Me and my partner got marriage by proxy in Brazil. She is with me now in Canada, and I want her to stay here until I finish my PhD. Since it marriage by proxy is not recognized in Canada, would it be a problem for us to just get married again here to solve the marriage by proxy issue?
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Thank you for your reply. So there is no legal issue in Canada if we do that? Great! that’s a relief
You are not gonna have any problem to obtain PR. Even if you don't live together, your spouse get permanent residency as long as you guys live in canada.
You get approved PR without living together. All you need to be with your spouse one or two days a week would be enough to get PR.
Yes couples live apart, but that's generally without choice because of immigration issues etc. If you both live in Canada but apart, you will face extra scrutiny and an uphill battle as it looks as if the marriage is not genuine.
Why did this even come up? This has nothing to do with the OPs post.
No idea why you're bringing this up, nothing to do with the OP's post, nor something that's even directly related.
Regardless you are at least partially wrong: inland applicants MUST live with their spouses, full-time, in Canada; a few days a week is absolutely not correct. They may not catch all such cases, but it is a requirement.
Outland applicants can live apart.
I brought this up to help Edu89andrade as reply. No offense.Have you applied PR while you lived apart? How can you be so sure? Do you think that I am strolling or something? As I said base on my experience. We had a same address when we applied PR. After applied PR, we lived apart over year-and-a-half, my spouse obtained PR. Even I had a voluntary report to CBSA in order to investigate. As a result, she still maintain her PR status. you may know something by listening to what others say. I am telling you once again. This is my experience how my spouse obtained PR.
Edu89andrade said NOTHING of the sort about living apart. How could it 'help' if it has no connection to the stated facts?
No offense, but 'we applied PR' implies that you applied together for PR status (for example under an economic PR class), NOT under spousal sponsorship. If not, no relation to the question at hand.
So: did you apply to sponsor your spouse, or was your spouse part of your PR application?
The restriction I referred to is specifically referenced by IRCC for spousal sponsorship (inland), formally known as 'Spouse or Common Law Partner in Canada Class.'
You can check the form you submitted, IMM5533 (checklist) for this. If you used a different form, probably wasn't spousal sponsorship.