Moving my girlfriend here

[roygbiv]

I am a Canadian citizen by birth. My girlfriend is Vietnamese. We are getting married next year. Been together for a year now.

Was wondering about getting her listed as a dependent and common law to move her here? She said we have to wait until we are married for a year before I can try it and having children could help in the process.

 

[russ6970]

Have you lived together for a year continuously? If you have, you could sponsor her as common law, but you need to be living together.

 

[roygbiv]

No haven't been living together. She has not visited any country outside of Vietnam. She just has a Vietnam passport. She doesnt have strong finances. She has some education but not in a STEM field. I'm waiting to get back into the military to show stronger finances.

 

[russ6970]

So you cannot sponsor her as common law unfortunately then. Get married and go down the spouse sponsorship route if she hasn't got strong finances.

 

[canuck78]

Having children or getting pregnant will in NO way speed up the process. You'll have to move to Vietnam if she gets pregnant and want to live as a family. Anticipate a year long sponsorship process before she is able to move to Canada after you get married and initiate a sponsorship application. Not sure how many times you have met in person or how much time you have spent together but if you have only met one or two times would focus on at least another visit. Also would start documenting your relationship and looking into what is required for sponsorship.

 

[roygbiv]

A short stay Visa for under 6 months if we aren't married and she hasn't left Vietnam is out of the question you think? She told me that she would need to travel to larger countries such as Korea and Japan first and have high amount of savings.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

A short stay Visa for under 6 months if we aren't married and she hasn't left Vietnam is out of the question you think? She told me that she would need to travel to larger countries such as Korea and Japan first and have high amount of savings.

She can try but with no travel history and no strong ties to her country, she is unlikely to be approved.

You should focus an getting married and applying for spousal sponsorship.

 

[roygbiv]

Thought so. I hear you only get a few tries too