Applying a spouse for PR status - In regards to a relationship's length of time.
Oct 2nd 2002, 10:14 pm
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Applying a spouse for PR status - In regards to a relationship's length of time.
Hi,
I'm seeking advice on how the CIC may respond to my situation.
To summerize, after conversing with my now-partner for 6 months via the internet. I came to Canada and decided to meet her. We've lived together the past month and found we are quite compatible! We are in love and have discussed our future in great detail. Including having a family (She already has a 4 year old who calls me "dad"
), serveral business ideas, marriage, and I've met a good portion of her family.
Though to most people one month is not a great amount of time. I do love her and want to stay with her. I feel that in our "limited" time together we've learned more about each other than some couples learn in years being with each other.
But how will the CIC respond to our claim for PR status of myself if my partner and I marry within the next few months? By then we'd have been together for perhaps 3 or 4 months living together. And would have photographs from the wedding. Does the CIC have a specific amount of time as the minimum? Would they interrogate us to the extreme? What can we expect? How soon should we wait before applying for PR status?
She is a Canadian citizen and I am a USA citizen.
Cheers for any help! And hopefully this may help someone else in a similiar situation.
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I'm seeking advice on how the CIC may respond to my situation.
To summerize, after conversing with my now-partner for 6 months via the internet. I came to Canada and decided to meet her. We've lived together the past month and found we are quite compatible! We are in love and have discussed our future in great detail. Including having a family (She already has a 4 year old who calls me "dad"
), serveral business ideas, marriage, and I've met a good portion of her family.Though to most people one month is not a great amount of time. I do love her and want to stay with her. I feel that in our "limited" time together we've learned more about each other than some couples learn in years being with each other.
But how will the CIC respond to our claim for PR status of myself if my partner and I marry within the next few months? By then we'd have been together for perhaps 3 or 4 months living together. And would have photographs from the wedding. Does the CIC have a specific amount of time as the minimum? Would they interrogate us to the extreme? What can we expect? How soon should we wait before applying for PR status?
She is a Canadian citizen and I am a USA citizen.
Cheers for any help! And hopefully this may help someone else in a similiar situation
. [email protected]
Oct 3rd 2002, 1:57 am
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Re: Applying a spouse for PR status - In regards to a relationship's length of time.
Get married ASAP, then apply for PR status. You just need
to prove the marriage was "genuine" - show wedding pics,
common goals, etc. Then prove intention to make Canada your
home, and you're through...! If you're on a visitor visa,
apply to get it extended by another 3 months or so, then
you're legal when you get married. It might take 2-4
months to get permanent residency. I don't think
they'll give you a hard time cos' you're US citizen.
"love" wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I'm seeking advice on how the CIC may respond to my situation.
> To summerize, after conversing with my now-partner for 6 months via the
> internet. I came to Canada and decided to meet her. We've lived together
> the past month and found we are quite compatible! We are in love and
> have discussed our future in great detail. Including having a family
> (She already has a 4 year old who calls me "dad"), serveral business
> ideas, marriage, and I've met a good portion of her family.
> Though to most people one month is not a great amount of time. I do love
> her and want to stay with her. I feel that in our "limited" time
> together we've learned more about each other than some couples learn in
> years being with each other.
> But how will the CIC respond to our claim for PR status of myself if my
> partner and I marry within the next few months? By then we'd have been
> together for perhaps 3 or 4 months living together. And would have
> photographs from the wedding. Does the CIC have a specific amount of
> time as the minimum? Would they interrogate us to the extreme? What can
> we expect? How soon should we wait before applying for PR status?
> She is a Canadian citizen and I am a USA citizen.
> Cheers for any help! And hopefully this may help someone else in a
> similiar situation.
> [email protected]
> --
> Posted via http://britishexpats.com
to prove the marriage was "genuine" - show wedding pics,
common goals, etc. Then prove intention to make Canada your
home, and you're through...! If you're on a visitor visa,
apply to get it extended by another 3 months or so, then
you're legal when you get married. It might take 2-4
months to get permanent residency. I don't think
they'll give you a hard time cos' you're US citizen.
"love" wrote in message
news:432123.1033596890@britishexpats-
.com...
> Hi,
> I'm seeking advice on how the CIC may respond to my situation.
> To summerize, after conversing with my now-partner for 6 months via the
> internet. I came to Canada and decided to meet her. We've lived together
> the past month and found we are quite compatible! We are in love and
> have discussed our future in great detail. Including having a family
> (She already has a 4 year old who calls me "dad"
), serveral business> ideas, marriage, and I've met a good portion of her family.
> Though to most people one month is not a great amount of time. I do love
> her and want to stay with her. I feel that in our "limited" time
> together we've learned more about each other than some couples learn in
> years being with each other.
> But how will the CIC respond to our claim for PR status of myself if my
> partner and I marry within the next few months? By then we'd have been
> together for perhaps 3 or 4 months living together. And would have
> photographs from the wedding. Does the CIC have a specific amount of
> time as the minimum? Would they interrogate us to the extreme? What can
> we expect? How soon should we wait before applying for PR status?
> She is a Canadian citizen and I am a USA citizen.
> Cheers for any help! And hopefully this may help someone else in a
> similiar situation
.> [email protected]
> --
> Posted via http://britishexpats.com
Oct 3rd 2002, 9:20 pm
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Re: Applying a spouse for PR status - In regards to a relationship's length of time.
I'm curious too!
Originally posted by love:
Hi,
I'm seeking advice on how the CIC may respond to my situation.
To summerize, after conversing with my now-partner for 6 months via the internet. I came to Canada and decided to meet her. We've lived together the past month and found we are quite compatible! We are in love and have discussed our future in great detail. Including having a family (She already has a 4 year old who calls me "dad"), serveral business ideas, marriage, and I've met a good portion of her family.
Though to most people one month is not a great amount of time. I do love her and want to stay with her. I feel that in our "limited" time together we've learned more about each other than some couples learn in years being with each other.
But how will the CIC respond to our claim for PR status of myself if my partner and I marry within the next few months? By then we'd have been together for perhaps 3 or 4 months living together. And would have photographs from the wedding. Does the CIC have a specific amount of time as the minimum? Would they interrogate us to the extreme? What can we expect? How soon should we wait before applying for PR status?
She is a Canadian citizen and I am a USA citizen.
Cheers for any help! And hopefully this may help someone else in a similiar situation.
[email protected]
Hi,
I'm seeking advice on how the CIC may respond to my situation.
To summerize, after conversing with my now-partner for 6 months via the internet. I came to Canada and decided to meet her. We've lived together the past month and found we are quite compatible! We are in love and have discussed our future in great detail. Including having a family (She already has a 4 year old who calls me "dad"
), serveral business ideas, marriage, and I've met a good portion of her family.Though to most people one month is not a great amount of time. I do love her and want to stay with her. I feel that in our "limited" time together we've learned more about each other than some couples learn in years being with each other.
But how will the CIC respond to our claim for PR status of myself if my partner and I marry within the next few months? By then we'd have been together for perhaps 3 or 4 months living together. And would have photographs from the wedding. Does the CIC have a specific amount of time as the minimum? Would they interrogate us to the extreme? What can we expect? How soon should we wait before applying for PR status?
She is a Canadian citizen and I am a USA citizen.
Cheers for any help! And hopefully this may help someone else in a similiar situation
. [email protected]
