IS THERE ANY RESTRICTION OR POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF LAW TO MARRY AN EX-COMMON LAW?

[Stockinger]

Case in point: A couple cohabited outside Canada, unmarried, both in a legal age & were in a common law relationship (as described by BC Law) for less than a year with a child. 5 yrs after the relationship ended, with no communication at all, the woman got her and their child's Canadian PR. At present, the woman is a PR living in BC,Canada and the other party is living outside Canada and is not a Canadian PR but has a PR outside his country of origin pursuing a dual citizenship. Four months after the women and her child received their Canadian PR confirmation a marriage proposal came into picture. Eventually, these spouse got married outside Canada for the husband's appeal to have a legal custody over his only child before he apply for a dual citizenship. With this, both parties are clueless whether there would have a Canadian law violation if in the future the wife will have to sponsor her husband for Canada PR considering that both are eligible to apply and with no criminal record.


**Note: this is my friend's case

 

[canadianwoman]

Nothing illegal was done. The woman does not have to sponsor her husband for PR if she does not want to. If she does sponsor him, they would need proof that the relationship is genuine now, and also that they had really broken up.

 

[Stockinger]

Thanks for the very swift response @canadianwoman.

 

[Sous02]

Case in point: A couple cohabited outside Canada, unmarried, both in a legal age & were in a common law relationship (as described by BC Law) for less than a year with a child. 5 yrs after the relationship ended, with no communication at all, the woman got her and their child's Canadian PR. At present, the woman is a PR living in BC,Canada and the other party is living outside Canada and is not a Canadian PR but has a PR outside his country of origin pursuing a dual citizenship. Four months after the women and her child received their Canadian PR confirmation a marriage proposal came into picture. Eventually, these spouse got married outside Canada for the husband's appeal to have a legal custody over his only child before he apply for a dual citizenship. With this, both parties are clueless whether there would have a Canadian law violation if in the future the wife will have to sponsor her husband for Canada PR considering that both are eligible to apply and with no criminal record.


**Note: this is my friend's case

Nothing illegal but a guarantee of close examination by CIC