previous marriage

[Boltj194]

Good day I am a pale studying in toronto as a assistant. I am planning to apply for PNP after my course with a job offer as per the international pathway for students. I have a really bad situation. I got married in 2016 in the USA (a US citizen), and I found out after a few days that she has another husband and kids. I started living at a different address. I asked for divorce, and she asked me for 2000-dollar lawyer fees for Dovirce, which I paid in 2016. She said divorce was completed in June 2017, and I went to my home country in 2018. I married another woman, and we have a 2-year-old baby. I was thinking of applying for PNP, and I heard we need a previous divorce certificate. I contacted a courthouse in Virginia State, USA, and they said no divorce was taken. I was worried, and I contacted one lawyer in Virginia, and he filed for divorce and completed divorce in September 2023 last month. What will my situation be if I apply for PNP with my current wife? One lawyer said your second marriage is not valid or something like that. I have proof from Landlord that from 2017 to 2019, I stayed in a different place, and even I left the USA permanently in 2019 (proof of exit from the USA and entry to home country ). I am staying with my current wife from 2020 until now, and we have a baby together. We have joint property, etc., so many things together. Could you please suggest what I will do now?



I heard a lawyer say you can apply only as a common law partner or something like that.

I'm not sure what my situation will be.

Could you please suggest me?

 

[Chasechs]

The best suggestion is to use a professional to submit any application you intend to. Your biggest mistake was taking the word (with no proof of divorce) from the lady who lied to you while having a whole other family. You should have never left the US without the divorcé certificate in hand and by the sounds of it you didn't really care too much about the process. Now here you are with a new wife and technically still married in the US. My suggestion is to have your current marriage certificate rectified to reflect a current date post your US divorce. This may require a lawyer in your home country but it will legitimize your current relationship. Otherwise the dates won't add up for you to be married.

Also, before adding the complicity of migrating to Canada, fix your current situation and bring your marriage forward to after the divorce. 2020 - Sept 2023 common law relationship; after divorce - the marriage was ratified. Easier to do and explain. It only gets harder trying to explain this to IRCC.