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Marriage Fraud is not allowed under Canada's immigration law! Or is it?

Aug 17, 2008
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I have sponsored my wife to immigrate to Canada and soon after she landed, she abandoned me.

Before sponsoring my wife, I visited the CIC website:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/facts/marriage.asp

"Marriages of conv[en]ience are not allowed under Canada's immigration law. It is illegal to be married simply to immigrate to Canada. Spousal sponsorship is a serious legal commitment." "If a person enters into a marriage of convenience and comes to Canada as an immigrant, enforcement action can be taken. This enforcement action could result in deportation, and is the responsibility of the Canada Border Services Agency."

After sponsoring my wife, and after my wife abandoned me, I contacted Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and I have been told by the representative on the phone that "We are sorry that she has used you to come to Canada; there is nothing that can be done as she has already landed in Canada; she is recognized as a legal immigrant and you have to support her for three years although you might have been abused." What does this mean? Has the government of Canada deceived me? Why is the marriage of convenience "illegal" before the sponsored persons land in Canada and "legal" after they land in Canada? When the sponsorship principle is based on the truthfulness of the relationship between the wife and the husband, why the sponsorship is not void although the relationship has not been genuine?

I am writing to express my deepest concern that there is no marriage commitment in Canada, marriage fraud is legal in Canada, and the Canadian system is victimizing the citizen sponsors by supporting marriages of Convenience with sole purpose of immigrating to Canada. My family and I are victims of the Canadian System that is not enforcing Canadian Immigration Law. I have been told by the RCMP that: my wife is an adult; she is free to decide; there is no such thing as a marriage commitment; there is no support for the sponsor; there are various supports for the sponsored; the sponsor should carry the burden of marriage fraud. Canadian system deceives the sponsor by providing an opportunity to the fraudulent sponsored people to enter Canada and then victimizing the Canadian citizens by supporting those criminals with tax payers' income.

Other countries, namely the United States, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Germany and many others grant periods of conditional establishment to spouses of their nationals. The sponsorship agreement should be void and the sponsored person's visa should be void if there are sufficient evidences proving that the relationship has not been genuine and the sponsored person has married the sponsor only to immigrate to the sponsor's country.
 

Lois Lane

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May 14, 2008
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Your comments beg the question, what proof do you have that it wasn't a genuine relationship, after convincing immigration it was?

Goodluck
 

BCguy

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Sorry But that is correct,You have made her a legal immigrant and you have to support her for the next 3 years.Tough But thats the law,Even your MP will not be able to help you.I have had many people come in asking for help because they have been fooled,But there was nothing we could do,You can sue her for damages.My regrets
 

rgvinson777

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Dec 12, 2007
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Canada immigration is backlogged about 900,000 applications for immigration. They do their best to screen applicants but sponsors have a responsibility to do some screening of their own. Im truly sorry to hear what has happened to you but the greatest responsibility of the whole process falls upon you because you married the woman and signed an agreement to support her for three years. Right or wrong, that agreement releases Canada of responsibility and puts it on your shoulders. It sucks, I know.

Good luck.
 
Aug 17, 2008
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Thanks for your comments, Lois Lane, BCguy and rgvinson777.

To Lois Lane: I have provided the information regarding her true intention of marriage to Canada Immigration and Citizenship as well as Canada Border Services Agency. I will provide more information about her on the web if necessary.

To All: You have not answered my questions:

1) Is the marriage fraud allowed under Canada’s immigration law?

2) Is it allowed before or after sponsorship?

3) The response I received from Border Services Agency confirms the answer “YES” or “NO” to this question?

4) Should the person committing marriage fraud be deported from Canada?

5) Let us now assume that the person I sponsored has truly committed marriage fraud. I have been told that I am on the list, as well as many others who have been victimized by the Canadian law, and the anticipated wait time is about two years. Who is paying for her during this period? Should the tax payers of Canada be penalized for a fraudulent person, who deceived me and the Canadian government, wishing to enjoy free services such as healthcare, English classes, welfare (social assistance)?

6) If your answer is that I should be victimized, why the Canadian government has a law to victimize me (i.e. a Canadian citizen and tax payer) not the fraudulent person?

I appreciate your answers.
 
Aug 17, 2008
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To All:

Here is a story from StopMarriageFraud.ca victims list. Abdollah a Canadian Citizen Married Arezou a native of IRAN in December 27, 2005. His wife arrived in Canada on October 25, 2007 without letting him know. Should Abdollah be victimized, the Canadian tax payers be victimized, or the fradulent wife?

Stories: Abdollah

Abdollah was intrudes to Arezou by her brother Sayyed Samad whom immigrated to Canada not long before and encouraged him to seek relationship with Arezou as she was a good woman and he would have a happy life with her. Abdollah had seen and known Arezou before as the used to live in same City.

