Grounds for Divorce when I'm in US due to Employment and Wife in Canada

[robyaqua]

Thanks for this great advice. I was going thru some of the sites and claiming welfare from spouse seems to be a very cumbersome process. How to claim for the welfare?

 

[QuebecOkie]

If you are able to support yourself and aren't in need of assistance, then why do you wish to try to file for welfare? Adding further vindictiveness to a bad situation doesn't sound like much of a solution to me. And it contributes to an impression some have that people immigrate here and then take advantage of government benefits. Not to mention that, if the Crown for some reason fails to recoup the money from your wife, then the taxpayers are paying for your revenge.

 

[Leon]

If you really wanted to go on welfare to get revenge on your wife, you would have to do the following:

Quit your job.

Move to Canada.

Spend all your savings and use up all your time on EI (Employment Insurance) if you qualify for EI.

Once you are penniless and unemployed, go to the welfare office and ask for assistance. You might get something like 500 to 700 a month. In most places, you can probably rent a room for that amount but if you want to eat too, you'd have to go to the soup kitchen or food bank. Because you were sponsored by your wife, she would be requested to pay back the assistance you are getting.

Voila, you have now successfully taken revenge against your wife but in the process, you have made your life hard and you have made yourself unemployed and poor and probably hurt your career as well because a gap does not look good on anybody's CV. You see how this is not the best idea.

 

[robyaqua]

I know what all you guys are saying... I never wanted to go this route in the first place. Over this most one of members suggested to opt for welfare and things like that.

If I had to take revenge I would have landed in Canada in September 2012 itself.

Last couple of post seems to have very strong emotions and words... I found it a bit hurtful and unduly aggressive.

Anyways... I thank all of you for all your advice and support.

 

[robyaqua]

From welfare I mean what if I move to Canada without a job... and my wife is not providing any support to me. Then how to claim the support from her.

 

[Alurra71]

From welfare I mean what if I move to Canada without a job... and my wife is not providing any support to me. Then how to claim the support from her.

You have no recourse to 'force' her to support you. If you come back to Canada, it will be on your money. Once you have arrived in Canada, if you have nothing, then you can file for welfare, which will in turn go to your wife to have it repaid, however, there are no options for you to force her to give you money.

 

[robyaqua]

Money is not the whole point. The point is how to resolve this situation and get my wife into constructive mindset to get a normal and harmonious relationship.

 

[zardoz]

Money is not the whole point. The point is how to resolve this situation and get my wife into constructive mindset to get a normal and harmonious relationship.

Seriously? ???

 

[Alurra71]

Money is not the whole point. The point is how to resolve this situation and get my wife into constructive mindset to get a normal and harmonious relationship.

That is between you and her. Nobody here is going to be able to lead you in the right direction. Honestly, we only know what you have told us, and then there is always the "his / her / middle" thing. I'm sure she has a story as well in this and it likely will not mesh with what you are saying. The point is, if you wish to work it out with your wife, then YOU need to figure out a way to do that with HER and not by working with us here on this forum ....

Just my 2 cents