Hello everyone,
I would like to have your comments on my situation:
I'm a Canadian guy and I met a Cuban girl 8 months ago. We felt in love pretty fast and since then, lots of phone calls, thousands of sms, several emails and I went with her on vacation
2 times for one week each time in Cuba and I'll go back soon for a 2 weeks in her family to meet them and her friends.
I learned that Cuban law will change on January 14th 2013 and Cuban people should be able to travel outside Cuba with only a passport and a visa.
I have a very good job and I can take several weeks / months off every year. I have no problem to go to Cuba to have time with her and her family. I would
like her to come here and meet my family and friends also. She already met all my older sister's family in Cuba some times ago.
For her to come here I have 2 choices:
1- get a visa for temporary stay
2- wedding in Cuba and sponsor her to come here in Canada.
Because we want to do all things the right way, I would like her to come here with a visa to met my family and friends, see how she will adapt to our country,
if she'll miss her family and friends etc. So the first thing would be to apply for a visa first.
Here's my questions:
1- should we try the single or multiple visa first, as I would like her to come and go from Canada several times a year ? Which one is easier to get ?
2- She's single and me also, and all her family lives in Cuba. She has a job, but might not be able to keep it if she comes here. Is this can be a problem
getting the Visa ? If all her family lives in Cuba, is this strong enough to show that she'll go back and respect the law ?
3- I would like her to come here for 3 months the first time (from march to may 2013 )and we already planned to be in Cuba for 1 week in July 2013 but we haven't buy our tickets as of now.
If I buy our tickets for the week in July is this strong enough to show that she'll go back in her country in may ?
4- If the temporary visa is denied, we plan to get married and try to sponsor her as family / spouse. If the temporary visa has been denied, could this be a problem to sponsor her as a
spouse ?
5- If we get married, they ask if she met all my family and if not why. If the visa is denied, she won't be able to meet all my family and she won't have any idea how's the life here in Canada.
Is it possible to explain that we tried to get a visa and got a refusal ?
I've been in Cuba several times and even if it's heartbreaking to leave, I left every time on the scheduled date. We plan to do the same thing when she'll come to Canada.
We are respectful of the laws and our plan is to live few months here in Canada and few months in Cuba. My family is important to me and her family is important to her and
we want to live in both country. Is there a way to put that in the invitation letter so they can understand that it's not our goal for her to live here all the time in Canada ?
I know it's a lot of questions, but the more informations I have, the better we can prepare
Thank you
David
I would like to have your comments on my situation:
I'm a Canadian guy and I met a Cuban girl 8 months ago. We felt in love pretty fast and since then, lots of phone calls, thousands of sms, several emails and I went with her on vacation
2 times for one week each time in Cuba and I'll go back soon for a 2 weeks in her family to meet them and her friends.
I learned that Cuban law will change on January 14th 2013 and Cuban people should be able to travel outside Cuba with only a passport and a visa.
I have a very good job and I can take several weeks / months off every year. I have no problem to go to Cuba to have time with her and her family. I would
like her to come here and meet my family and friends also. She already met all my older sister's family in Cuba some times ago.
For her to come here I have 2 choices:
1- get a visa for temporary stay
2- wedding in Cuba and sponsor her to come here in Canada.
Because we want to do all things the right way, I would like her to come here with a visa to met my family and friends, see how she will adapt to our country,
if she'll miss her family and friends etc. So the first thing would be to apply for a visa first.
Here's my questions:
1- should we try the single or multiple visa first, as I would like her to come and go from Canada several times a year ? Which one is easier to get ?
2- She's single and me also, and all her family lives in Cuba. She has a job, but might not be able to keep it if she comes here. Is this can be a problem
getting the Visa ? If all her family lives in Cuba, is this strong enough to show that she'll go back and respect the law ?
3- I would like her to come here for 3 months the first time (from march to may 2013 )and we already planned to be in Cuba for 1 week in July 2013 but we haven't buy our tickets as of now.
If I buy our tickets for the week in July is this strong enough to show that she'll go back in her country in may ?
4- If the temporary visa is denied, we plan to get married and try to sponsor her as family / spouse. If the temporary visa has been denied, could this be a problem to sponsor her as a
spouse ?
5- If we get married, they ask if she met all my family and if not why. If the visa is denied, she won't be able to meet all my family and she won't have any idea how's the life here in Canada.
Is it possible to explain that we tried to get a visa and got a refusal ?
I've been in Cuba several times and even if it's heartbreaking to leave, I left every time on the scheduled date. We plan to do the same thing when she'll come to Canada.
We are respectful of the laws and our plan is to live few months here in Canada and few months in Cuba. My family is important to me and her family is important to her and
we want to live in both country. Is there a way to put that in the invitation letter so they can understand that it's not our goal for her to live here all the time in Canada ?
I know it's a lot of questions, but the more informations I have, the better we can prepare
Thank you
David