Hello... My problem is very common. The relationship with my girl is genuine, though born on the internet. We can document the history of the relationship, more than a year long now, that's not a problem. Now she is ready to come and live with me here in Canada. We face a common problem: How do I bring her here so that she can actually get in?
We have thought of a travel agency tour, where she comes as part of a group of Russian tourists, then once she's here, she gets away from the group and marries me. But I'm told that there is a waiting period before even being allowed to get married in Canada. Does anyone know how does this work? The supposed strength of the case would be that once she's here, we can start living together, and I can apply to sponsor her, inland. And her application would go on even if she becomes out of status at some point, because of the waiver for spousal or common law relationships, correct? But I wonder if suddenly abandoning the tour could be a serious problem. Is it a viable option?
I just had another idea. Since I am a Mexican citizen, I thought of making her go to Mexico first, because getting a tourist visa for Mexico is usually easy. Meet her there, get married in Mexico, and then we both take an airplane to Canada, and she comes as my wife, Mexican marriage paper in hand. Would this be a stronger option for us? And if so, would she need to get a visa to come to Canada (in this case at some Canadian consulate in Mexico), even when she'd be coming as my wife already? And if so, would it be easy for her to get a visa, or would the officers be difficult anyway? And what kind of a visa would that be? Given that she'd be my wife already?
We don't want to apply outland, because we want to be together, as we love each other. She's aware that if we apply inland, she won't be able to go out of Canada for a long time, as this could be very risky. She doesn't mind this limitation.
Russian citizens have trouble getting any kind of visas anyhow, so I will appreciate any useful input on my doubts and questions.
Thank you.
We have thought of a travel agency tour, where she comes as part of a group of Russian tourists, then once she's here, she gets away from the group and marries me. But I'm told that there is a waiting period before even being allowed to get married in Canada. Does anyone know how does this work? The supposed strength of the case would be that once she's here, we can start living together, and I can apply to sponsor her, inland. And her application would go on even if she becomes out of status at some point, because of the waiver for spousal or common law relationships, correct? But I wonder if suddenly abandoning the tour could be a serious problem. Is it a viable option?
I just had another idea. Since I am a Mexican citizen, I thought of making her go to Mexico first, because getting a tourist visa for Mexico is usually easy. Meet her there, get married in Mexico, and then we both take an airplane to Canada, and she comes as my wife, Mexican marriage paper in hand. Would this be a stronger option for us? And if so, would she need to get a visa to come to Canada (in this case at some Canadian consulate in Mexico), even when she'd be coming as my wife already? And if so, would it be easy for her to get a visa, or would the officers be difficult anyway? And what kind of a visa would that be? Given that she'd be my wife already?
We don't want to apply outland, because we want to be together, as we love each other. She's aware that if we apply inland, she won't be able to go out of Canada for a long time, as this could be very risky. She doesn't mind this limitation.
Russian citizens have trouble getting any kind of visas anyhow, so I will appreciate any useful input on my doubts and questions.
Thank you.
