is getting married can make our application faster?

[superman2012]

Hi there. Me and my BF are planning to apply as common law after we cohabit for one year, but our second option is getting married.
What is the best way guys ? Getting married or just wait for a year before he can sponsor me ? Or if we got married is there a big chance that my application will approved?

 

[Cedeel]

The burden of proof regarding the authenticity of your relationship will be vastly easier to satisfy with a wedding ceremony and witnesses for that.
Furthermore, there's no requirement of proving previous cohabitation.

 

[canadianwoman]

If you get married, you do not have to wait a year to establish common law. You also will not have to prove that you lived together for one year. You still have to prove your relationship is genuine.
If you get married, even if it is just a simple court wedding, make it look special - get dressed up, exchange rings, take photos, have family and friends there if possible, have a reception afterwards (even if it is only dinner at a restaurant).

 

[superman2012]

If you get married, you do not have to wait a year to establish common law. You also will not have to prove that you lived together for one year. You still have to prove your relationship is genuine.
If you get married, even if it is just a simple court wedding, make it look special - get dressed up, exchange rings, take photos, have family and friends there if possible, have a reception afterwards (even if it is only dinner at a restaurant).

thank you guys for your replies. we are actually preparing for out weddig next month. our families cant go here in Canada because they are very busy in pur countries. is it okay if only our friends will attend our wedding?

 

[scylla]

thank you guys for your replies. we are actually preparing for out weddig next month. our families cant go here in Canada because they are very busy in pur countries. is it okay if only our friends will attend our wedding?

Yes - it's OK. However you'll need to explain in your application why your parents didn't attend the wedding since this is unusual. Also, if in your culture it is normal to hold a big wedding with all of your family members present - you will have to explain why you held a small wedding and didn't follow tradition. Remember - CIC is looking to confirm that your relationship is genuine and wasn't just entered into to facilitate PR.

 

[superman2012]

Yes - it's OK. However you'll need to explain in your application why your parents didn't attend the wedding since this is unusual. Also, if in your culture it is normal to hold a big wedding with all of your family members present - you will have to explain why you held a small wedding and didn't follow tradition. Remember - CIC is looking to confirm that your relationship is genuine and wasn't just entered into to facilitate PR.

Thanks you. But I will ask my sister to write a letter that will explain the reason why they can't go here in Canada to celebrate our wedding. All my family needs a visa and they don't have time to apply for their visa because they are busy in school stuffs and work. Maybe by that letter the VO will know that I invited my family to come here in Canada. And I will explain that we were going to celebrate our wedding next year if both of us visitied our country. What do you think guys?

 

[mikeymyke]

I think the best option would be to have yourself return to your home country and get married there. Have him invite his family from Canada to go to your wedding in your country, which would also allow your own family to be in attendance. He doesn't need to invite the whole gang, just at least his parents. Then apply outland while you remain in your home country. If that's not preferable, then you can apply for a visitor visa after you marry and stay with your husband in Canada until the PR application is finished (of course, you should leave Canada before the TRV expires). It is difficult to be approved a visitor visa in this case, but its definitely not impossible, as my wife successfully got one while married (see my signature below).

If you decide to get married in Canada instead, I strongly recommend you get your family to at least attempt to get a visitor visa for the wedding. At least this shows you guys tried to get your family to come for the wedding even if it was unsuccessful, then you will have an extremely good reason as to why your family could not attend the wedding. If you guys don't even try and say that they're too "busy with school stuff and work", I think that would be a big red flag. Because in their eyes, family members who won't make time off work to attend the most important day of their daughter's life, is likely not serious about the marriage.

 

[superman2012]

I think the best option would be to have yourself return to your home country and get married there. Have him invite his family from Canada to go to your wedding in your country, which would also allow your own family to be in attendance. He doesn't need to invite the whole gang, just at least his parents. Then apply outland while you remain in your home country. If that's not preferable, then you can apply for a visitor visa after you marry and stay with your husband in Canada until the PR application is finished (of course, you should leave Canada before the TRV expires). It is difficult to be approved a visitor visa in this case, but its definitely not impossible, as my wife successfully got one while married (see my signature below).

If you decide to get married in Canada instead, I strongly recommend you get your family to at least attempt to get a visitor visa for the wedding. At least this shows you guys tried to get your family to come for the wedding even if it was unsuccessful, then you will have an extremely good reason as to why your family could not attend the wedding. If you guys don't even try and say that they're too "busy with school stuff and work", I think that would be a big red flag. Because in their eyes, family members who won't make time off work to attend the most important day of their daughter's life, is likely not serious about the marriage.

gay marriage in my country is not legal in my country. well I can try to ask my sister to apply for visa going here to attend our weding. so its not a good Idea to ask my sister to write a letter instead of going here? My parents and his parents cannot go here because both of them are super busy person because of their own bussiness. maybe I can just explain that to the VO and hopefully all things went well.

 

[Aquakitty]

gay marriage in my country is not legal in my country. well I can try to ask my sister to apply for visa going here to attend our weding. so its not a good Idea to ask my sister to write a letter instead of going here? My parents and his parents cannot go here because both of them are super busy person because of their own bussiness. maybe I can just explain that to the VO and hopefully all things went well.

Our countries are different thus might have different standards for what is acceptable to CIC, but my parents and my spouse's parents didn't attend our wedding, it was just us. I also wrote a letter of explanation as to why they didn't come. No problems. We did get dressed up and had a theme wedding though, with lots of pictures.

You have pretty good excuses, imo.

 

[superman2012]

Our countries are different thus might have different standards for what is acceptable to CIC, but my parents and my spouse's parents didn't attend our wedding, it was just us. I also wrote a letter of explanation as to why they didn't come. No problems. We did get dressed up and had a theme wedding though, with lots of pictures.

You have pretty good excuses, imo.

thank you for relieving my stress right now aquakitty my parents already meet my BF and I already met his parents . his parents is very busy in their bussiness in the market while my mother is very busy taking care of my 1 year old niece and I have younger siblings that she need to take care of. thats why they cant go here with us. maybe I can just write a letter stating that we are plannig to celebrate our wedding if we go to pur country next year. Thank you very much! our wedding will be held privately with 10 people invited. thank you so much guys for your insights

 

[canadianwoman]

If your sister tries to get a visa and can't, that can be used as evidence your family tried to come but could not. She can also write a letter. Your parents and other relatives can also write letters stating they know about your relationship, approve of it, and believe it to be genuine. And that they could not come to the wedding because of ... but will celebrate it with you when you come for a visit.