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If my hubby hasn't met my family in person...

Sure it does - my husband hadn't met (or even spoken to) any of my family until he landed in Canada with PR. We took screen captures of him skyping with friends of mine to 'prove' that he had done so. We also had letters from friends and family stating their knowledge of our relationship.

If you can get proof of chats, that's great. If not, have family write letters.

***I want to clarify though - talking/webcam does NOT count on the application where it asks if your spouse has MET any of your friends and family, but I would include it in your additional evidence.
 
I was wondering about this too, because my husband hasn't met any of my family in person, but gets on famously with my Dad on the phone. At least that settles that question lol.
 
Yep, always wondered about this too. I haven't met any of my husband's relations (I am the applicant) but I have spoken to his father on the phone, talked to his daughters via webcam and his sister via FB chat. Good thing they are asking me those questions, LOL, since he's been here and met all of my relations except those who couldn't make it to our reception (my uncles and their wives).
 
You guys will be fine !
My hubby hadn't met my folks either and he just got his PR so it's not a big problem.
Just explain why and if they get on great with one another then send in all the proof you can.

Good luck guys !
 
Uh oh, I interpreted things differently. My wife has 'met' my entire family via webcam chats on the computer, but has never been to Canada and has only met one of my brothers in person. I wrote on the application that she HAS met everyone in my family. Is this going to cause any problems? Should I inform immigration of my mistake?
 
Lifer said:
Uh oh, I interpreted things differently. My wife has 'met' my entire family via webcam chats on the computer, but has never been to Canada and has only met one of my brothers in person. I wrote on the application that she HAS met everyone in my family. Is this going to cause any problems? Should I inform immigration of my mistake?
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Did you mention in an additional note that the meeting was through webcam? If you mentioned it somewhere in the application, you should be totally fine. Yes, it is a mistake, but as long as you made clear that it wasn't in person you should be OK. It shouldn't be taken as misrepresentation as long as you mentioned it somewhere in your application.
 
My family didnt meet my husband yet either. We just put that he has not met them in person, but has talked to them via phone and webcam. My parents even wrote letters to state that they have spoken to him. Any communication that you have with either family is important. I also put the reason for him not meeting them face to face. In my case, my husband couldnt get a visitor visa and my mother has an aneurysm so she can not fly. I just gave breif detail about why so there was no misunderstanding. My parents not seeing my husband was not even an issue.
 
boyee6576 said:
My family didnt meet my husband yet either. We just put that he has not met them in person, but has talked to them via phone and webcam. My parents even wrote letters to state that they have spoken to him. Any communication that you have with either family is important. I also put the reason for him not meeting them face to face. In my case, my husband couldnt get a visitor visa and my mother has an aneurysm so she can not fly. I just gave breif detail about why so there was no misunderstanding. My parents not seeing my husband was not even an issue.
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I am so Happyyyyyyyy for you boyee :)
 
Lifer said:
Uh oh, I interpreted things differently. My wife has 'met' my entire family via webcam chats on the computer, but has never been to Canada and has only met one of my brothers in person. I wrote on the application that she HAS met everyone in my family. Is this going to cause any problems? Should I inform immigration of my mistake?
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You're okay - lots of questions can be interpreted in different ways. For example - have you ever lived together? I had 8 trips to see my husband and stayed in his apartment with him. Some would say this is 'living together' if only for a week at a time, others (like me) would say had not lived together.

It shouldn't cause any problems. If she is called for an interview, she can clarify that point. Meeting family members is not required for PR.
 
I agree. I had been to India several times and stayed there 4 to 6 weeks each time with my husband, but never considered it as living together.
 
As for living together, I think it's to your benefit to say that you did, even if you only did it a short time. I remember reading an appeals case where the judge reprimanded the parties for saying they had not lived together even though they were together (in a hotel I think) for a week after the wedding. So long as you can explain, this seems perfectly fine.
 
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