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Married after 5 months of living together. Even worth applying?

Canada doesn't make it anywhere near as hard or drawn out as Britain. The two aren't even in the same league :)
 
WillNAS said:
It does amaze me as to why Canada and the UK make it so hard and drawn out.
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Easy answer - too much marriage fraud in the past. If people didn't try to obtain PR status fraudulently, the process wouldn't have to be this complex. But unfortunately the world isn't that simple...
 
I was going to try and get her a UK visa, but it is so hard it is not even worth the bother!

I'd like to do it here, but it seems they want to make everything really hard and complicated. I cant afford lawyers to be involved either

The only proof I have that our marriage is "real" is a joint lease and photo's. No insurance or dual club memberships ect. We still have our own lives and are not attached at the hip.

I also cannot see why they'd think I'd want to commit fraud to stay in Canada. I'm from the UK, and can take or leave Canada to be quite frank.
 
WillNAS said:
I was going to try and get her a UK visa, but it is so hard it is not even worth the bother!

I'd like to do it here, but it seems they want to make everything really hard and complicated. I cant afford lawyers to be involved either

The only proof I have that our marriage is "real" is a joint lease and photo's. No insurance or dual club memberships ect. We still have our own lives and are not attached at the hip.

I also cannot see why they'd think I'd want to commit fraud to stay in Canada. I'm from the UK, and can take or leave Canada to be quite frank.
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I really don't understand why you think it's so hard and complicated. There is a lot to do in the app but it is fairly straightforward.

As for your proofs, surely you must both have some ID or mail showing you are at the same address, proof that you share finances somehow, letters from friends/family etc.
 
canuck_in_uk said:
I really don't understand why you think it's so hard and complicated. There is a lot to do in the app but it is fairly straightforward.

As for your proofs, surely you must both have some ID or mail showing you are at the same address, proof that you share finances somehow, letters from friends/family etc.
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We do have all of that. I don't want to get lawyers involved either as I cant afford it.
 
WillNAS said:
We do have all of that. I don't want to get lawyers involved either as I cant afford it.
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You don't need a lawyer. The vast majority of us here have completed the process on our own.
 
WillNAS said:
We do have all of that. I don't want to get lawyers involved either as I cant afford it.
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Then it's simply a matter of taking the time to fill out the forms and collect the necessary documents. As scylla said above, most of us did this ourselves without any assistance from a lawyer.
 
Thanks for all of the help! We are going to start looking into it and go from there.
This forum has cleared a lot up for me though, as I was under a different impression in regard to how hard it would be.

To be honest, it actually seems far easier than the UK system. That really does look to be near impossible! Quite sad really that I can't even bring my Canadian wife home without having to go through one hell of a process, especially since we are all still in the Commonwealth.
 
WillNAS said:
Just out of interest, what is the rough cost?
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You'll be looking at around $1500. The actual application fees are $1040. If you do the medical in Canada, it is around $200-$300 (outside Canada, it can be a LOT more). Then there are additional costs such as PCCs, mailing the app, photos, obtaining any documents you need etc.
 
WillNAS said:
Hi,

So I met my current wife 7 months ago. She is from Canada, and I am from the UK. I work as programmer here and I am here on a 2 year working visa.

Basically I am asking whether doing the spouse sponsorship even worth it for me? Our wedding was extremely low key, and done on more of an impulsive basis, although we are very happy together and we lease an apartment together .

If I wanted to stay in Canada, I could do so as a skilled worker. However, my current visa would be up and I would have to go back to the UK in order to support myself.

I just feel like getting my wife to sponsor me now would look a little suspicious to immigration? We didn't take a honeymoon, or have family at our wedding (it was quite impulsive). I also really don't relish having to prove our marriage to immigration, when frankly it is none of their business. We are in love, and that is all that matters in my mind, without having to provide private details ect.

Do you think it would be better for me to just wait and apply via the skilled sponsorship class? I know it can take over a year, but I guess I can take my wife back to the UK with me for a while.

Thanks :)
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I married my husband 3 months after meeting him, living together 1 month. We got through the process in less than 4 months. All they want to see is that the relationship is legitimate - take a lot of pictures of day to day life, dinners whatever. We had a very small wedding; our life is our life, and we found it was invasive to have to prove our relationship to CIC. But we did. With a very short timeline, not a lot of pictures. You have a lease that is shared, that helps. I can give you a ton of tips if you are interested - because we also went through the interview process, which if you have a genuine relationship takes less than 10 minutes. Or at least it did in my case.

If you are interested, pls message me. I'm sure there will be many comments on what you should do, but it can be done and we probably had all the red flags possible. Still succeeded, although every case is obviously different.

Thanks!
 
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