I met my fiance 18 months ago. I have been over to Ukraine 5 times and spent alot of time with her. We were engaged on New Years Eve in Kiev. We applied 2 times for her to come on a tourist visa before Christmas 2007 and we were denied because we could not prove that she would return to Ukraine after her stay in Canada (even though we presented all of the necessary documents that they required for proof of return... with these documents I also included a letter from me and my employer).
Now I have 3 options left.
1. Apply for a work visa ( my employer has offered to hire her as an interpreter/ tour guide/ office worker ) From my experience this is very time consuming and the success rate for this visa is very low.
2. Apply for a student visa. I have got her accepted into University in my hometown. From what I have read we still need to prove she will return home after her studies and that is where we ran into problems with the tourist visa... so this one scares me.
3. Get married and apply for a Sponsorship / Spouse. Of course, we cannot be married in Canada because she is not allowed to come here. I have questions about this.
Can we be married at the Embassy in Kiev?
Why does the permanent residence application take so long for the gov't to complete?
If we are married and waiting for the PR to be completed, do we need to apply for a temporary visa for her to come to Canada still or is there another way for her to come here?
Can I bring the permanent res application to Canada when I come home and get it processed in Canada?
The bottom line is we are in love and want to be together. Why does it feel like my gov't is treating me like a criminal? My name has been attached to her applications that were denied. We followed the rules and I am a proud Canadian. I pay my taxes ($40,000 income tax/ year), I vote and I do not have a criminal record. Why does the gov't have the ability to tell citizens who they can fall in love with? Is there any legal action I can take against Canadian Immigration? My employer has an office in Mexico. Will I have to move to Mexico so I can be with the one I love?
It sickens me to think that a normal Canadian citizen should have to deal with a government that doesn't care (AT ALL) about average Canadians. I am sure that if I was a millionaire, I would not have these problems.
I hate to say it but I would move away from Canada, give up my citizenship because of all of this. I pay my income tax every year to a gov't that treats me like a criminal. Its not right and it makes me sick.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Now I have 3 options left.
1. Apply for a work visa ( my employer has offered to hire her as an interpreter/ tour guide/ office worker ) From my experience this is very time consuming and the success rate for this visa is very low.
2. Apply for a student visa. I have got her accepted into University in my hometown. From what I have read we still need to prove she will return home after her studies and that is where we ran into problems with the tourist visa... so this one scares me.
3. Get married and apply for a Sponsorship / Spouse. Of course, we cannot be married in Canada because she is not allowed to come here. I have questions about this.
Can we be married at the Embassy in Kiev?
Why does the permanent residence application take so long for the gov't to complete?
If we are married and waiting for the PR to be completed, do we need to apply for a temporary visa for her to come to Canada still or is there another way for her to come here?
Can I bring the permanent res application to Canada when I come home and get it processed in Canada?
The bottom line is we are in love and want to be together. Why does it feel like my gov't is treating me like a criminal? My name has been attached to her applications that were denied. We followed the rules and I am a proud Canadian. I pay my taxes ($40,000 income tax/ year), I vote and I do not have a criminal record. Why does the gov't have the ability to tell citizens who they can fall in love with? Is there any legal action I can take against Canadian Immigration? My employer has an office in Mexico. Will I have to move to Mexico so I can be with the one I love?
It sickens me to think that a normal Canadian citizen should have to deal with a government that doesn't care (AT ALL) about average Canadians. I am sure that if I was a millionaire, I would not have these problems.
I hate to say it but I would move away from Canada, give up my citizenship because of all of this. I pay my income tax every year to a gov't that treats me like a criminal. Its not right and it makes me sick.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Thank you.