I am a Canadian Citizen, engaged to an Albanian citizen. I have began gathering documents for when we do get married and begin the process. But I have ran into a few dilemmas along the way and would love some advice and guidance.
2 major headaches.
1.)He was deported from Greece between 3-5 times. They were not always straight forward deportations. A few times he was given a paper saying that he had “x amount of time” to leave the country. The last one he was actually detained in prison for a month, went through countless court hearings, and eventually was deported. At which point he and I both returned to Albania.
2.)When he and I returned to Albania he went to get a new passport, Albania issued new ones for all the citizens with a more modern design. Anyways his birthday is July, 21 but when he went to get his new passport they said that his birthday was actually July, 22 and he had been celebrating it on the wrong day all his life. Recently he went to get his birth certificate, one of the documents he will need when we get married, and now the Albanian authorities are telling him his birthday is July, 20th. Needless to say it’s a very large head ache. It would not be a dilemma if he and I had not applied for a visitor visa for him in the past with his birthday being July, 22nd which is what his passport said at the time, and his birth certificate.
-Regarding his deportation. Is it best to just come clean about the fact that he was deported? Rather than laying, and risking the chance the Canadian visa folk find out?
-Regarding the mess with all his different birthdays. If I were to get a certified letter from the Albanian Authorities saying that they made an error in previously issuing him a passport with the wrong birthday would that work? I don’t want it to come off as though he was running around collecting numerous passports – which is definitely not the case.
On an easier note:
1.)When we get married, it will be done in Albania. And we are not having the ceremony with family and friends until we come to Canada. I am hoping that is not an issue.
2.)Is showing skype history and phone bills from calling to calling cards enough? I only ever make calls with calling cards, so is highlighting the 1800 calling card number enough?
My main concerns are his being deported before, and all the mix ups with his passport, and birth certificate. Any advice or information on what I can do would be greatly appreciated, and more than welcome!
2 major headaches.
1.)He was deported from Greece between 3-5 times. They were not always straight forward deportations. A few times he was given a paper saying that he had “x amount of time” to leave the country. The last one he was actually detained in prison for a month, went through countless court hearings, and eventually was deported. At which point he and I both returned to Albania.
2.)When he and I returned to Albania he went to get a new passport, Albania issued new ones for all the citizens with a more modern design. Anyways his birthday is July, 21 but when he went to get his new passport they said that his birthday was actually July, 22 and he had been celebrating it on the wrong day all his life. Recently he went to get his birth certificate, one of the documents he will need when we get married, and now the Albanian authorities are telling him his birthday is July, 20th. Needless to say it’s a very large head ache. It would not be a dilemma if he and I had not applied for a visitor visa for him in the past with his birthday being July, 22nd which is what his passport said at the time, and his birth certificate.
-Regarding his deportation. Is it best to just come clean about the fact that he was deported? Rather than laying, and risking the chance the Canadian visa folk find out?
-Regarding the mess with all his different birthdays. If I were to get a certified letter from the Albanian Authorities saying that they made an error in previously issuing him a passport with the wrong birthday would that work? I don’t want it to come off as though he was running around collecting numerous passports – which is definitely not the case.
On an easier note:
1.)When we get married, it will be done in Albania. And we are not having the ceremony with family and friends until we come to Canada. I am hoping that is not an issue.
2.)Is showing skype history and phone bills from calling to calling cards enough? I only ever make calls with calling cards, so is highlighting the 1800 calling card number enough?
My main concerns are his being deported before, and all the mix ups with his passport, and birth certificate. Any advice or information on what I can do would be greatly appreciated, and more than welcome!
