Her visitor visa was rejected for reason "officer didn't believe she would leave Canada by specified date" along with 4 different sub-reasons referencing this primary reason from finance to the fact that she has never traveled before to Canada. We did apply for a 6 month time frame which in hindsight may have been too long, but the application fee was an expensive $180 to find this out. Since the only reason she was going to come there was so we could get married (we've been seeing each other for 5 years and I've gone to see her in Philippines last two years and this is year we decided was time to get married), I figured I'd might as well just come down there seeing as how I think the chances of her getting approved even for a 2 week visit are low (I really wish there were a way around this part but from advice I was given that isn't the case).
I only have 2 weeks off work which I saved up for the entire year and can afford to go down there once to get married. In the Philippines there are also their own set of requirements for foreigners getting married, I have to for example go to the consulate there and get a statutory declaration of my single status. This takes a day at least. I'm currently looking at forms to send to Ottawa to get the statement in lieu of this but she hasn't yet found out if the local marriage registry will accept this as it's not from Philippines.
Assuming I can get this form, it still takes 10 days (or more) before the marriage license is released and we're legally able to get married in Philippines. This means 1 day + 10 day + wedding and we're getting very close to the 2 weeks without any time to spare (for example if it takes more than 10 days to process or if the registry is closed for a day). I feel like there has to be a way to do this right as I can't be the first person/couple to have dealt with this same situation. I just want to marry her and she wants the same, but all these applications and time constraints are making that seem like an impossibility.
I'm having trouble sleeping at night because of the stress of this, wondering if anyone can please share their knowledge and help me find the best way to deal with this complicated situation.
Thanks so much.
I only have 2 weeks off work which I saved up for the entire year and can afford to go down there once to get married. In the Philippines there are also their own set of requirements for foreigners getting married, I have to for example go to the consulate there and get a statutory declaration of my single status. This takes a day at least. I'm currently looking at forms to send to Ottawa to get the statement in lieu of this but she hasn't yet found out if the local marriage registry will accept this as it's not from Philippines.
Assuming I can get this form, it still takes 10 days (or more) before the marriage license is released and we're legally able to get married in Philippines. This means 1 day + 10 day + wedding and we're getting very close to the 2 weeks without any time to spare (for example if it takes more than 10 days to process or if the registry is closed for a day). I feel like there has to be a way to do this right as I can't be the first person/couple to have dealt with this same situation. I just want to marry her and she wants the same, but all these applications and time constraints are making that seem like an impossibility.
I'm having trouble sleeping at night because of the stress of this, wondering if anyone can please share their knowledge and help me find the best way to deal with this complicated situation.
Thanks so much.
