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kakaly

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Hello,

I got my PPR 2 weeks back and I have sent my passport for CoPR stamp, which I expect to receive it in a couple of weeks. My fiance has submitted a separate EE application post ITA only last month. I have 2 options right now:

1) Land in Canada before I get married. Let my fiance update CIC about change in marital status after we get married and before/after she gets her PPR.

2) Get married, inform CIC about change in status for mine and my fiance's application, return CoPR and wait for cic to update both our applications.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
 
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kakaly said:
Hello,

I got my PPR 2 weeks back and I have sent my passport for CoPR stamp, which I expect to receive it in a couple of weeks. My fiance has submitted a separate EE application post ITA only last month. I have 2 options right now:

1) Land in Canada before I get married. Let my fiance update CIC about change in marital status after we get married and before/after she gets her PPR.

2) Get married, inform CIC about change in status for mine and my fiance's application, return CoPR and wait for cic to update both our applications.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
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You guy should land separately and marriage after landing. If you marriage outside Canada you will need to go through "outside sponsorship" process which will take a year. If your fiance already submit eAPR why don't just wait for few months rather than make everything so complicated for both of you.
 
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kakaly

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@OdinNguyen - Thanks for your reply. Our marriage is fixed right now and we are getting married in India. So waiting for few months is out of question now. So would you recommend me landing before getting married? And then let my wife update CIC about change in status to her eAPR?
 
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kakaly said:
@OdinNguyen - Thanks for your reply. Our marriage is fixed right now and we are getting married in India. So waiting for few months is out of question now. So would you recommend me landing before getting married? And then late
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Then just do the marriage ceremony in India. Don't sign the paper. I have an India colleague who makes the same mistake and he is regretting it everyday, because he can't see his wife for at least one year until the sponsor application finish.
 
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kakaly

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OdinNguyen said:
Then just do the marriage ceremony in India. Don't sign the paper. I have an India colleague who makes the same mistake and he is regretting it everyday, because he can't see his wife for at least one year until the sponsor application finish.
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I did not understand you. Apologies. Do you mean, I should land in Canada, go to India and then get married?
 
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kakaly said:
I did not understand you. Apologies. Do you mean, I should land in Canada, go to India and then get married?
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Either one of these:

1. Do the marriage ceremony first. Then your fiance apply to Canada as visitor visa where as you will go as new immigrant. After landing, you guy sign marriage cert in Canada. Then you can apply for sponsorship "inside Canada" process which will give her OWP to stay.

2. Or Do the marriage ceremony first. Wait for your spouse to finish his/her PR application then land together (on the same flight). After that marriage in Canada.

I strongly suggest the second one.
 
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OdinNguyen said:
Either one of these:

1. Do the marriage ceremony first. Then your fiance apply to Canada as visitor visa where as you will go as new immigrant. After landing, you guy sign marriage cert in Canada. Then you can apply for sponsorship "inside Canada" process which will give her OWP to stay.

2. Or Do the marriage ceremony first. Wait for your spouse to finish his/her PR application then land together (on the same flight). After that marriage in Canada.

I strongly suggest the second one.
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If I understand it correctly his wife to be has applied for EE on her own so there is no need for sponsorship. They can get married anytime and just wait for her application to be approved.
Otherwise they can get married before he lands in Canada and add her to his application.
 
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kakaly

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Bobbieleigh said:
Have a look here as well
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/urgent-regarding-marriage-after-ppr.518085/
I think this is the best way to proceed.
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Thanks! But, most of the existing threads are not exactly similar. My situation is slightly different. My fiance has already submitted her EE application and has a AOR right now. So, I am not sure what we need to do in this case. Notifying separately will create confusion for both of us I felt.
 
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