Plz tell me where to start!!!!!! thnx

[filipinogurl88]

Hello,
The process of applying canadian is very confusing me. I met my BF two month ago, and he told me he want hand in marriage. I from philippines 20 years and he is a 53 year old man. He came visit my home town here and we met but now he is back in Canada. We skype everyday x2 a day since he go back. Where do I start???? He said he been divorce his wife already. Plz help!! Thnx :-* :-* :-*

 

[Koifish76]

Hello,
The process of applying canadian is very confusing me. I met my BF two month ago, and he told me he want hand in marriage. I from philippines 20 years and he is a 53 year old man. He came visit my home town here and we met but now he is back in Canada. We skype everyday x2 a day since he go back. Where do I start???? He said he been divorce his wife already. Plz help!! Thnx :-* :-* :-*

To start, if you plan on to apply for permanent residency (PR), I would start to gather your relationship details. Print out all the forms (outland) and also your country specific forms (i assume Manila), and just spend a while reading the forms and questions asked. You already have some red flags (age difference and short relationship time period together). So I would recommend that you just prepare now, and let the proof come in place (wedding, his future trips to visit you, how he supports you, etc). The earliest I would apply, in your case, is at least one year of being together. You need to have patience.

Hope this helps and good luck to you.

 

[mikeymyke]

Proposed only after two months knowing each other. 33 year age difference. Divorced older man marrying younger single girl. The red flags are just too big. You're going to have a long road to get PR. If you want to be even remotely successful, you should spend at least a year or more with him before getting married, otherwise there's almost a 99% chance you will be refused.

 

[steerpike]

As others have said you need to start building your application now.

If he asked for your hand in marriage, did he give you a ring? Was there an engagement party? (some cultures do that, i'm not sure if Phillipinos do). If so, have pictures of that for your application.

Also take pictures of vacations you spend together. Keep receipts.

Introduce him to your family and record the exact dates he met each family femeber and in what city. You can add all this to your application.

When you get married, try to have family members from both families present, it helps. Take lots of pictures of everyone at the wedding. Keep receipts for the wedding.

My wife and I took pre-marriage counselling through our church for several months before we tied the knot. This helped us prepare for married life and also, i think, showed a real committment on our application. So if you can do something like that, it will help.

Basically, take photos of everything, keep receipts of everything, keep letters he writes you and you write him because all of that will help your application.