Hello!
Do not know even how to start my story and make it entertaining, so just gonna break it down into facts:
1. Currently, I'm undergoing my Canadian PR application process, I'm already on the medical examination stage and have a solid ground to believe that the application is gonna get approved (or I believe and hope so).
2. I'm a Ukrainian citizen, female, and my girlfriend is Russian, in accordance, she resides in the country of her origin. As we all know, Canada has banned Russians from obtaining tourist visas. Previously, before the war started, we planned this course of action: I get to Canada -> get a PR -> she gets a visa and comes to the country -> we get married. It's not a cunning plan for an easy way for her to get a life in Canada. We've been in a genuine relationship for two years (and have known each other for 11) and known for a long time that we want a long happy life together in a country that would accept us and our union for what it is.
3. To be frank, we haven't met in real life and there are reasons for it. Firstly, until recently, my Muslim father has been really controlling and "couldn't let me travel on my own to another country", despite me being an adult (I'm 28 now). Then, after long and exhausting confrontations and fights, I was able to convey to him that his reign ends right here and right now, I started to plan to go to Russia, at least for a short visit. Worth mentioning, my girlfriend couldn't come to Ukraine due to impressive medical bills which I helped to pay for.
4. It was not really easy for me to decide to come to Russia because my country has been in conflict with my girlfriend's country for 8 years at that time, still, back then I decided that I could sacrifice a bit of code to finally meet her. Obviously, it's not an option anymore because Russia has started a full-blown war.
Despite the differences in our passports, I still love the person I chose and still want to spend my life with her, but now there are more complications.
I know that there is an option available, such as conjugal partners sponsorship. As I previously mentioned, we haven't met irl so we do not have photos together. What we have and how we can prove our relationship:
- an ongoing correspondence and everyday calls via Telegram, Discord that have been going on for a few years. We talk really much and often, exchange photos, etc.;
- presents that we gifted each other on our birthdays and just because;
- she wears an engagement ring I sent her from Ukraine;
- our long-term friends know about our relationship, also, her parents and brother are aware and can confirm our attachment to each other;
- I helped her to pay for medical services and have statements from a bank.
Would this be enough to get that conjugal approval? And if not, what else can we do?
Now, also important factors:
- we are in a same-sex relationship, neither her nor my country is exactly welcoming and accepting of LGBT+;
- our countries are in a state of war;
- as a Russian passport holder, my girlfriend can't get a tourist/visitor visa to Canada.
I know that I'm running ahead with how I haven't even gotten the PR yet, but I prefer to be prepared, y'know?
As far as I know, there is also one more option available for us, i.e. getting married in a "neutral" country that accepts same-sex marriages, including ones from foreigners. For example, Brazil. Would this be a suitable option for us?
Do not know even how to start my story and make it entertaining, so just gonna break it down into facts:
1. Currently, I'm undergoing my Canadian PR application process, I'm already on the medical examination stage and have a solid ground to believe that the application is gonna get approved (or I believe and hope so).
2. I'm a Ukrainian citizen, female, and my girlfriend is Russian, in accordance, she resides in the country of her origin. As we all know, Canada has banned Russians from obtaining tourist visas. Previously, before the war started, we planned this course of action: I get to Canada -> get a PR -> she gets a visa and comes to the country -> we get married. It's not a cunning plan for an easy way for her to get a life in Canada. We've been in a genuine relationship for two years (and have known each other for 11) and known for a long time that we want a long happy life together in a country that would accept us and our union for what it is.
3. To be frank, we haven't met in real life and there are reasons for it. Firstly, until recently, my Muslim father has been really controlling and "couldn't let me travel on my own to another country", despite me being an adult (I'm 28 now). Then, after long and exhausting confrontations and fights, I was able to convey to him that his reign ends right here and right now, I started to plan to go to Russia, at least for a short visit. Worth mentioning, my girlfriend couldn't come to Ukraine due to impressive medical bills which I helped to pay for.
4. It was not really easy for me to decide to come to Russia because my country has been in conflict with my girlfriend's country for 8 years at that time, still, back then I decided that I could sacrifice a bit of code to finally meet her. Obviously, it's not an option anymore because Russia has started a full-blown war.
Despite the differences in our passports, I still love the person I chose and still want to spend my life with her, but now there are more complications.
I know that there is an option available, such as conjugal partners sponsorship. As I previously mentioned, we haven't met irl so we do not have photos together. What we have and how we can prove our relationship:
- an ongoing correspondence and everyday calls via Telegram, Discord that have been going on for a few years. We talk really much and often, exchange photos, etc.;
- presents that we gifted each other on our birthdays and just because;
- she wears an engagement ring I sent her from Ukraine;
- our long-term friends know about our relationship, also, her parents and brother are aware and can confirm our attachment to each other;
- I helped her to pay for medical services and have statements from a bank.
Would this be enough to get that conjugal approval? And if not, what else can we do?
Now, also important factors:
- we are in a same-sex relationship, neither her nor my country is exactly welcoming and accepting of LGBT+;
- our countries are in a state of war;
- as a Russian passport holder, my girlfriend can't get a tourist/visitor visa to Canada.
I know that I'm running ahead with how I haven't even gotten the PR yet, but I prefer to be prepared, y'know?
As far as I know, there is also one more option available for us, i.e. getting married in a "neutral" country that accepts same-sex marriages, including ones from foreigners. For example, Brazil. Would this be a suitable option for us?
