to marry while in Canada as tourists. There's absolutely nothing illegal about that and it's not against the rules. Many people on this forum have married in Canada while here as visitors - perfectly legal and allowed.

If for some reason the girlfriend is not able to enter Canada, your friend's husband can always visit Ukraine once they are officially divorced, marry his new girlfriend and then sponsor her for permanent residency. Unfortunately there's nothing your friend can do to prevent that. Having said that, when he sponsors her for PR, given their age gap - you can expect IRCC to examine their application closely to ensure the relationship is genuine and that the girlfriend isn't entering into the relationship primarily as a means of getting PR status in Canada. Provided they can prove their relationship is genuine - the application will most likely be approved at which point the girlfriend will be able to move to Canada as a PR. (Again, nothing your friend can do to stop that.)

Rather than worrying about the girlfriend (which is a situation your friend cannot control), I would recommend your friend instead focus on doing what she needs to do to protect herself financially for the expected divorce.

 

[concerned_friend_2017]

scylla, thank you, for your response, i appreciate it, i will pass this on to my friend, and give her your advice, i thought maybe, that
Canadian immigration would be curious as to .. why are you (her husband) sponsoring this new person, what happened to the last person? (my friend), of course as you can imagine my friend, the nieces aunt is heart broken over this and is having a difficult time dealing with the betrayal of her
niece, knowing that the niece is just manipulating her soon to be ex husband to get citizenship, if this plays out and the niece is successful..
again thank you

 

[scylla]

IRCC will look into the new relationship if he decides to sponsor her to make sure it's genuine - especially given the age difference. However he's entitled to sponsor her if they get married. And if they can demonstrate the relationship is genuine - there's a very good chance they will be approved. Age gaps aren't that infrequent here and we see many cases get approved (especially where the wife is the younger once since this tends to be more traditional / accepted).

As for what happened to his previous spouse - IRCC knows that sometimes relationships don't work out. He wouldn't be the first one to sponsor a new spouse after the first relationship didn't work out.

Sounds like your friend is better off without him. Best thing she can do is move on and forget about his personal life. I wish her luck. And again, make sure she does what's needed to protect herself financially.