Hi guys (especially those who successfully sponsored or got sponsored successfully),
I am Canadian and my girlfriend is Brazilian. We plan to get married, and after that I will sponsor her to Canada.
My questions are:
1. *IF* we get married in Brazil, then once I have successfully sponsored her, would we need to do anything at all to legalise our marriage in Canada? I heard that in this case, we would need to register our marriage at the Canadian embassy or consulate in Brazil. Is that true? Did you ever need to do something like this? If so, what was the process flow? (I know that probably you or your foreign spouse is not Brazilian, but I'm quite sure the rule is about the same for all of us.)
2. *IF* we get married in Brazil, it means the marriage certificate will be written in Portuguese, which means that when we do the sponsorship process, we must translate it to English before we give it to the CIC?
We're not required to provide the CIC with the original marriage certificate right? Just the copy (or translation) is fine?
3. Currently our original plan is as follows:
Step 1: get engaged in January 2010, in Brazil
Step 2: in July 2010, she comes to Canada (for 2 or 3 weeks), using a tourist visa, and we get married here, and she goes back to Brazil.
Step 3: September/November 2010, we start the sponsorship application (Outland obviously, through the Mississauga office, since my girl lives in Brazil.)
Step 4: She will hopefully get her permanent resident visa around summer or autumn of 2011
Step 5: She lands in Canada in either December 2011 or January 2012.
Do you think this is a good plan? I'm quite concerned about Step 2 actually; I heard that rather than doing it, it's better for us to marry in Brazil instead (which is why I asked questions 1 and 2).
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Thank you kindly for reading!
I am Canadian and my girlfriend is Brazilian. We plan to get married, and after that I will sponsor her to Canada.
My questions are:
1. *IF* we get married in Brazil, then once I have successfully sponsored her, would we need to do anything at all to legalise our marriage in Canada? I heard that in this case, we would need to register our marriage at the Canadian embassy or consulate in Brazil. Is that true? Did you ever need to do something like this? If so, what was the process flow? (I know that probably you or your foreign spouse is not Brazilian, but I'm quite sure the rule is about the same for all of us.)
2. *IF* we get married in Brazil, it means the marriage certificate will be written in Portuguese, which means that when we do the sponsorship process, we must translate it to English before we give it to the CIC?
We're not required to provide the CIC with the original marriage certificate right? Just the copy (or translation) is fine?
3. Currently our original plan is as follows:
Step 1: get engaged in January 2010, in Brazil
Step 2: in July 2010, she comes to Canada (for 2 or 3 weeks), using a tourist visa, and we get married here, and she goes back to Brazil.
Step 3: September/November 2010, we start the sponsorship application (Outland obviously, through the Mississauga office, since my girl lives in Brazil.)
Step 4: She will hopefully get her permanent resident visa around summer or autumn of 2011
Step 5: She lands in Canada in either December 2011 or January 2012.
Do you think this is a good plan? I'm quite concerned about Step 2 actually; I heard that rather than doing it, it's better for us to marry in Brazil instead (which is why I asked questions 1 and 2).
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Thank you kindly for reading!