Person with PR marrying potential International Student

[vkvhcyke]

Hi All,

I am a permanent resident of Canada since December,2014 and am planning to get married in India on May,2015. My fiance (Indian Citizen) who is currently in India has applied to a few universities in Canada so that she can attend classes in the month of September, 2015. She still hasn't received an offer letter and might potentially get an offer letter in the month of May, 2015. While applying to the universities, her status was "single". When she applies for her study permit visa her status will be "married". We aren't common law partners as our relation was a long distance one. My questions are:

1) being married to a PR, will her study permit application get rejected?
2) Should we not register our marriage in India, instead come to Canada as non related individuals and then register our marriage in Canada(in this case both of us would maintain our status as single until we register our marriage in Canada)?

Any information pertaining to my situation would be a great help.

Thanks

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hi

1. She will need to show strong ties to India, as any other student must.

2. From what I've seen on this forum, unregistered marriages are legally recognized by India, which means that Canada legally recognizes them. You WILL BE MARRIED, regardless of whether you register the marriage in India or not.

If she lies on her application and states that she is single, you can expect that CIC will find out, refuse her app and ban her from Canada. This will seriously complicate any future sponsorship plans.