Hi, this is my first post, although I've been lurking a long time now.
Situation: I would like to sponsor my vietnamese girlfriend. Timeline:
March 2011: first meeting
May 2011: I leave her and Vietnam, I don't see any future for me in Vietnam (I was unaware of spousal sponsorship). Tears, sadness and whatnot exchanged.
August 2011: I come back to VN drunk with love and get a job here (english teaching)
Now: been living together non-stop, barely 24 hours without seeing each other
Future: August 2012: officially (?) common-law union
I had the idea to sponsor her as common-law about 4 months ago, so we started to collect evidence from that point. The biggest proof I have of cohabiting with her is my vietnamese visa stamps. They say I haven't moved out of the country for 7 months now. We moved houses many times, we lived at her parent's house, then at a small house, then moved back to her parent's house, then we are now living in another house. After one year (August 2012), I could start the process. However, I doubt an immigration officier would take that seriously, whaddya think? We do have some travel pictures, some bills (no household items), gmail exchanges, could get a statement from her mom saying we lived at her house for some time...
So I could get married here in VN to make it easier, and the question is: is the marriage carrying over in Canada if she's accepted as a permanent resident?
Big thanks for reading and answering
UPDATE:
forgot to specify, we do share a joint bank account although it is seldom used. I also wholly support my gf financially, but how can I prove that?
Situation: I would like to sponsor my vietnamese girlfriend. Timeline:
March 2011: first meeting
May 2011: I leave her and Vietnam, I don't see any future for me in Vietnam (I was unaware of spousal sponsorship). Tears, sadness and whatnot exchanged.
August 2011: I come back to VN drunk with love and get a job here (english teaching)
Now: been living together non-stop, barely 24 hours without seeing each other
Future: August 2012: officially (?) common-law union
I had the idea to sponsor her as common-law about 4 months ago, so we started to collect evidence from that point. The biggest proof I have of cohabiting with her is my vietnamese visa stamps. They say I haven't moved out of the country for 7 months now. We moved houses many times, we lived at her parent's house, then at a small house, then moved back to her parent's house, then we are now living in another house. After one year (August 2012), I could start the process. However, I doubt an immigration officier would take that seriously, whaddya think? We do have some travel pictures, some bills (no household items), gmail exchanges, could get a statement from her mom saying we lived at her house for some time...
So I could get married here in VN to make it easier, and the question is: is the marriage carrying over in Canada if she's accepted as a permanent resident?
Big thanks for reading and answering
UPDATE:
forgot to specify, we do share a joint bank account although it is seldom used. I also wholly support my gf financially, but how can I prove that?