A bit of a background. My girlfriend is a PR in Alberta, Canada and has been living there since 2013. We met online through twitter early 2017 and has been in a relationship since July of the same year. We're both Filipinos and she's been coming to the Philippines every year for vacation so we could spend some time together. We're looking into her sponsoring me to come to Canada but we're wondering whether we have a strong case in proving our relationship..
We don't have a joint bank account nor properties under both our names but we do have each other on our life insurance beneficiaries (?) and she helps me financially when needed. She sends them to my bank account and this has been going on since 2017. We have photos together, photos of me with her family and vice versa but our families haven't been able to get together as my parents are not that quite accepting of our relationship due to religious reasons. They are aware of my preference and my relationship but always still says that I hope I change my mind. Her side of the family is quite supportive and are also in Canada with her. Close friends also know of our relationship but we're very careful when outing ourselves.
Also kind of scared, my parents are passionate members of a church where my dad is kind of an employee. If the church finds out about my relationship, my family might get kicked out of our house and be casted away from the rest the family since both sides are also church members. I'd rather have just myself casted away instead of them. I've been wanting to leave the church but due to my parents' wishes, I still go.
Even if we travel to Taiwan where same sex marriage is legal and marry there, it would still be considered void because our civil laws follow the citizens, even if they are abroad. Contracting illegal marriages (like a same-sex marriage) is also a criminal act here and is punished under our Penal Code. (just got this information here and it makes me even more nervous lol)
Also, we have more than 2 years worth of conversation through email, texts, messenger chats. Do all of these need to be translated?
Do you think we could make it with conjugal sponsorship?
Cheers and thank you all!
We don't have a joint bank account nor properties under both our names but we do have each other on our life insurance beneficiaries (?) and she helps me financially when needed. She sends them to my bank account and this has been going on since 2017. We have photos together, photos of me with her family and vice versa but our families haven't been able to get together as my parents are not that quite accepting of our relationship due to religious reasons. They are aware of my preference and my relationship but always still says that I hope I change my mind. Her side of the family is quite supportive and are also in Canada with her. Close friends also know of our relationship but we're very careful when outing ourselves.
Also kind of scared, my parents are passionate members of a church where my dad is kind of an employee. If the church finds out about my relationship, my family might get kicked out of our house and be casted away from the rest the family since both sides are also church members. I'd rather have just myself casted away instead of them. I've been wanting to leave the church but due to my parents' wishes, I still go.
Even if we travel to Taiwan where same sex marriage is legal and marry there, it would still be considered void because our civil laws follow the citizens, even if they are abroad. Contracting illegal marriages (like a same-sex marriage) is also a criminal act here and is punished under our Penal Code. (just got this information here and it makes me even more nervous lol)
Also, we have more than 2 years worth of conversation through email, texts, messenger chats. Do all of these need to be translated?
Do you think we could make it with conjugal sponsorship?
Cheers and thank you all!
