is it mandatory to change the status on social media as per CIC
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Why wouldn't you change your status?
Changing your status to married would solidify or provide additional proof of genuiness of your marriage. Especially if friends congratulate you, and you take screenshots and submit those as supporting documents.
IRCC is known to look at social media. There are cases on this forum of IRCC looking at LinkedIn and questioning employment history.
Why wouldn't you change your status though?
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CIC doesn't care about your Facebook relationship status. My partner and I have absolutely NOTHING about our personal lives, including whether we are in a relationship or who we are living with. Our spouse visa was granted no questions asked.
If you want to change your status then do it. If you don't then nobody cares but you and your spouse. Facebook status is absolutely not proof of a genuine relationship.
If you want to change your status then do it. If you don't then nobody cares but you and your spouse. Facebook status is absolutely not proof of a genuine relationship.
It’s not mandatory but it does add up to prove that your relationship is genuine. Given the fact that changing social media statuses is free and takes literally minutes, why not just do it?
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Incorrect. They do look at social media.
Of course they look at social media . Anything is up for grabs online . You could apply and say you were married etc etc and online , FB, Instagram all state you’re single, pictures of girlfriends/boyfriends, you DONT think that would raise a flag .
You could post pictures on Instagram showing a person overseas for huge stretches of time , but on your application you put you’re in Canada
People gotta remember you’re not applying for library membership with the CIC
Don’t be naive
You could post pictures on Instagram showing a person overseas for huge stretches of time , but on your application you put you’re in Canada
People gotta remember you’re not applying for library membership with the CIC
Don’t be naive
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I would have to disagree. CIC looks at social media when they are collecting information. American immigration does the same (the social media checks are even more intense since you have to give up all of your passwords - they even check messages). When you have a large amount of marriages of convenience and you have concerns about certain situations, why wouldn't you use all the tools at your disposal? Even employers have access to social media.
so i am uploading all documents today and is it okay if do change the status on facebook or they will still raise a red flag
If your worried about changing it, then select the option to not have anything listed. You can do that.
Just make your Facebook profile private so they can't see it. Everyone should have their personal Facebook set to private anyways.
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Absolutely. My Facebook profile doesn't even use my real name. My surname on my FB is my birth name and even if CIC did look at it they would see absolutely nothing about my relationship. Just loads of photos of cakes and nature. No mention at all of my partner of 4.5 years.
