HELP PLZ! GAVE WRONG INFO TO IMMIGRATION!

[Steph18]

Hang on a sec....

So:

1. You're a Canadian citizen (or PR?)
2. You went to another country to marry your spouse

Then you went back to Canada, and upon arrival in Canada, the immigration officer somehow opened your luggage, and saw your marriage documents, and immediately ACCUSED you of a fake marriage??!?!!?!?!? That's really, really, REALLLLLYYYYY bizarre....why would the officer accuse you of such a thing just because you got married abroad?? I don't believe an AIRPORT immigration officer has the right to decide whether a marriage was fake...?! I think you'd have to submit a sponsorship application first.....get yourself approved to sponsor, and have your husband's application transferred to whichever visa office is responsible for processing applications from his country, and then the VO will eventually assess all your relationship proofs, his medical results, criminal history, bla bla bla....that's the formal route (and it doesn't even work perfectly, because there are people who got refused, despite their genuine marriage).

So weird..... =(. You told us the whole story, right?

They kept asking because I married him in my first visit...

 

[Steph18]

Maybe see an anger management therapist and submit a notarized letter that you're going there along with the PR app?

Thanks for the advise!

 

[Steph18]

It's possible that she had the documents in her carry on luggage and they were doing random checks...? I can't see why they would question her getting married abroad if she was coming back into Canada - seems very weird to be honest. Not sure why they would 'review the documents', that's not really in their job description.
Why make up the part about his brother paying her ticket, though? Why would his brother pay her to marry this guy? I wonder if the marriage actually IS fake and they somehow found out and now she's trying to fix it.
Sorry.. I'm just sceptical.

I married him in my first visit.

 

[keesio]

I married him in my first visit.

Yeah, that is a red flag. I'm not sure how you can convince CIC that you were just speaking out of frustration. It will be tough.

 

[truesmile]

Ok, I got engaged abroad, I got married abroad, and these never came up when re-entering Canada . . . I'm dying to ask "How does this EVER come up in your conversation with the CBSA Officer?" All I ever said was "I was visiting friends." They don't need my personal life story.

 

[keesio]

Ok, I got engaged abroad, I got married abroad, and these never came up when re-entering Canada . . . I'm dying to ask "How does this EVER come up in your conversation with the CBSA Officer?" All I ever said was "I was visiting friends." They don't need my personal life story.

When border officials ask question, they say that the actual response is half of what they are analyzing. The other half is how the response is given. If you appear edgy, nervous or unsure, they get suspicious. Given the fact that the OP was emotional because she was going through a hard time with her husband, they may have picked up on it.

 

[Zarilenth]

When border officials ask question, they say that the actual response is half of what they are analyzing. The other half is how the response is given. If you appear edgy, nervous or unsure, they get suspicious. Given the fact that the OP was emotional because she was going through a hard time with her husband, they may have picked up on it.

Haha, well that sucks. I'm always nervous when I talk to immigration officers even though I haven't done anything wrong. And knowing they pick up on that makes me more nervous, lol.

 

[keesio]

Haha, well that sucks. I'm always nervous when I talk to immigration officers even though I haven't done anything wrong. And knowing they pick up on that makes me more nervous, lol.

That is normal. Talking to authority makes many people nervous. Officials are aware of this too. It is when you start to draw a blank on questions or contradict yourself that they get really suspicious.

 

[Steph18]

Ok, I got engaged abroad, I got married abroad, and these never came up when re-entering Canada . . . I'm dying to ask "How does this EVER come up in your conversation with the CBSA Officer?" All I ever said was "I was visiting friends." They don't need my personal life story.

I said I was visiting my husband, and from there, they kept asking more and more, I kept my true story, but they kept me there for almost 6 hours and out of frustration, rage with my husband I made up the story of the money, after that they let me know go... I was going to divorce him. But now a few months have passed and we are fine, we are happy...

 

[zardoz]

Well, as you have already confirmed, your life isn't over and you can go to live with him instead. It's quite possible that this will be your only option initially. Once you have demonstrated to CIC that the relationship is indeed genuine and ongoing, you can both try to relocate back to Canada.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

I said I was visiting my husband, and from there, they kept asking more and more, I kept my true story, but they kept me there for almost 6 hours and out of frustration, rage with my husband I made up the story of the money, after that they let me know go... I was going to divorce him. But now a few months have passed and we are fine, we are happy...

CBSA doesn't hold Canadian citizens or PRs for 6 hours to question them about their marriage. Like others said above, I suspect there is much more to your story. If I were to hazard a guess, it probably involved suspicion of drugs.

 

[Leopold_31]

I think you are lying.
Before I married my wife someone told me I had to tell the officials upon crossing the border to Canada that I got married. So when I was coming back to Canada I was actually let through without speaking to anyone, but I came up to them anyway and told them I just married and plan to sponsor my wife. The guy just looked at me like I am some kind of an idiot and said no, nobody cares that I got married etc.
And here they held you for 6 hours questioning about your marriage.
You are definitely not telling us everything. And why would you say something so stupid that you married for money is beyond me.

 

[fandv]

I married him in my first visit.

Just wondering, what country is your husband from?

 

[Steph18]

Well, as you have already confirmed, your life isn't over and you can go to live with him instead. It's quite possible that this will be your only option initially. Once you have demonstrated to CIC that the relationship is indeed genuine and ongoing, you can both try to relocate back to Canada.

Thats right! We have already spoke about it and if I can't sponsor him, I'll go live in his home country
Thanks!

 

[Steph18]

CBSA doesn't hold Canadian citizens or PRs for 6 hours to question them about their marriage. Like others said above, I suspect there is much more to your story. If I were to hazard a guess, it probably involved suspicion of drugs.

I don't know what involved their suspicious at first, I do know all their questions were only related to my marriage. Well I gave the basic points or you want me to give you all details day by day about our year dating relationship and a few months of marriage?!?!