A Question

[Mick Haward]

Hi all,

just a quick question which might be silly to you guys.

I am a PR and originally came from Japan. I have just got married to my Japanese girlfriend a couple months a go and she is collecting documents to apply for her PR under a family sponsorship.

The guideline says below:

''You can sponsor the person as your spouse if your marriage is a legally valid civil marriage. If your spouse is of the:

opposite sex and your marriage took place outside Canada, the marriage must be valid both under the laws of the jurisdiction where it took place and under Canadian law.''

We only legally got married and has the certificate in Japan.
We were wondering if we need to legally get married in Canada too or just need to submit our marriage certificate from Japan to CIC.

Thanks,

Masaki

 

[Gary_87]

Hi all,

just a quick question which might be silly to you guys.

I am a PR and originally came from Japan. I have just got married to my Japanese girlfriend a couple months a go and she is collecting documents to apply for her PR under a family sponsorship.

The guideline says below:

''You can sponsor the person as your spouse if your marriage is a legally valid civil marriage. If your spouse is of the:

opposite sex and your marriage took place outside Canada, the marriage must be valid both under the laws of the jurisdiction where it took place and under Canadian law.''

We only legally got married and has the certificate in Japan.
We were wondering if we need to legally get married in Canada too or just need to submit our marriage certificate from Japan to CIC.

Thanks,

Masaki

Marriage in japan is recognised in canada. suply the marriage certificate anda notorized translation of it to cic.

 

[Mick Haward]

Thanks for your answer.