Hello Again,
I find this forum so helpful and its actually answered a lot of my questions already!!! SO thank you all.
So I am a Canadian Citizen and marrying my Indian Boyfriend in the beginning of October. He will come here for 2 weeks and we will fly to India together. We want to then get everything together and apply outside of Canada once I return from India. We have been together for close to 2 years now. We met during our time working for a Cruise Line. Last year in August, we applied from the ship and he received a multiple entry visitor visa for 10 years. For most of this year, we have tossed around the idea of what to do to be together and not forever stuck on the ship (not a bad life compared to this cold winters haha) so we have finally settled on the idea of doing a marriage and applying from outside of Canada. I will stay in Canada and he will go back to the ships until we receive approval.
Now my concern is that we aren't actually engaged or posted as a relationship on facebook, will this be a red flag? I mean we post things and tag each other in photos and such on instragram and facebook but just aren't listed at a couple. I also won't change my last name right away and the wedding will be like an eloped style wedding in my back yard with my mom and step dad. Will all of this be a red flag or can it all be easily explained?? We talk every night on the phone, have thousands of messages, photos and plane tickets. We have a real relationship. We just aren't financially ready to do the big wedding in one country, let alone TWO! haha.
Please just give me some support or share your stories with me. I would love to have someone to talk to about this and share the process with someone.
I find this forum so helpful and its actually answered a lot of my questions already!!! SO thank you all.
So I am a Canadian Citizen and marrying my Indian Boyfriend in the beginning of October. He will come here for 2 weeks and we will fly to India together. We want to then get everything together and apply outside of Canada once I return from India. We have been together for close to 2 years now. We met during our time working for a Cruise Line. Last year in August, we applied from the ship and he received a multiple entry visitor visa for 10 years. For most of this year, we have tossed around the idea of what to do to be together and not forever stuck on the ship (not a bad life compared to this cold winters haha) so we have finally settled on the idea of doing a marriage and applying from outside of Canada. I will stay in Canada and he will go back to the ships until we receive approval.
Now my concern is that we aren't actually engaged or posted as a relationship on facebook, will this be a red flag? I mean we post things and tag each other in photos and such on instragram and facebook but just aren't listed at a couple. I also won't change my last name right away and the wedding will be like an eloped style wedding in my back yard with my mom and step dad. Will all of this be a red flag or can it all be easily explained?? We talk every night on the phone, have thousands of messages, photos and plane tickets. We have a real relationship. We just aren't financially ready to do the big wedding in one country, let alone TWO! haha.
Please just give me some support or share your stories with me. I would love to have someone to talk to about this and share the process with someone.