Hello everyone,
Soon I´ll be travelling to Canada from my home country (Spain) in order to get married to my Canadian girlfriend, whom I met while I stayed in Canada last year on my Working Holiday Visa. Our plan is that I enter as a visitor to get married and after I apply for PR inland sponsored by her, remaining in Canada under visitor visa while waiting for implied status and open work permit. However, I´ve heard that I could find trouble at the border since I´m coming with the intention of staying. Of course I´d leave if my visitor visa expired before I got implied status or an extension of my visitor status. My question is about what to say at the border in the airport, if I should mention the wedding or only that I´m visiting. I understand the consequences of lying to the border guys, and I don´t plan to do so, but I´m concerned they´d think I´m trying to hide something if I don´t provide this information right away and they find out through further and more specific questions. In the other hand, from previous experiences I´ve read it is better not to mention that kind of information since it only brings trouble. I´m playing by the rules and are aware of Canadian inmigration laws. I´ve spoken to CIC a few times and even my girlfriend reached out to border officers and asked if we could encounter any trouble. They all said we shouldn´t have any problem (also that they can´t guarantee anything and it´s up to the officer that interviews you), but previous experiences I´ve read indicate otherwise. So, I´m very nervous, I don´t know what to do, and any advice would be much apreciated.
Thank you!
Soon I´ll be travelling to Canada from my home country (Spain) in order to get married to my Canadian girlfriend, whom I met while I stayed in Canada last year on my Working Holiday Visa. Our plan is that I enter as a visitor to get married and after I apply for PR inland sponsored by her, remaining in Canada under visitor visa while waiting for implied status and open work permit. However, I´ve heard that I could find trouble at the border since I´m coming with the intention of staying. Of course I´d leave if my visitor visa expired before I got implied status or an extension of my visitor status. My question is about what to say at the border in the airport, if I should mention the wedding or only that I´m visiting. I understand the consequences of lying to the border guys, and I don´t plan to do so, but I´m concerned they´d think I´m trying to hide something if I don´t provide this information right away and they find out through further and more specific questions. In the other hand, from previous experiences I´ve read it is better not to mention that kind of information since it only brings trouble. I´m playing by the rules and are aware of Canadian inmigration laws. I´ve spoken to CIC a few times and even my girlfriend reached out to border officers and asked if we could encounter any trouble. They all said we shouldn´t have any problem (also that they can´t guarantee anything and it´s up to the officer that interviews you), but previous experiences I´ve read indicate otherwise. So, I´m very nervous, I don´t know what to do, and any advice would be much apreciated.
Thank you!
