Hello there, I have a question , I am a Ghanaian who married a Canadian citizen in Ghana. He filed for PR for me but unknowing to me he is married to another lady in same country Ghana. I was denied the PR then appealed . I found out he hasn' divorced the other lady hence the break up. We are in court as I send this msg, suing him for bigamy. As if that is not enough he recently married another woman without divorcing me in this same Ghana. Making us three wives. I learnt he wants to take his current wife over to Canada with a visitors visa and file for her over there. He still hasn' divorced me. Pls when i want to report him and get justice.
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Hi,
Sorry about your situation.
1. Do you have hard evidence that your 'husband' is/was married to the first and third women?
2. Are you sure he was/is not in a common-law relationship with either of them?
3. Why was your PR application refused?
If you were denied a PR because your husband is still married to the first wife (assuming he filed spousal PR for her), it is certain that his third wife will also be denied a PR for the same reason even if she applies inland. And, she would find it incredibly difficult to get a TRV/visitor visa in the first place as she is married to a Canadian. So her TRV/PR case is almost a non-starter
Cheers
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I'm sorry for your situation and hope you get the results you're looking for out of your court case. He sounds like a terrible person.
Your marriage unfortunately isn't recognized by Canada since he married you while he was married to someone else. Technically if he divorced his first wife he would be able to legally marry his third wife and their marriage would be recognized by Canada. Having said that, based on his sponsorship history in Canada - I think he's going to have a heck of a time sponsoring her for PR. He's already had one application (yours) fail due to bigamy. You can bet IRCC is going to review the new application very closely and be very suspicious of the relationship.
Sounds like you've dodged a bullet.
Your marriage unfortunately isn't recognized by Canada since he married you while he was married to someone else. Technically if he divorced his first wife he would be able to legally marry his third wife and their marriage would be recognized by Canada. Having said that, based on his sponsorship history in Canada - I think he's going to have a heck of a time sponsoring her for PR. He's already had one application (yours) fail due to bigamy. You can bet IRCC is going to review the new application very closely and be very suspicious of the relationship.
Sounds like you've dodged a bullet.
I think he's already a Canadian citizen judging by the first post. So sadly he's here to stay...
Thank
Thank you for this. I filed for nulity here in Ghana. He is still very much married to his first wife. No divorce yet, though they are still in court. He married me afterwards and filed mine but I was denied before I found out that he is married. He did a church wedding with his current wife. I have pictures to back it up. He is making the nulity and divorce process difficult for both his first wife and I. I want to seek justice. There is no way he can deny he did commit bigamy thrice in same country. He is a Canadian citizen and have lived there for over 20years. I want justice. In act his first wife and I want justice. Don' know what to do.
There's really only one thing you can do from a Canadian perspective. If you know he has married someone new and is trying to sponsor her to Canada for PR, you can call IRCC to report the fraud and let them know he is still married so his current marriage isn't legal. This would make sure that IRCC won't approve his new sponsorship application at least until his divorce is finalized. Details on how to submit the fraud report are here:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/protection/fraud/report.asp
Even if you don't file a report, IRCC will still find out he's married since they will request proof he has divorced his first wife which he won't be able to provide.
He does have a way around this however. If he and his new wife live together for at least one year continuously, they will become common law and he will be able to sponsor her as his common law partner even if he is still married to someone else.
Hi,
Sorry to hear the finer details. It seems like your 'husband' has a history of deceiving women for marriage.
In addition to @scylla's suggestion, I would also recommend you prepare two sets of a complete file containing:
1. Notarized copies of the marriage certificates of all three marriages
2. Court certified copy of the divorce suit filed by the first wife + a court document which states the divorce suit has not been decided as yet
3. Court certified copy of your annulment case + a court document which states your annulment case has not been decided as yet
4. Photographs + videos of the three marriages
5. Notice of the Banns of Marriage in the Church for the third marriage (if that's the case)
6. Any other government-recognized evidence that confirms all three marriages are legally valid and subsisting as of date
7. Copy of his Canadian passport/any other ID proof
8. Copy of the third wife's passport/birth certificate (you could get a copy of the birth certificate from the church where she married)
You must then mail these files (through recorded delivery) to Case Processing Centre in Mississauga, Ontario + to the Accra visa office so that he cannot sponsor the third wife (at least until he divorces the first wife + remarries the third wife and/or he lives with the third wife in a common-law relationship before the first divorce).
If bigamy is a criminal offence in your country, you may also want to seek legal opinion for filing a criminal case against your 'husband'
Hope this works for you
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