Seeking Advice on Spousal Sponsorship with Pending Criminal Harassment Charge

[DocInCanada]

Hello Everyone,

I am seeking some clarity and advice regarding spousal sponsorship under special circumstances. I have a pending charge of criminal harassment, with the trial scheduled for March 2025. Despite this, I am getting married next week in Pakistan.

Given our situation, I am uncertain whether to start the spousal sponsorship application process now or wait until after the trial. My fiancée and I have been engaged for over two years, and the lengthy sponsorship process will undoubtedly impact our family at various levels.

I would greatly appreciate any opinions or suggestions on navigating this particular scenario.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Best regards.

 

[scylla]

Hello Everyone,

I am seeking some clarity and advice regarding spousal sponsorship under special circumstances. I have a pending charge of criminal harassment, with the trial scheduled for March 2025. Despite this, I am getting married next week in Pakistan.

Given our situation, I am uncertain whether to start the spousal sponsorship application process now or wait until after the trial. My fiancée and I have been engaged for over two years, and the lengthy sponsorship process will undoubtedly impact our family at various levels.

I would greatly appreciate any opinions or suggestions on navigating this particular scenario.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Best regards.

To the best of my knowledge IRCC will put your application on hold and won't process it until the outcomes of your trial are known. So you can submit the application now but processing will be halted until after your trial.

 

[DocInCanada]

To the best of my knowledge IRCC will put your application on hold and won't process it until the outcomes of your trial are known. So you can submit the application now but processing will be halted until after your trial.

Thanks for the prompt response. Let's see if other people attest to the same or have any experience.

 

[armoured]

Thanks for the prompt response. Let's see if other people attest to the same or have any experience.

Nothing to add, Scylla is correct.

 

[Adil Thanwarani]

Nothing to add, Scylla is correct.

How would they know if the outcome of the trial is decided. Do I need to let them know? Or is it an automated system?

During that time will I get a UCI number? And will I be able to call my then wife to Canada for visit visa? Or will that be affected too?

 

[armoured]

How would they know if the outcome of the trial is decided. Do I need to let them know? Or is it an automated system?

During that time will I get a UCI number? And will I be able to call my then wife to Canada for visit visa? Or will that be affected too?

I don't know how they find out. I presume they get a notification OR can check themselves periodically. When/if you get a judgment clearing you, you can send a copy or notice to IRCC.

I don't know about UCI#. Your spouse can certainly apply for a visitor's visa, no-one can tell you if it will be approved. It may not benefit from the consideration given for spouses with sponsorship apps in process - at least that would be logical - but I do not know for certain.

 

[Bornlucky]

How would they know if the outcome of the trial is decided. Do I need to let them know? Or is it an automated system?

During that time will I get a UCI number? And will I be able to call my then wife to Canada for visit visa? Or will that be affected too?

Hi,

There's a thing, or there was when I was aware of such things, called a "Court Desk" in CBSA offices.

A clerk gets the daily court logs for their region and looks through the rolls of tombstone data: name, dob to see if there isn't any non-citizens in conflict with Canada's Criminal Code. They build a knowledge of the cases as they follow their progress through the courts.

It's a business line for the CBSA where criminal statistics are pursued to support budget requests, and they make good press.