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Old May 29th 2006 | 10:10 pm
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The master plan is to marry my Quebec citizen girlfriend and then she will sponsor me to live in Canada!!..I hope it works. However, I cannot find any info on whether there are any specific rules for a 'foriegner' regarding marrying a canadian. It may be that the requirements are the same for both??? Anyone able to advice me?

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The master plan is to marry my Quebec citizen girlfriend and then she will sponsor me to live in Canada!!..I hope it works. However, I cannot find any info on whether there are any specific rules for a 'foriegner' regarding marrying a canadian. It may be that the requirements are the same for both??? Anyone able to advice me?

Thankyou

Go ahead and marry her if you love each other and want to spend your life together. You'll have to get a marriage license wherever you're going to get married but otherwise the wedding itself isn't a problem.

What you will need to keep in mind is that Canadian immigration people will scruitinze your relationship to make sure you didn't get married just for the convenience of sponsoring you to Canada. You'll have to answer all sorts of probing questions about your courtship, engagement, relationships with families, wedding, honeymoon etc. The more unlikely the story, the deeper they'll probe.
 
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Go ahead and marry her if you love each other and want to spend your life together. You'll have to get a marriage license wherever you're going to get married but otherwise the wedding itself isn't a problem.

What you will need to keep in mind is that Canadian immigration people will scruitinze your relationship to make sure you didn't get married just for the convenience of sponsoring you to Canada. You'll have to answer all sorts of probing questions about your courtship, engagement, relationships with families, wedding, honeymoon etc. The more unlikely the story, the deeper they'll probe.
I agree with SueBed's answer. Get joint bank accounts, open utilities in both names, jointly lease or buy your house in Canada. Get loads of stuff like bills etc with BOTH names on them. The reason I say this? The UK wouldn't give Mrs Snave Permanent Leave to remain while we lived over there as we had "nothing" to show that we really lived together, and I'm determined that having moved to Canada we don't get in the same position over here. When I applied for PR with Mrs. Snave sponsoring me, we provided CIC with 'photos of the wedding, trips together, bank account statements, everything we could think of - to prove that we're together for each other, not for me to get PR.
 
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I'm having serious doubts as to whether I should have married my Canadian lady. I just took her lunch in and found her watching Emmerdale, FFS. It's high time she went back to work.
 
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I'm having serious doubts as to whether I should have married my Canadian lady. I just took her lunch in and found her watching Emmerdale, FFS. It's high time she went back to work.
Mate, thats grounds for divorce.
 
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Why are most (if not all?) the Brit/Canuck couples Brit/man and Canuck/woman?
 
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Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
Why are most (if not all?) the Brit/Canuck couples Brit/man and Canuck/woman?
Ro, come on be serious!!!
 
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Ro, come on be serious!!!
We're not here to stand in judgement of Canadian men -_-

It's an interesting question though.
 
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Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy
Ro, come on be serious!!!
I am!

I have my theories but always innerested in what others think and/or wise-ass comments.
 
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We're not here to stand in judgement of Canadian men -_-

It's an interesting question though.
Who was judging Canadian men????
 
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Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy
Who was judging Canadian men????

If the kilt fits......!
 
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I am!

I have my theories but always innerested in what others think and/or wise-ass comments.
OK (my theory) British woman are uptight (in certain places\situations). Canadian woman aren't
 
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If the kilt fits......!
And here we have a perfect example of the Canadian woman. (You worn him out again sue??)
 
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Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy
OK (my theory) British woman are uptight (in certain places\situations). Canadian woman aren't


Aren't you brave... and very, very unwise!
 
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Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
Why are most (if not all?) the Brit/Canuck couples Brit/man and Canuck/woman?
Come to think of it, all the Brit/Canadian couples I can think of in real life involve a Franco Canadian woman.
 


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