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Mrs B; I certainly understand your frustrations. In my opinion, it should be that way to discourage people from coming to Canada, marrying, and staying here. Not allowing people to work will discourage them from going the inland route. We discussed what we would do if my fiance was granted a...

That's great news! I'm glad CIC-M is processing sponsor's faster than that website states. If only all the local offices were doing that too! I hope Rome processes your application quickly!

That's unfortunate for you, but I would hope my husband's application would be processed faster than yours since we are on different continents, and he can't even come here to visit me. I would choose to have him here NOT working, rather than working in another country where I am unable to see...

Someone told me about the crazy "Casual Encounters" section on Craigslist, so I checked it out occasionally for fun. One day I looked at the "Men Seeking Women" column, and found a post from a guy in London, which was odd, since this was Edmonton. I was going on a Mediteranean cruise with my...

Your question was answered but I just want to congratulate you for getting the application finished, and wish you the best of luck at a speedy decision! I hope you will update when you have news, as I will be just 2.5 months behind you on the long journey through the Accra office!

toby - Why would I want to wait a few months to apply after marrying my husband? We want to be together as a family as quickly as possible. We are getting married in April and I will mail the application a week later. Is this going to look bad for us? If you have a genuine marriage, wouldn't...

Thanks for finding that for me, however it is a premier account, for which you must have an income over 100,000 GBP per year, or 50,000 GBP in assets. I did look all over the HSBC site, and did not find any info about requirements to hold a basic account. My fiance has an HSBC account. We...

I am Canadian, and my fiance is Nigerian, currently living in UK on a Student Visa, but will is in appeals for extension and will very likely be denied, resulting in his return to Nigeria in April. We are getting married in April in Nigeria and will put in spousal application immediately upon my...

Welcome to Canada! Sounds like you had a long journey to get here (distance yes, but mostly time!) and I wish you all the happiness in the world as you start this new chapter of your life.

My wedding in April is going to cost a ton of $$$ because it has to happen in Nigeria! LOL. Leaving aside the airfare though, I bought a dress online for $240 (will cost around $100 to alter, I imagine). Our rings were about $700. We plan to have a civil ceremony and I'm not sure how much that...

I can't help you with your questions as I am not very experienced as I am just starting the process. I would love to contact you though, as I don't know anyone else who has a Nigerian husband, and I am going to Lagos to get married in April and would love to ask some questions and get some...

I don't know for sure, but I am going through a similar situation. My fiance in UK is on his 4th and final appeal to extend his student visa. Although he is only 4 months away from finishing his Masters Degree, it looks like the UK is going to force him to leave, and all that work and tuition...

1. Were your family/parents/siblings against you marrying a foreigner? YES - absolutely. They still are. The problem is not that he's a foreigner, the problem with my family is that he is black. My mother is horrified that her white, Alberta born daughter will be marrying a black man, and not...

This entire process terrifies me. I met my fiance online in July of 2008. He is Nigerian, living in London while attending school. However, they are trying so hard to deny visas to African students in UK, and he is now on his 4th and final appeal, trying to maintain his student status, and...

I am going 'home' as well for the holidays to join my fiance in London, UK. We rang in 2009 together, and are looking forward to starting this new decade in each others' arms! We don't get to see each other often (he's Nigerian and can't get a visa to visit here :( ) but I promised him we will...

Congratulations! What a wonderful Christmas present. I hope Santa brings some good news to everyone else too!

I have absolutely no advice to give you, as I am also at the beginning stages of this process (not married), although I am scared because I've never had to deal with the government for anything more complicated than a tax return. I have grown up a fourth generation Albertan, totally sheltered...