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Re-apply TRV, can I say we want to get married in Canada

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alex0987

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Due to objective reasons, we cannot get married in our home country, it’s just simply not recognized by the law. So we can only do so in Canada. Our sponsorship was outland common law, and we already received file number(AOR).

First TRV application was rejected. For the second time, apart from expressing my longing for my spouse and my desire to be with him, can I mention that we want to get married in Canada? It's not possible to get married in our home country, so we want to get married, obtain a marriage certificate and hold a wedding ceremony in Canada.

Will this increase the difficulty of the TRV application? I know that most people who fake a marriage apply for a visa first and then get married in Canada. If we mention this, will it be mistakenly regarded as an attempt to fake a marriage? Thank you all.
 
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Naturgrl

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alex0987 said:
Due to objective reasons, we cannot get married in our home country, it’s just simply not recognized by the law. So we can only do so in Canada. Our sponsorship was outland common law, and already received FN.

First TRV application was rejected. For the second time, apart from expressing my longing for my spouse and my desire to be with him, can I mention that we want to get married in Canada? It's not possible to get married in our home country, so we want to get married, obtain a marriage certificate and hold a wedding ceremony in Canada.

Will this increase the difficulty of the TRV application? I know that most people who fake a marriage apply for a visa first and then get married in Canada. If we mention this, will it be mistakenly regarded as an attempt to fake a marriage? Thank you all.
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Why cannot you get married in a third country (Europe, Asia, US)? You cannot apply for a visa but you need to show your own funds, ties to return and travel history.
 
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alex0987 said:
Going to another country is an option, but both of us need a Visa for that third country. And my spouse's families and friends are all in Canada. The best option was still to get married in Canada.
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If your common law application is strong, why don't you wait for that approval.
You can apply for TRV after you received AOR (the email with FN) and you don't need to mention about getting married. You are visiting your common law partner and you have AOR of the sponsorship application. That's all.

btw.. I think most "fake marriage" get married in home country. If you have enough proof of common law, then you really don't need to get married. Common law partnership is recognized in Canada and it's treated almost like a marriage.
 
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armoured

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alex0987 said:
It was silly mistake, making TRV get denied. So this time, we are not sure mentioning that we want to get married in Canada is a good idea or not.
To get married in a third country, we both have to apply the Visa for that country. And the spouse's family and friend are all in Canada.
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-I don't think mentioning you wish to get married and that's the reason for the TRV is a good idea. It may look like you're trying to get some immigration status out of it. It's certainly not going to make it look less like you're arriving to stay.
-If your dates issue for the common law has been 'fixed', then you can just try again for TRV. Emphasize the existing app in process and this is for spousal reunification.
-Again, you've already applied common law; I don't see that any extra efforts to get married by travelling to a third country will help, UNLESS you have strong indication they are going to decide you are not common law (eg do not have the requisite 12 months and/or the cohabitation was not as a couple).

This is where the 'innocent mistake' could be important. I can't really guess on that. You say it was a minor mistake, but it absolutely was not: if the dates look like he was in a different common law relationship that overlapped, it MIGHT make your common law invalid/ineffective (if it means less than 12 months is less).

Common law apps have been refused on 'minor' date mistakes. (Now more often that not minor date mistakes that are obvious typos or whatever do not result in refusal - but ones that change the substance can, in some circumstances).
 
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armoured

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alex0987 said:
Correcting the date in the new TRV application seems enough. Should I proactively mention we made 'innocent mistake' on the date of relationship for this new TRV application?
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I don't know. I'm not familiar enough with the TRV application or what part of it requires you to provide the dates of your common law application.
 
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