Hi guys, a while back I was a part of the 2014 spouse forum. I just wanted to share my story with you all. I am a Canadian Citizen by birth and had got married in India in 2014 and had sponsored my spouse at that time and after a lot of stress, letters, emails and enquiries I had put through with the MP office and what not she had finally arrived in 2016 (keeping in mind at that time processing times was 18+ months under the Conservative Government) Unfortunately and sadly I was a victim of marriage of convenience/fraud - after she had landed in Canada I had found out on my own she had a boyfriend all along and while I was here in Canada anxiously awaiting for her to come and doing all that I can for her to come as soon as possible, she was there in India spending time with him and had completely fooled myself and my family
she landed in April of 2016 and left in August - few months after. I had to go through 1 full year of court dates + divorce after that which took about 1.5 years of my time which I'll never get back. I have learned that as of todays date she has taken approximately $9,000+ in social welfare money under my name which I am responsible for and need to pay back in full as per the 3 years that I am responsible for regardless if divorced or separated - the 3 years will officially be completed in April 2019 in which case I am looking at approximately $12,000 to pay in full before I can sponsor again. Overall, it took a very hard hit on me and my life - it was very difficult to go through and still is, especially when you give it your full 100% only to know you will one day be a victim of this - we tried very hard to have this reported to immigration and have action taken, however, don't think anything will come through at this point. Here I am - about 5 years backtracked in life, whereas by now I could've been enjoying life with a partner that I once thought would be perfect for myself.