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Get marry while in working holiday visa in Canada?

wonderdidi

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Jul 25, 2011
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Hello, I am from HK and I met my bf last year , we have been in long distance relationship almost a year and he came to HK twice, and I went to visit him twice already. I am now applying a working holiday visa which can let me stay in Canada for 1 year. We plan to get marry while I am in Canada with this Visa, does anyone know it would be a problem if just get marry while I am with this visa? Or I should go back HK and get marry in HK??
 

canadianwoman

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Nov 6, 2009
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It is OK to get married while in Canada on a Working Holiday visa.
 

wonderdidi

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Jul 25, 2011
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Am I able to stay with him after we get married and applying the PR visa?
Or I have to go back HK after my workin visa expired ?

Finacially we are not really able to keep long distance for long...
 

canadianwoman

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If you apply inland, you can stay in Canada while the application is being processed.
If you apply outland, you can still stay in Canada, but as a visitor only, or you could go back to Hong Kong to wait.
Applying inland takes a long time, but applying through Hong Kong takes a long time as well, so here the choice is not obvious. If you apply inland, you cannot leave Canada for any reason during the course of processing, and you cannot appeal if the application is rejected. If you apply outland, you can visit Canada while it is process, and can appeal if it is rejected.
 

wonderdidi

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Jul 25, 2011
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If apply inland I cant appeal if rejected.......thats is so difficult to choose....since our relationship is true, but not long enough. We do not want the long distance thats why I choose to come as working holiday visa.

If rejected, I need to go back HK even we marry?????
 

canadianwoman

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Yes, if the PR application is rejected, you will have to leave. The most common reason for rejection is that the visa officer thinks the marriage is fake. So if you present a lot of evidence that your marriage is genuine, you will most likely be accepted. Because you will actually be living together (with you on the working holiday visa), you will have a lot of proof that the marriage is real. Get both your names on the lease or mortgage, for example, and both names on the utility bills. Take lots of photos of the two of you, and the two of you with family and friends.
You're not married yet, so I advise you that the easiest thing to do is to look at the application forms, see what kind of evidence they ask for, and make sure you can provide it. You have lots of time until the application will be sent, so you will have time to gather good proof. For example, when you get engaged, have a little party to celebrate that with family and friends. When you get married, make sure the occasion looks special and keep all proof of the marriage, including receipts for the banquet hall, a list of wedding guests, other receipts, etc. You don't need to have a big, lavish ceremony, but having at least a small ceremony will look better for the application than just a civil ceremony.