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hi every one
we know each other( me and my wife) more than 6 years she is in kenya i am in canada we have goodand strong relationship we get married 5 month ago in kenya when we get married just we went to religioncourt (Kadhi's Court) with two friend and we get our marriage certificate, now our problem is;
are we in trouble if we didn't make wedding or ceremony ? do i have to go back and make wedding to make cic officer happy? pls any advice thanks for now
 
No, you are not. I recommend you to write CIC a letter explaining why you didn't have a ceremony. Lots of people get married without pictures, cakes and all that stuff. Maybe you can ask your two friendes who accompanied you to also write a short letter confirming they were there (date and place).
 
GK said:
No, you are not. I recommend you to write CIC a letter explaining why you didn't have a ceremony. Lots of people get married without pictures, cakes and all that stuff. Maybe you can ask your two friendes who accompanied you to also write a short letter confirming they were there (date and place).
thank you very much GK
 
I also didn't have a big wedding, it was only me, my husband, the judge, and two witness. In the forms they asked why we didn't have a formal ceremony (with family, friends, party, honeymoon, etc) and we explained we plan to do that later on, which is absolutely true.
I believe that the most important is to show the relationship is genuine, not a ostentatious wedding, since people can fake that.
 
Same for my wedding as well. City hall and two witnesses and my husband was just accepted to reside in Canada.
 
Luiza said:
I also didn't have a big wedding, it was only me, my husband, the judge, and two witness. In the forms they asked why we didn't have a formal ceremony (with family, friends, party, honeymoon, etc) and we explained we plan to do that later on, which is absolutely true.
I believe that the most important is to show the relationship is genuine, not a ostentatious wedding, since people can fake that.

iam exaclty the same, i got married the same way and typed the same exact answers
 
the same applies to me no wedding pictures at all am applying now ; i have been told by my friends here that its gonna be ok ; anyway lets hope for the best
 
Um.....we have wedding pictures, lots of them because my family wanted them. But with the exception of our waleema (like a wedding reception in Islam) we have no pictures at all and we were married 3 years ago. Both my husband and I hate having pictures taken. I might have had one that i took on my cell phone when we were in a restaurant waiting to be served (and he was getting pissed off!!) but that cell phone is gone. If i had known they would be asking pictures as proof---I guess we would have taken them. what stupid proof. anyone can fake that. I think I am in trouble because I was naiive enough to think that the proof was in the relationship itself.
 
thank you guys your advice and your experience help us alot, i hope every body before she/he start sponsoring family they should visit this forum. they can get more than enough information
thanks again