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Hi Pals,

I am very worried about this scenario.

I have received my PPR - and I applied as SINGLE, now I might get married before landing but my wife WILL NOT travel with me when I land.

I am very concerned and worried that this change of my martial status gets my application refused.

Need your valuable suggestions.

Thanks in advance.
 

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Hi Pals,

I am very worried about this scenario.

I have received my PPR - and I applied as SINGLE, now I might get married before landing but my wife WILL NOT travel with me when I land.

I am very concerned and worried that this change of my martial status gets my application refused.

Need your valuable suggestions.

Thanks in advance.
I don't think so.
You can land and sponsor your spouse later.
 

picklee

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You will need to declare at landing that your marital status has changed at which point you will need to add your spouse to the application as non-accompanying and she will need to have medicals and background check done. Only way to avoid that is to marry after landing, and if you wish, sponsor her for PR.
 

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But she wont be accompanying me

Even after I marry I would travel alone.

How about I write to CIC regarding the martial status change soon after marriage.

But my concern is if I travel alone even after declaring as Married (though wife wont company me) will my Application get refused ?
 

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I don't think so.
You can land and sponsor your spouse later.
Completely wrong. The spouse would be forever excluded if OP landed without including her.


You will need to declare at landing that your marital status has changed
Also wrong. If he does this, he will be refused landing. OP needs to sort this out BEFORE landing.


But she wont be accompanying me

Even after I marry I would travel alone.

How about I write to CIC regarding the martial status change soon after marriage.

But my concern is if I travel alone even after declaring as Married (though wife wont company me) will my Application get refused ?
You MUST add tour spouse to your application if you get married before landing. It doesn't matter is she isn't coming to Canada with you. If you don't include her, she will be forever excluded from the Family Class, meaning you won't be able to sponsor her. Adding her to the application will add several months of processing time.

Otherwise, you need to wait until after landing to marry.
 
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I don't think so.
You can land and sponsor your spouse later.
Completely wrong. The spouse would be forever excluded if OP landed without including her.


You will need to declare at landing that your marital status has changed
Also wrong. If he does this, he will be refused landing. OP needs to sort this out BEFORE landing.


But she wont be accompanying me

Even after I marry I would travel alone.

How about I write to CIC regarding the martial status change soon after marriage.

But my concern is if I travel alone even after declaring as Married (though wife wont company me) will my Application get refused ?
You MUST add tour spouse to your application if you get married before landing. It doesn't matter is she isn't coming to Canada with you. If you don't include her, she will be forever excluded from the Family Class, meaning you won't be able to sponsor her. Adding her to the application will add several months of processing time.

Otherwise, you need to wait until after landing to marry.
 
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canada_pr_wanted

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Does she needs to create an Express entry profile and go through the entire selection PROCESS ?

Completely wrong. The spouse would be forever excluded if OP landed without including her.




Also wrong. If he does this, he will be refused landing. OP needs to sort this out BEFORE landing.




You MUST add tour spouse to your application if you get married before landing. It doesn't matter is she isn't coming to Canada with you. If you don't include her, she will be forever excluded from the Family Class, meaning you won't be able to sponsor her. Adding her to the application will add several months of processing time.

Otherwise, you need to wait until after landing to marry.
 

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No, she doesn't have to create an express entry profile, you must inform IRCC of your change in family composition and you'll be required to provide her medicals, PCC, marriage certificate and other forms. Before you ask, yes this is required even if she's non-accompanying.
 

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Also wrong. If he does this, he will be refused landing. OP needs to sort this out BEFORE landing.
Right, that's what I meant. Was pointing to the fact that OP will be asked about change to family upon landing.
 

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Informing and having her accompany is better to avoid hassles of family sponsorship. There is no difference in paper work for accompanying or non accompanying for cases like this, I suppose.
 

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so if I understand correctly.

If I get married after PPR and let CIC know about it, then I would need to get my wife's medicals and Background done.

Right ?

and where do I do that, I mean where do I get the docs to fill in for these ?

Will they be available on my CIC Express Entry profile account soon after I inform CIC about my martial status change ?

Sorry I am confused and nervous about this process
 

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If you get married at any point after you submit eAPR, then you need to notify IRCC and amend your application. Your spouse must get background check and medicals regardless whether your spouse is accompanying.

AFAIK, your landing in Canada must be done within 1 year of your medicals, so this is something to consider when gathering the documents to apply with your spouse as this will add more processing time to your application.
 

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so if I understand correctly.

If I get married after PPR and let CIC know about it, then I would need to get my wife's medicals and Background done.

Right ?

and where do I do that, I mean where do I get the docs to fill in for these ?

Will they be available on my CIC Express Entry profile account soon after I inform CIC about my martial status change ?

Sorry I am confused and nervous about this process
Once you update IRCC about your change in marital status, they will tell you what you need to submit.
 

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Once you update IRCC about your change in marital status, they will tell you what you need to submit.
Hi Canuck_in_uk,

May I ask you please, for the medical check, should the spouse go ahead and do upfront check using the main applicant's application number and UCI without waiting for CIC to give the list of documents, or he/she should wait till CIC inform them the things to submit.

I have informed CIC of the change 2 weeks ago, haven't heard from them. I wonder if it is okay if my husband books the upfront medical check right now or will need to wait till CIC replies.

Appreciate your advice, thanks a lot.