Cheerful

it is 3 years in the previous 4 years, so no the count does get reset to
sero, it continues....
getting a visa for his 'wife' (secret or otherwise) will require that the
marriage is legally recognized in order for him to apply for her visa.
"ryoma-kun" wrote in message
news:rnBq9.-
[email protected] .com...
    > My nephew is a landed immigrant and he's planning to take a vacation back
    > home in a couple of months. He's got a girlfriend back home, and as far as
i
    > know, they got engaged when my nephew was already here. And as what i have
    > heard from my relatives, they are planning to get married or have a secret
    > marriage. now, worried about my nephew, i started to look over the
internet
    > for rules regarding about this, but i couldn't find any. so here's my
    > questions.
    > -My nephew is a landed immigrant, and the date he plans to leave for a
    > vacation is just around 40 days before his 3rd year here in canada as a
    > landed immigrant. does that mean he has to start all over again counting
the
    > 3-year physical residence here in canada? or the count would still be
    > continued when he comes back?
    > -As I've said, they're thinking about the possibility of getting married,
    > whether as a common law or secret marriage. would that affect my nephew's
    > status? what are the things he must do when he gets back if they did this?
    > thank you

Ryoma-Kun

My nephew is a landed immigrant and he's planning to take a vacation back
home in a couple of months. He's got a girlfriend back home, and as far as i
know, they got engaged when my nephew was already here. And as what i have
heard from my relatives, they are planning to get married or have a secret
marriage. now, worried about my nephew, i started to look over the internet
for rules regarding about this, but i couldn't find any. so here's my
questions.

-My nephew is a landed immigrant, and the date he plans to leave for a
vacation is just around 40 days before his 3rd year here in canada as a
landed immigrant. does that mean he has to start all over again counting the
3-year physical residence here in canada? or the count would still be
continued when he comes back?

-As I've said, they're thinking about the possibility of getting married,
whether as a common law or secret marriage. would that affect my nephew's
status? what are the things he must do when he gets back if they did this?

thank you

Ryoma-Kun

thanks cheerful. yeah, i've asked around at my work where there's a lot of
immigrants, and they said the same thing.

about the other questions, can somebody please help me with these? Mr.
Miller or/and anyone else?

thanks a lot
"Cheerful" wrote in message
news:qYyq9.292-
[email protected]...
    > it is 3 years in the previous 4 years, so no the count does get reset to
    > sero, it continues....
    > getting a visa for his 'wife' (secret or otherwise) will require that the
    > marriage is legally recognized in order for him to apply for her visa.
    > "ryoma-kun" wrote in message
    > news:rnBq-
    > [email protected] rs.com    ...
    > > My nephew is a landed immigrant and he's planning to take a vacation
back
    > > home in a couple of months. He's got a girlfriend back home, and as far
as
    > i
    > > know, they got engaged when my nephew was already here. And as what i
have
    > > heard from my relatives, they are planning to get married or have a
secret
    > > marriage. now, worried about my nephew, i started to look over the
    > internet
    > > for rules regarding about this, but i couldn't find any. so here's my
    > > questions.
    > >
    > > -My nephew is a landed immigrant, and the date he plans to leave for a
    > > vacation is just around 40 days before his 3rd year here in canada as a
    > > landed immigrant. does that mean he has to start all over again counting
    > the
    > > 3-year physical residence here in canada? or the count would still be
    > > continued when he comes back?
    > >
    > > -As I've said, they're thinking about the possibility of getting
married,
    > > whether as a common law or secret marriage. would that affect my
nephew's
    > > status? what are the things he must do when he gets back if they did
this?
    > >
    > > thank you
    > >
    > >

Andrew Miller

Getting married will not affect your nephew's PR status. But marriage will have
to be a legal one if he wants to sponsor his wife once he gets back to Canada.
There is no common-law relationship if they didn't live together for at least a
year, so only legal marriage will work. If it is a "secret" relationship then
conjugal partner category will also not work. And marriage cannot be "too
secret" - they will have to be married in accordance with law and tradition in
your nephew's home country as in the case of anything short of that it will be
hard to prove that it is a real thing, not just a marriage of convenience for
the purpose of immigration.

--

../..

