Well you know Canada always do things their way, and because over the years Nigeria has been going down gradually so any documents that comes from the country is also not wealthy of Canadian standard. The best you can do is get a lawyer involve and it may result in you going to SA or back to Nigeria to do the official marriage with much more evidence to prove. Good luck.
Thanks a lot for your advice. I'll get a lawyer involved as you had advised. However, I cannot go back to Nigeria or South Africa at this time as I claimed my life was in danger in both countries when I lived there(both countries) + both countries are even under travel ban and all evidences are requested to be submitted before the middle of next month...
I have someone with a similar case and it's a very easy nut to crack. Don't let anyone lead u in the wrong direction of how Nigeria is going down. That's the typical characteristics of Nigerians they just have to bring their country down at any given opportunity.
Hmmm. Thanks a lot, man. The person in question who went through the same thing like I am, when he went to third country to physically be present at the wedding and submitted the evidence to IRCC, was their applications continued from there or IRCC restarted it from scratch because they just got married after their applications were submitted?
Hello, Since you are from Nigeria, u can travel to Ghana or Liberia or Senegal or Benin according to my map they are the closest to you. Your wife can also be present there and u have the marriage done and get your marriage document and pictures. Then IRCC will continue from there. That's what they require you to do. If any other person says otherwise then I really do not know. This is what I was part of and it unfolded before my own very eyes. They will continue from there provided you submitted the evidence within the time frame alloted to you. If you submit afterwards, all the process will be restarted.
Am sorry to hear that. I don't know if it possible for you to your wife to a country where you can get married, the problem is the time frame which they work with, and know traveling is not as easy a it is before. Why I was telling you that Canada does not value any documents coming from Nigeria is because it happens to me back in 2019. My National ID which I got 2006 and Birth certificate which got in 2014 where all said to be fake. It cost me over 5K appealing, and additional one year going through that.
I really you, man. The same thing is what a lawyer told me that we have no choice than to go to another country to get married and present the evidence. Major problems are; travel ban on Southern Africans, secondly, my wife's permit is expired. Although, she'd applied for an extension since April this year, but no response yet for her local permit. I'm so stressed now, but I know I'll find a way out....
Exactly, the time frame is the main concern. Like I told Lucas, her permit in South Africa is expired. So if she goes out of South Africa, she'll not be able to go back in there again. However, I've handed it over to a lawyer today to handle it coz the stress is just getting too much for me.
