xse2573 said:
Hello Unlimitedsmartness
Please let it be understood that they are refering to "MARRIAGE SCAM" and stuff....If your marriage is genuine
you dont have problem. But if after getting the PR and you divorce then there is a problem. This is a another GOOD WAY
to keep a real marriage together for some people who would have lied to get into Canada and spoil other real people
chances!!!
dear XSE
the whole news is
Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced this week Canada's plans to target marriage fraud among immigrants.
According to newly released documents, Canada's border agency has opened more than three dozen criminal investigations related to marriage fraud in the last few years.
"The most effective tool is to stop fraudulent marriages from being approved in the first place because they are so hard to deal with once the person is admitted into Canada. We will continue to be very vigilant. It's difficult, we want to let the legitimate married couples in but keep the fake ones out and that's what our officers are trained to do," said Kenney.
According to Kenney some overseas spouses have married Canadians simply to gain immigration benefits to Canada. Once in Canada some foreign spouses leave their Canadian spouse. There have even been cases of mistreatment of Canadian spouses by overseas spouses.
According to the government, new laws to curb immigration through fraudulent marriages will go into effect next year. The new regulation will impose a two year period of conditional residency on foreign sponsored spouse. Spouses who have emigrated to Canada will not be able to themselves sponsor an overseas spouse for five years.
"If you come in as a sponsored spouse and become a permanent resident and then divorce your Canadian husband or wife, you will not be able to turn around and sponsor someone from overseas," Kenney said.
It is believed that a large number of these 'fake' spousal sponsorship visa applications come from China and India. Recently, a large number of applications from China were rejected.
"Canadians were being paid up to $60,000 by criminal organizations, to sponsor Chinese citizens they had never met and we started interviewing these applicants and we found out they knew nothing about the spouse and they had no consistent story or proof of relationship," said Kenney.
While it is common in South Asian countries for marriages to be arranged by families and a couple may not know very much about each other until after the marriage, Kenney noted that officials are specially trained to make an assessment of such situations.
"We know that in many cultures and religions it's conventional to have an arranged marriage, and our officers approve bona fide arranged marriages all the time. But if it looks like the marriage was not arranged for family, for the purpose of living together, then we will reject the application. So the test is whether the marriage is legitimate or whether it is just done for immigration purposes," he said.
so the role now is clear FOR ALL MARIAGES :
they will no allow any one one who didn't entre untill the date they will not be able also till five years passing >
the chinise and indian files should be more carefull >
all that for spouses' sponsers only else other employment or partnership ... etc not easy so
the conclusion right now is the best fit on the file life time to get mary is before the interview right after after the CSQ issue maximum before PR issue
SENIORS PLEASE MENTION IF AM WRONG ...
WISHING YOU ALL THE GOOD LUCK BROTHER / SISTER .GOD BLESS