Andrew Miller
Immigration Consultant
Vancouver, British Columbia
email: [email protected]
(delete REMOVE from the above address before sending email)

For confidential phone consultation go here:

http://members.yahoo.-
liveadvice.com/andrewmiller_canada
________________________________


"ryoma-kun" wrote in message
news:Mx2r9.135$m-
[email protected]...
    > thanks cheerful. yeah, i've asked around at my work where there's a lot of
    > immigrants, and they said the same thing.
    > about the other questions, can somebody please help me with these? Mr.
    > Miller or/and anyone else?
    > thanks a lot
    > "Cheerful" wrote in message
    > news:qYyq9.2-
    > [email protected]    ...
    > > it is 3 years in the previous 4 years, so no the count does get reset to
    > > sero, it continues....
    > > getting a visa for his 'wife' (secret or otherwise) will require that the
    > > marriage is legally recognized in order for him to apply for her visa.
    > > "ryoma-kun" wrote in message
    > > news:rn-
    > > [email protected] gers.com    ...
    > > > My nephew is a landed immigrant and he's planning to take a vacation
    > back
    > > > home in a couple of months. He's got a girlfriend back home, and as far
    > as
    > > i
    > > > know, they got engaged when my nephew was already here. And as what i
    > have
    > > > heard from my relatives, they are planning to get married or have a
    > secret
    > > > marriage. now, worried about my nephew, i started to look over the
    > > internet
    > > > for rules regarding about this, but i couldn't find any. so here's my
    > > > questions.
    > > >
    > > > -My nephew is a landed immigrant, and the date he plans to leave for a
    > > > vacation is just around 40 days before his 3rd year here in canada as a
    > > > landed immigrant. does that mean he has to start all over again counting
    > > the
    > > > 3-year physical residence here in canada? or the count would still be
    > > > continued when he comes back?
    > > >
    > > > -As I've said, they're thinking about the possibility of getting
    > married,
    > > > whether as a common law or secret marriage. would that affect my
    > nephew's
    > > > status? what are the things he must do when he gets back if they did
    > this?
    > > >
    > > > thank you
    > > >
    > > >
    > >
    > >

Ryoma-Kun

thanks for the reply

ok. s'pose they get married (since that's what's probably going to happen),
are there any things that my nephew would need to do once he gets back here
in Canada---(about his immigration, papers, etc.)? I've talked to my nephew
and it seems that they're/he's not in a rush to sponsor(to live with him
here in Canada) his gf/fiancee once they get married (from what I remember,
they're probably going to wait for at least 3 more years).

thank you

"Andrew Miller" wrote in message
news:W73r9.15499$Sk6.12781-
[email protected]...
    > Getting married will not affect your nephew's PR status. But marriage will
have
    > to be a legal one if he wants to sponsor his wife once he gets back to
Canada.
    > There is no common-law relationship if they didn't live together for at
least a
    > year, so only legal marriage will work. If it is a "secret" relationship
then
    > conjugal partner category will also not work. And marriage cannot be "too
    > secret" - they will have to be married in accordance with law and
tradition in
    > your nephew's home country as in the case of anything short of that it
will be
    > hard to prove that it is a real thing, not just a marriage of convenience
for
    > the purpose of immigration.
    > --
    > ../..
    > Andrew Miller
    > Immigration Consultant
    > Vancouver, British Columbia
    > email: [email protected]
    > (delete REMOVE from the above address before sending email)
    > For confidential phone consultation go here:
    > http://members.yaho-
    > o.liveadvice.com/andrewmiller_canada
    > ________________________________
    > "ryoma-kun" wrote in message
    > news:Mx2r9.135-
    > [email protected]    ...
    > > thanks cheerful. yeah, i've asked around at my work where there's a lot
of
    > > immigrants, and they said the same thing.
    > >
    > > about the other questions, can somebody please help me with these? Mr.
    > > Miller or/and anyone else?
    > >
    > > thanks a lot
    > > "Cheerful" wrote in message
    > > news:qYyq9-
    > > [email protected] om    ...
    > > > it is 3 years in the previous 4 years, so no the count does get reset
to
    > > > sero, it continues....
    > > > getting a visa for his 'wife' (secret or otherwise) will require that
the
    > > > marriage is legally recognized in order for him to apply for her visa.
    > > > "ryoma-kun" wrote in message
    > > > news:-
    > > > [email protected]. rogers.com    ...
    > > > > My nephew is a landed immigrant and he's planning to take a vacation
    > > back
    > > > > home in a couple of months. He's got a girlfriend back home, and as
far
    > > as
    > > > i
    > > > > know, they got engaged when my nephew was already here. And as what
i
    > > have
    > > > > heard from my relatives, they are planning to get married or have a
    > > secret
    > > > > marriage. now, worried about my nephew, i started to look over the
    > > > internet
    > > > > for rules regarding about this, but i couldn't find any. so here's
my
    > > > > questions.
    > > > >
    > > > > -My nephew is a landed immigrant, and the date he plans to leave for
a
    > > > > vacation is just around 40 days before his 3rd year here in canada
as a
    > > > > landed immigrant. does that mean he has to start all over again
counting
    > > > the
    > > > > 3-year physical residence here in canada? or the count would still
be
    > > > > continued when he comes back?
    > > > >
    > > > > -As I've said, they're thinking about the possibility of getting
    > > married,
    > > > > whether as a common law or secret marriage. would that affect my
    > > nephew's
    > > > > status? what are the things he must do when he gets back if they did
    > > this?
    > > > >
    > > > > thank you
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > >
    > >

Andrew Miller

In such case he doesn't need to do anything.

