How to go to Canada

[polar25]

Hi All,

i need your help guys
i have a filipina GF in ontario shes been there for 25 years and we want to live there. the problem is im here in singapore and
its very hard to go there and visit her i tried to apply as visitor but CIC denied my application. Im planning to get anulled in philippines
but the problem is i dont have that much enough money for that. I also tried to look for an agent to find a job for me but when i gave my documents
and paid for CND 300 they promised that within 8 months they will find a job for me but, 9 months have past until now no update from the agent
and we decided to pull out my documents from that agent.
please help me what are the other options on how can i go to canada

Thank you

 

[Rob_TO]

How long have you been in the relationship, and how often have you met in person? Are you in a true marriage-like relationship right now? If so, you could possibly apply for PR as a conjugal couple. You would need to provide lots of proofs to support it.

 

[txboyscout]

Hi All,

i need your help guys
i have a filipina GF in ontario shes been there for 25 years and we want to live there. the problem is im here in singapore and
its very hard to go there and visit her i tried to apply as visitor but CIC denied my application. Im planning to get anulled in philippines
but the problem is i dont have that much enough money for that. I also tried to look for an agent to find a job for me but when i gave my documents
and paid for CND 300 they promised that within 8 months they will find a job for me but, 9 months have past until now no update from the agent
and we decided to pull out my documents from that agent.
please help me what are the other options on how can i go to canada
Thank you

It seems like you are legally married to someone else in the Phillippines. Do you have a formal seperation agreement? If not, it might not be possible for you to claim common-law status with your GF
You have already been declined a visitors visa--what were the reasons for that?

 

[polar25]

How long have you been in the relationship, and how often have you met in person? Are you in a true marriage-like relationship right now? If so, you could possibly apply for PR as a conjugal couple. You would need to provide lots of proofs to support it.

Well she's is my ex-GF before but we lost our communication until one day we emailed and talked again. We've been for almost 2 years she and we meet in philippines last 2011 before i go to singapore and she visited me here twice. how can i apply for PR if im not anulled in philippines?
thank you

 

[polar25]

It seems like you are legally married to someone else in the Phillippines. Do you have a formal seperation agreement? If not, it might not be possible for you to claim common-law status with your GF
You have already been declined a visitors visa--what were the reasons for that?

Yes im married in philipppines. We dont have any fomal separation agreement. One of the reasons why they declined my visitors visa is financial matters
thank you

 

[polar25]

It seems like you are legally married to someone else in the Phillippines. Do you have a formal seperation agreement? If not, it might not be possible for you to claim common-law status with your GF
You have already been declined a visitors visa--what were the reasons for that?

In reaching a decision, an officer considers several factors; these may include the applicant’s travel and identity
documents, reason for travel to Canada, contacts in Canada, financial means for the trip; ties to country of
residence (including immigration status, employment and family ties) and whether the applicant would be likely
to leave Canada at the end of his/her authorized stay.

 

[txboyscout]

Yes im married in philipppines. We dont have any fomal separation agreement. One of the reasons why they declined my visitors visa is financial matters
thank you

Without a legal seperation agreement, you can never be common-law with your GF, so cannot apply for PR that route...

You need to see if you qualify for immigration under any other category at www.cic.gc.ca

 

[Rob_TO]

Yes im married in philipppines. We dont have any fomal separation agreement. One of the reasons why they declined my visitors visa is financial matters
thank you

You don't need a formal/legal separation agreement. You can simply be separated from your previous spouse for at least 1 year, and then you can apply again for any new partner under common-law or conjugal application, even though you are still registered as married to another person. You just can't marry someone else, without getting divorced first.

If you do go forward with a common-law or conjugal app while still married to previous spouse, then you can just write a simple affidavit that you are formally separated from them for X years, and have it notarized/certified. The other person does not need to sign or agree to anything.

See here for more. You can see formal separation documents can help, but they are not mandatory and obviously you can't get them if the other party isn't willing to participate:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/op/op02-eng.pdf
5.49. What happens if the conjugal partner (principal applicant) is married to another person?
Persons who are married to third parties can be considered conjugal partners provided their marriage has broken down and they have lived separate and apart from their spouse for long enough to establish a conjugal relationship with another person. In this case, they must have separated from the legally married spouse and established a conjugal relationship with the conjugal partner and been in that relationship for at least one year. A conjugal relationship cannot be legally established where one or both parties continue in a conjugal relationship with their spouse.

Establishing a conjugal relationship takes a period of time; it is expected that the date from which the conjugal relationship exists will be some reasonable time after separation from the legally married spouse has occurred. Although a couple in a conjugal partner relationship might have known one another while one or both was still with their legally married spouse, they could not be in a conjugal relationship until there was a separation from the legally married spouse and the new conjugal relationship established. See also What happens if a common-law partner (principal applicant) is married to another person, Section 5.38 above.

The conjugal partner must satisfy an officer that they are separated from and no longer cohabiting with the legal spouse. Evidence may be in the form of a signed formal declaration that the marriage has ended and that the person has entered into a conjugal partner relationship. An officer may require that the person produce other written evidence of a formal separation or of a breakdown of the marriage. Acceptable documents include a separation agreement, a court order in respect of custody of children identifying the fact of the marriage breakdown, documents removing the legally married spouse(s) from insurance policies or will as beneficiaries (a “change of beneficiary” form)

 

[polar25]

Rob & Txtboyscout

Thank you for the info

 

[polar25]

any other comments?
please help

Thanks

 

[polar25]

Hi Guys,

My marriage was annulled what to do next?
thanks in advance

 

[scylla]

Join the Family Sponsorship section of the forum.

 

[polar25]

Join the Family Sponsorship section of the forum.

Thanks scylla

 

[mf4361]

If a consultant firm and job agency says they can provide you a job that leads to PR if you give them money, it's mostly a scam.