Have spent a lot of time looking for answers and this forum has been the most helpful. If anyone could help me I would greatly appreciate it. Here is the story.
"Alex" was 26 when he came to Toronto from Poland on a Visitor Visa in February 2015 with his uncle's family. He was turned around at the airport for insufficient funds and sent back to Poland. He returned to Toronto in June with sufficient funds. He told CIC he was attending a family function, and was granted a 2 week stay in Canada, and had a notice stapled to his passport that he was required to report to Canadian Immigration authorities in two weeks time prior to his departure.
He never showed up. There is anecdotal evidence that he managed to gain a visitors visa, but if true he never had it extended. He has been working illegally and under the table as an unskilled labourer in Canada for 4 years. He joined a social group in Toronto populated by many young ladies, and reached out to several hoping to find a Canadian wife.
My daughter Sarah was the lucky one chosen. She was a 20-year-old college student at the time. Alex began asking her if she wanted to get married about 3 months after they met. With his passport about to expire this year, Alex finally sealed the deal this week when he presented her with a diamond ring in a proposal she accepted.
While deeply suspicious of his intentions, we have helped Alex with many things over the last 3.5 years including work, medical care, etc. Our pleas to our daughter that she is too young to get married, and that committing to someone who has been breaking the law for 4 years is not the ideal way to start married life, have fallen on deaf ears.
Alex looked at different avenues to gain Canadian residency but without success. He is uneducated, has no technical or trade skills, and has minimal English language skills. On the "point system" he was not even close.
I was shocked to learn that Canada is totally onside with Alex's plans, and that his 4 years of working illegally and paying no taxes will pose no barrier to gaining permanent resident status in Canada... provided he marries a Canadian girl.
I am trying to understand what my daughter Sarah is up against when it comes to Alex being able to gain residency status and legally work in Canada (and get a health card/drivers license). From reading this great forum my understanding is that once they get married, that Sarah can start his inland spousal sponsorship application immediately. And I understand he does not have to leave Canada, provided they are married, and the inland sponsorship application is underway.
Sarah has been employed for about 2 months in a job that pays $40K a year. She still lives at home. I am assuming after they get married, they will get an apartment. Sarah has a student loan she is repaying and really couldn't afford to support them both living in expensive Toronto, so I am assuming that Alex will continue to work illegally until he gets his open work permit.
If Alex is caught working illegally during the inland sponsorship process, what would happen to that application?
How long does the inland spousal sponsorship usually take front to back?
I am assuming that if married no interview would be required to determine the legitimacy of the relationship?
If Alex was discovered in Canada before the marriage for over staying his visa and/or illegally working, would he be removed from Canada even though he was engaged and a marriage was upcoming?
If he was removed for overstaying his visa and/or working illegally could they then try the outland sponsorship path?
There is so much uncertainty that Sarah is up against that she is stressed out. Despite being 100% opposed to their plans, I don't want to feed her disinformation, and would like for her to at least have the facts. We have been to a couple of immigration consultants, but because his exact status with CIC is fuzzy... not sure if he is under a current removal order or deportation order... they couldn't help us much.
If anyone here has answers to any of these questions I would be eternally grateful.
"Alex" was 26 when he came to Toronto from Poland on a Visitor Visa in February 2015 with his uncle's family. He was turned around at the airport for insufficient funds and sent back to Poland. He returned to Toronto in June with sufficient funds. He told CIC he was attending a family function, and was granted a 2 week stay in Canada, and had a notice stapled to his passport that he was required to report to Canadian Immigration authorities in two weeks time prior to his departure.
He never showed up. There is anecdotal evidence that he managed to gain a visitors visa, but if true he never had it extended. He has been working illegally and under the table as an unskilled labourer in Canada for 4 years. He joined a social group in Toronto populated by many young ladies, and reached out to several hoping to find a Canadian wife.
My daughter Sarah was the lucky one chosen. She was a 20-year-old college student at the time. Alex began asking her if she wanted to get married about 3 months after they met. With his passport about to expire this year, Alex finally sealed the deal this week when he presented her with a diamond ring in a proposal she accepted.
While deeply suspicious of his intentions, we have helped Alex with many things over the last 3.5 years including work, medical care, etc. Our pleas to our daughter that she is too young to get married, and that committing to someone who has been breaking the law for 4 years is not the ideal way to start married life, have fallen on deaf ears.
Alex looked at different avenues to gain Canadian residency but without success. He is uneducated, has no technical or trade skills, and has minimal English language skills. On the "point system" he was not even close.
I was shocked to learn that Canada is totally onside with Alex's plans, and that his 4 years of working illegally and paying no taxes will pose no barrier to gaining permanent resident status in Canada... provided he marries a Canadian girl.
I am trying to understand what my daughter Sarah is up against when it comes to Alex being able to gain residency status and legally work in Canada (and get a health card/drivers license). From reading this great forum my understanding is that once they get married, that Sarah can start his inland spousal sponsorship application immediately. And I understand he does not have to leave Canada, provided they are married, and the inland sponsorship application is underway.
Sarah has been employed for about 2 months in a job that pays $40K a year. She still lives at home. I am assuming after they get married, they will get an apartment. Sarah has a student loan she is repaying and really couldn't afford to support them both living in expensive Toronto, so I am assuming that Alex will continue to work illegally until he gets his open work permit.
If Alex is caught working illegally during the inland sponsorship process, what would happen to that application?
How long does the inland spousal sponsorship usually take front to back?
I am assuming that if married no interview would be required to determine the legitimacy of the relationship?
If Alex was discovered in Canada before the marriage for over staying his visa and/or illegally working, would he be removed from Canada even though he was engaged and a marriage was upcoming?
If he was removed for overstaying his visa and/or working illegally could they then try the outland sponsorship path?
There is so much uncertainty that Sarah is up against that she is stressed out. Despite being 100% opposed to their plans, I don't want to feed her disinformation, and would like for her to at least have the facts. We have been to a couple of immigration consultants, but because his exact status with CIC is fuzzy... not sure if he is under a current removal order or deportation order... they couldn't help us much.
If anyone here has answers to any of these questions I would be eternally grateful.