--

../..

Andrew Miller
Immigration Consultant
Vancouver, British Columbia
email: [email protected]
(delete REMOVE from the above address before sending email)

For confidential phone consultation go here:

http://members.yahoo.-
liveadvice.com/andrewmiller_canada
________________________________


"ryoma-kun" wrote in message
news:xxkr9.2270-
[email protected]...
    > thanks for the reply
    > ok. s'pose they get married (since that's what's probably going to happen),
    > are there any things that my nephew would need to do once he gets back here
    > in Canada---(about his immigration, papers, etc.)? I've talked to my nephew
    > and it seems that they're/he's not in a rush to sponsor(to live with him
    > here in Canada) his gf/fiancee once they get married (from what I remember,
    > they're probably going to wait for at least 3 more years).
    > thank you
    > "Andrew Miller" wrote in message
    > news:W73r9.15499$Sk6.127-
    > [email protected]    ...
    > > Getting married will not affect your nephew's PR status. But marriage will
    > have
    > > to be a legal one if he wants to sponsor his wife once he gets back to
    > Canada.
    > > There is no common-law relationship if they didn't live together for at
    > least a
    > > year, so only legal marriage will work. If it is a "secret" relationship
    > then
    > > conjugal partner category will also not work. And marriage cannot be "too
    > > secret" - they will have to be married in accordance with law and
    > tradition in
    > > your nephew's home country as in the case of anything short of that it
    > will be
    > > hard to prove that it is a real thing, not just a marriage of convenience
    > for
    > > the purpose of immigration.
    > >
    > > --
    > >
    > > ../..
    > >
    > > Andrew Miller
    > > Immigration Consultant
    > > Vancouver, British Columbia
    > > email: [email protected]
    > > (delete REMOVE from the above address before sending email)
    > >
    > > For confidential phone consultation go here:
    > >
    > > http://members.ya-
    > > hoo.liveadvice.com/andrewmiller_canada
    > > ________________________________
    > >
    > >
    > > "ryoma-kun" wrote in message
    > > news:Mx2r9.1-
    > > [email protected]    ...
    > > > thanks cheerful. yeah, i've asked around at my work where there's a lot
    > of
    > > > immigrants, and they said the same thing.
    > > >
    > > > about the other questions, can somebody please help me with these? Mr.
    > > > Miller or/and anyone else?
    > > >
    > > > thanks a lot
    > > > "Cheerful" wrote in message
    > > > news:qYy-
    > > > [email protected] .com    ...
    > > > > it is 3 years in the previous 4 years, so no the count does get reset
    > to
    > > > > sero, it continues....
    > > > > getting a visa for his 'wife' (secret or otherwise) will require that
    > the
    > > > > marriage is legally recognized in order for him to apply for her visa.
    > > > > "ryoma-kun" wrote in message
    > > > > new-
    > > > > s:[email protected] e.rogers.com    ...
    > > > > > My nephew is a landed immigrant and he's planning to take a vacation
    > > > back
    > > > > > home in a couple of months. He's got a girlfriend back home, and as
    > far
    > > > as
    > > > > i
    > > > > > know, they got engaged when my nephew was already here. And as what
    > i
    > > > have
    > > > > > heard from my relatives, they are planning to get married or have a
    > > > secret
    > > > > > marriage. now, worried about my nephew, i started to look over the
    > > > > internet
    > > > > > for rules regarding about this, but i couldn't find any. so here's
    > my
    > > > > > questions.
    > > > > >
    > > > > > -My nephew is a landed immigrant, and the date he plans to leave for
    > a
    > > > > > vacation is just around 40 days before his 3rd year here in canada
    > as a
    > > > > > landed immigrant. does that mean he has to start all over again
    > counting
    > > > > the
    > > > > > 3-year physical residence here in canada? or the count would still
    > be
    > > > > > continued when he comes back?
    > > > > >
    > > > > > -As I've said, they're thinking about the possibility of getting
    > > > married,
    > > > > > whether as a common law or secret marriage. would that affect my
    > > > nephew's
    > > > > > status? what are the things he must do when he gets back if they did
    > > > this?
    > > > > >
    > > > > > thank you
    > > > > >
    > > > > >
    > > > >
    > > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > >
    > >