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newfoundlandgirl

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Good day everyone looking for some answers.
I've been separated from my ex husband for 16 months( i was married for 23 years). I only just got my divorce from him in March because I had to wait a year to file..... last September I met a jamaican man through a mutal friend... we are hoping to get married when he returns to Canada in August for work. My question is will immigration red flag us and deny me for spousal sponsorship where I only just got divorced.....
 
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Dan Agbor

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newfoundlandgirl said:
Good day everyone looking for some answers.
I've been separated from my ex husband for 16 months( i was married for 23 years). I only just got my divorce from him in March because I had to wait a year to file..... last September I met a jamaican man through a mutal friend... we are hoping to get married when he returns to Canada in August for work. My question is will immigration red flag us and deny me for spousal sponsorship where I only just got divorced.....
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No, as long as you have the divorce paper you good to go, as it is not bigamy. However, if you have to do sponsorship you need to keep all your communications, pictures, and those things that could established the geniuses of the relationship. But if you aren't applying for anything, that's fine.
 
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Dan Agbor

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newfoundlandgirl said:
We are planning to marry in October, I've also had two trips(1 weeks each time) to Jamaica to see him.
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Keep the tickets, boarding passes if possible, pictures with friends and family members during the trip if possible, receipts for restaurant and or hotels you may have paid, shopping receipts in Jamaica if you did. Those would be vital when establishing relationship during your application and may eliminate interviewing.
 
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newfoundlandgirl

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Dan Agbor said:
No, as long as you have the divorce paper you good to go, as it is not bigamy. However, if you have to do sponsorship you need to keep all your communications, pictures, and those things that could established the geniuses of the relationship. But if you aren't applying for anything, that's fine.
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Thank you because a friend of mine told me different and I was getting nervous. Don't want to ruin the chances of him being in Canada with me
 
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Dan Agbor

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newfoundlandgirl said:
Thank you because a friend of mine told me different and I was getting nervous. Don't want to ruin the chances of him being in Canada with me
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Your most welcome. Keep evidence of everything you do. WhatsApp messages and calls. Money transfer receipts and all your conversation on WhatsApp, because during of calls and frequency tells the immigration officer how the relationship has develop/intimate.
 
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newfoundlandgirl said:
Good day everyone looking for some answers.
I've been separated from my ex husband for 16 months( i was married for 23 years). I only just got my divorce from him in March because I had to wait a year to file..... last September I met a jamaican man through a mutal friend... we are hoping to get married when he returns to Canada in August for work. My question is will immigration red flag us and deny me for spousal sponsorship where I only just got divorced.....
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No there shouldn’t be any red flags, just document and keep everything you have for now to prove you guys are having a genuine relationship ..
 
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armoured

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newfoundlandgirl said:
Good day everyone looking for some answers.
I've been separated from my ex husband for 16 months( i was married for 23 years). I only just got my divorce from him in March because I had to wait a year to file..... last September I met a jamaican man through a mutal friend... we are hoping to get married when he returns to Canada in August for work. My question is will immigration red flag us and deny me for spousal sponsorship where I only just got divorced.....
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Just short letter of explanation about the separation period being 16 months and the divorce being more recent. It's fairly common, in itself nothing to worry about.

More important is how much time you have spent with this new fellow in person.
 
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Dan Agbor

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Just for context sake; I would not recommend any letter of explanation as long as you have a divorce certificate with you. Unless otherwise requested by an immigration officer which could be a very strong indication that they might be casting doubt as to the facts of the divorce. This is common if they person sponsored you and then you divorced them or they divorced within bellow five years of the sponsorship. But 26 years; nothing to worry about; except on how to build the current relationship. Caution! Explain only when asked; don't raise dust..
 
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armoured

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Dan Agbor said:
Just for context sake; I would not recommend any letter of explanation as long as you have a divorce certificate with you. Unless otherwise requested by an immigration officer which could be a very strong indication that they might be casting doubt as to the facts of the divorce. This is common if they person sponsored you and then you divorced them or they divorced within bellow five years of the sponsorship. But 26 years; nothing to worry about; except on how to build the current relationship. Caution! Explain only when asked; don't raise dust..
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To be clear: the point one would be addressing in this case is NOT that the divorce is invalid, but that the re-marriage is taking place so shortly after getting divorced. And the relevant point is that no, while the legal divorce is recent, the separation is more than a year in the past. (A related point would be potential confusion that the two relationships seems to overlap ... which is not technically forbidden but still...). It also makes clear that the current relationship should be dated from start of that relationship, not from date of divorce.

Now, you can think that it's not necessary, but it's a perfectly normal point to address and doing so would not raise any questions.

My situation (only as an example): was separated from previous spouse and living with current spouse for more than four years but divorce and re-marriage was only a few months before applying for spousal sponsorship. (Boring and trivial technical issue was preventing divorce). Of course we had a short letter of explanation even though it was fairly obvious - just to ensure no misunderstanding.

No explanation was 'required' or requested, but avoiding misunderstandings via a letter of explanation is quite normal.
 
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