Brazilian wanting to get married with Canadian IN Canada?

[zinidch]

Hey guys!
So, I am brazilian and currently living in Brazil. My fiancé is canadian and we plan to get married in Canada and do an inland application for a Spouse Sponsorship. We've met when I was there for an exchange program, and he came to visit me in Brazil too. We have no doubt we can prove our relationship is real to the Immigration Officers, but I do have some doubts about other stuff.

1. Can I get into Canada with an eTA and get married on my very first week?
2. I wonder if the immigration officer is gonna ask for a custodianship, since I am 18 and will be staying with him in our apartment (I will be going to BC, so the minimum age is 19, but people say it's fine..)
2. Is there a minimum time needed of being married so we can apply to the sponsorship?

Hoping to hear back from you! Sorry for all of the questions (hahah)
I just really wanna make this right. In advance, thank you so much.

 

[DarylM]

I got married recently to a Canadian while staying in BC on a eTA. I'm British, but nationality shouldn't make a difference. I've been married before and getting married in BC was the easiest marriage I've ever known. This is what we did:

Go to a place that sells marriage licenses - pay your $100 and fill in the form.
Call a marriage commissioner and arrange a date and a fee.
Have your passport available as the marriage commissioner will want to see it.
Have a wedding, wait for the official certificate to arrive from the registry in Vancouver.

The license seller and commissioner are easily found on the internet. We got married on Nov 2018 in our living room with the building managers as witnesses. It took 15 minutes. I submitted a spouse sponsorship inland in January 2019.

Can't help you on the age thing - we are 57 and 73! We are also confident that we can prove our relationship is real, so weren't worried about the authenticity of the wedding - we have been together since 2012 and have submitted lots of evidence to support that.

Hope it helps!

 

[zinidch]

I got married recently to a Canadian while staying in BC on a eTA. I'm British, but nationality shouldn't make a difference. I've been married before and getting married in BC was the easiest marriage I've ever known. This is what we did:

Go to a place that sells marriage licenses - pay your $100 and fill in the form.
Call a marriage commissioner and arrange a date and a fee.
Have your passport available as the marriage commissioner will want to see it.
Have a wedding, wait for the official certificate to arrive from the registry in Vancouver.

The license seller and commissioner are easily found on the internet. We got married on Nov 2018 in our living room with the building managers as witnesses. It took 15 minutes. I submitted a spouse sponsorship inland in January 2019.

Can't help you on the age thing - we are 57 and 73! We are also confident that we can prove our relationship is real, so weren't worried about the authenticity of the wedding - we have been together since 2012 and have submitted lots of evidence to support that.

Hope it helps!

Awh, that's really sweet! So happy for you guys - and yeah, it does help! Thank you so much for answering!
My main doubts are: on immigration, once I arrive with my eTA, I should really say I am just visiting my fiancé, right? And also have a ticket back so they don't think I won't be leaving, haha. Also, if you don't mind me asking: did you get married right after you arrived in Canada? Cause we're thinking about doing it on the very first week, so the sponsorship process can be started sooner.
Thanks again for answering, helps a lot

 

[DarylM]

I have been a visitor here a couple of times a year since 2013 and been living here since June 2018. With my 6 month tourist visa coming to an end I went back to the UK for Christmas to 'reset' my visa.

When I came back in January I was nervous but honest and upfront about why I was coming back, knowing I didn't have a return ticket or a job to travel back to (which was always the case before). I told immigration I was coming back to be with my husband that I'd married in November. I was sent into a different line, queued again with all the 'immigrants' (not tourists) then, when it was my turn they told me 'No, you are not an official immigrant yet, just a tourist. Pass on through. Congratulations on your marriage'. They really weren't interested, so long as I had a valid eTA.

We bought the marriage license from the same place we get car insurance. They couldn't have cared less. The marriage commissioner wasn't interested in anything except seeing my passport. I didn't even need to prove to her about my previous divorce.

We got married in November after my arrival in June, but no-one involved in the actual marriage cared whether I arrived yesterday or a year ago. Just go for it. The real test comes in proving to the immigration people that it is a real wedding. We were given different advice from two different immigration counsellors. Once said 'just get married to make the process easier', the other seemed shocked that we didn't have a big family affair to 'prove' its integrity. What I have learned is that when you fill in the application forms, don't give the minimum requirements as evidence of relationship. Give everything you have - your facebook updates, your friends congratulations, your emails to one another, your Skype records - anything and everything. Otherwise that last minute wedding will look suspicious.