2nd wife - how to sponsor ..pls help

[mrf]

Hi .
This is my story and any help or guidance would be deeply appreciated.
Im a muslim canadian living in Barrie.
I have been married to my wife for 13 yrs. We have no children.
Things started to go downhill the last few years.
I tried to ask my wife for a divorce as and she went crazy and refused and even threatened to screw me over, so I decided not to approach that method again.
I started to seek love a year ago and met a very nice girl in indonesia through friends. I decided I would visit her. I flew down and met her thrice in the year. The last time we decided that we would get married in accordance with muslim marriage. They accepted the fact that I was already married and I undertook the vows and we got married in the mosque and the paperwork was submitted to the municipality for registration.

Now I plan on leaving Canada for a year to go join my new wife. In this way I believe it will constitute a separation from my 1st wife.

Is there anyway I can sponsor later in the year my 2nd wife until I can get the separation divorce thing out of the way. I do want to return to canada once all the ugliness has gone away.
I know its not nice but I cant help it, one shouldn't be forced to stay married if they have lost love so unfortunately I have undertaken this matter with a lot of consideration.

Appreciate advice and yes im sure alot of haters out there will condemn what i have done but i cant undo it or want to undo it now.

Thanks Alot..

 

[sariss]

Correct me if I am wrong but I don't think CIC will look at your second marriage as viable, as you are still married to your first.

 

[zardoz]

Correct. The answer is "No". Bigamy is illegal in Canada. If the OP is a Canadian citizen, he may have broken the law.
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/FullText.html

Bigamy

290. (1) Every one commits bigamy who
(a) in Canada,
(i) being married, goes through a form of marriage with another person,
(ii) knowing that another person is married, goes through a form of marriage with that person, or
(iii) on the same day or simultaneously, goes through a form of marriage with more than one person; or
(b) being a Canadian citizen resident in Canada leaves Canada with intent to do anything mentioned in subparagraphs (a)(i) to (iii) and, pursuant thereto, does outside Canada anything mentioned in those subparagraphs in circumstances mentioned therein.

 

[Rob_TO]

As mentioned, you can't get re-married while being legally married to someone else, even if you're separated from that person. Neither CIC nor any aspect of Canada will recognize the second marriage as legal.

So I think you have only 2 options:
1. Get an official divorce from first wife, and marry your current partner in a legal cermony. If you've been separated more than a year from first wife, you don't need her consent or authorization, you can simply file for divorce. You will need a lawyer for this.

2. Live 1 year continuously with your new partner with no breaks, and then you would be official common-law, and can apply for her PR based on that. In this case it doesn't matter if you are still legally married to first spouse.

 

[steerpike]

In Canada it is illegal to have 2 wives, so the 2nd marriage will not be deemed valid. You must divorce the first wife FIRST and then remarry the 2nd wife.

If I was living in Indonesia, i would be required to follow their laws. For example it is illegal for a Muslim to marry a Christian in Indonesia, even tho in Canada that is perfectly normal.

In the same way, living in Canada you should follow Canadian laws, which means only having one wife at a time.