They have started and continued their romantic relationship by talking on the phone e-mails and letters for some times.

Shortly after their wedding he started the process of sponsorship for her.

During this period, she used to keep telling him that she loved him, and he would do many things for his now wife such as sending her cash and gifts, trying to make her life happy and easy and hoping that soon they will join and start their life together.

She arrived in Canada on October 25, 2007 without letting him know.

On October 26, 2007, while he was checking the status of the application for her sponsorship on Immigration's website, he discovered following message in his file:” Arezou entered Canada at Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Terminal No. 3 on October 25, 2007 and became a Permanent Resident.”

He immediately called her in Iran and he was advised by her mother that she (Arazou) was sleeping and when he insisted that he wished to speak with her, her mother hung up the phone.

On the same day, (October 26, 2007) in search of her brother he, ran into her and saw her with another man holding hands with. He entered into nervous shock and even considered suicide.

Prior to seeing her in Toronto on October 26, 2007, she gave no indication that she did not wish to continue with the marriage. In fact, some weeks prior her arrival to Canada, she asked him for $1000.00 Cad. Because she said that she wanted to buy some house wares for their home in Canada.

At no time she advise him that she had received her immigration visa, or when she received it, or when she was coming to Canada or that she had arrived in Canada.

As a result of her deceit, he suffers from a deep depression. He lost his job, dropped out of university where he was taking some courses.

Immediately after her arrival, she has started receiving welfare.

On November 13, 2007, she sent a short email to him ” I wish you a good life.”
 

sos_help

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i m really confused !!
why she could fraud you and abandoned , you have the right ages , both of you im really sorry for your story
 
Aug 17, 2008
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Unfortunately that is the case; the free services the Canadian government provide to the sponsored and the poor enforcement of the Canadian law by the Canadian government, make it so attractive to the sponsored people to fraud. As soon as the sponsored person arrives in Canada, if over 18 years of age, he/she is considered an adult and he/she is not abide by any agreement including the sacred marriage agreement and the sponsorship agreement. Why? It is because our laws are this way. Whether the sponsor has been abused, the sponsor and the rest of the Canadian tax payers should carry the burden of the sponsored. We all Canadians should ask the government to change the law and we can make it happen if we understand how our laws are misused, if we understand on what our taxes are spent, and most importantly if we care!
 

Becca

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Jul 27, 2007
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I am sorry I can not answer your question. But I do feel bad for you. No one deserves to be defrauded.

I think the Visa offices are so concerned with Men scamming Cdn women, that they do not adequately check the women scamming Cdn Men. While my husband was waiting for his 1.5hr interrogation, he saw a woman have a 5 minute interview. We have heard many similar stories on this forum of foreign women being interviewed for only 5 or 10 minutes. Maybe they aren't being scrutinized enough.

I think its just perception. Women have been using men for ages. How many times have you heard the trophy wives say they use their husbands for their money? It is everywhere, but since traditionnally that is how it has been in the past, no one seems to think it is fraudulent.

Good luck to you.
 
Aug 17, 2008
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Dear Becca,

Thank you for your reply.

For your information, my wife has not even been interviewed!!!

Government of Canada, listen it from Becca:

"I think its just perception. Women have been using men for ages. How many times have you heard the trophy wives say they use their husbands for their money? It is everywhere, but since traditionnally that is how it has been in the past, no one seems to think it is fraudulent."
 

Leon

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I don't think Canada immigration does anything more for women who have been defrauded. I saw an interivew with one on TV who married a man she was really in love with and he loved her too or so he said. At least until he got his PR and arrived in Canada, then he told her that she really wasn't his type and went out the door. Next thing she knows, he's on welfare and she had to pay and next thing after that he's on disability and she has to pay. She wanted to know what his disability was since she was paying for it, also because she wasn't aware of him having any disabilities and she was told that she did not have the right to know because of his privacy.

Now, I wouldn't want to put a damper on anybody's true love or anything but when do you really know a person? I'm sure all the people who were defrauded thought they had found true love, instead they were being scammed.
 
Aug 17, 2008
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The important issue is that there is no definition for the sacred marriage in Canada. As I have been told by the RCMP, my wife is an adult and is free to decide as there is no marriage commitment. My sponsorship has been based on my marriage commitment; when there is no marriage commitment in Canada, how can there be a sponsorship agreement based on marriage commitment?
 

Lois Lane

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May 14, 2008
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(close to Toronto) Ontario
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Rabat, Morocco
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Canada Marriage Fraud NPO, if your situation is real than it is unfortunate. The marriage commitment of course is between the two people that entered into that commitment. It either exists or it doesn't for various reasons. It isn't the government that is going to legislate commitment.

Amongst every unfortunate story there are thousands of happy ones.

I recommend you spend your energy in a positive way. Healing your heart and moving on.

Goodluck!