I’m new to both so I want to know about marriage process and sponsorship. Do I need any certificate from Canada to register marriage in India?
After you get married in India,you need to apply for marriage certificate in India. This you can add in spousal sponsorship and rest of the process is same.
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Would suggest reading through the spousal sponsorship application before getting married. The process of outland sponsorship takes around a year. If you want to try inland sponsorship your spouse can try to apply for a TRV but it isn’t guaranteed. I would suggest trying for the TRV before getting married. Have you met your future spouse already? Is this an arranged marriage? Will you be getting married on your first visit together? I would suggest at least meeting on one visit before getting married.
Thanks for replying. I have met her before & we’re planning on getting married sometime this year. Yeah, I met her through Jeevansathi app & it’s an arrange marriage. I think Outland visa process would be suitable in our case as she doesn’t live here.
Some try to get a visa to visit Canada and then apply for inland processing. In.and processing allows the spouse to apply for a work permit after their initial inland sponsorship application has been received which is currently taking 2-3 months. Applying from abroad or while in Canada is a personal choice. Whether the spouse can get a TRV often limits whether one can apply from Canada. If you want to try for a TRV applying before getting married typically increases the chance of success since having a spouse in Canada creates strong ties in Canada and lessen the chance that a TRV is for a true visit. If a spouse has a good longterm job, has travelled internationally before (especially to countries like US, UK, Australia, etc.), has their own savings, etc. increases the chance of TRV approval. As long as you are prepared for the separation period (typically around a year) then outland sponsorship application is very common way of sponsorship. I would suggest reviewing the sponsorship application process so you are aware of what documents you need to provide before you get married so you can collect the documents while in India. Would also suggest taking pictures together and not just at the wedding. For example if you took pictures on your original meeting together or as a group that would be something to include as part of pictures you submit.
Yeah, I‘ve been keeping pictures to provide as a proof of relationship. Applying for a TRV before spouse visa is a good idea; I’m not entirely sure about the doc requirements to register marriage in India. I read somewhere that I would need “Certificate of non-impediment to marriage abroad” as a Canadian citizen
You'll have to check for India. Canada has an issue with providing these because federalism. There is a way to get in Canada before you depart, I'm not familiar, but my impression is that it is a huge PITA (serach that acronym if not familiar).
But there's a Canadian equivalent, correct? And places that want things apostilled typically want the Canadian equivalent.That was my understanding when researching something we thought we needed to do (but never did so not sure exactly how it works)
There is something, it's a PITA. And it varies a bit by country.
