jesmithers said:You'll have to explain why it was secret.. I'm assuming family doesn't approve or something and that can cause a red flag. Make you sure you provide loads of evidence of a genuine married-like relationship and explain throughly why your marriage had to be a secret. It needs to be a good reason though .. but I'm sure it isI just hope you provide a lot of evidence supporting your relationship is all! Good luck friend
superman2012 said:Thank you guys for your opinion, actually we will be celebrating our 2nd year anniversary next month and my partner is planning to marry me because we don't want to waste our money in school 'coz am an international student and paying almost $7,000 CAD, so we want to get married as soon as possible to lessen my tuition fee at school. we are currently staying in one place for 2 months now since I just came here in Canada last 2 months ago.
originally we are planning to submit our application next year for common law but suddenly our condition now change our minds because I have a financial problems so I think I can't support my study in school anymore. That's why the only option that we have is the spousal sponsorship.
Our family is in our own country that's why we cannot invite them to come over here in Canada to attend our wedding. I think we will inviting all our friends here in Canada and US to attend the wedding, I think we can invite 20-30 people to witness our wedding, is that okay?
We can also prove that our relationship is legit
superman2012 said:Thank you guys for your opinion, actually we will be celebrating our 2nd year anniversary next month and my partner is planning to marry me because we don't want to waste our money in school 'coz am an international student and paying almost $7,000 CAD, so we want to get married as soon as possible to lessen my tuition fee at school. we are currently staying in one place for 2 months now since I just came here in Canada last 2 months ago.
originally we are planning to submit our application next year for common law but suddenly our condition now change our minds because I have a financial problems so I think I can't support my study in school anymore. That's why the only option that we have is the spousal sponsorship.
Our family is in our own country that's why we cannot invite them to come over here in Canada to attend our wedding. I think we will inviting all our friends here in Canada and US to attend the wedding, I think we can invite 20-30 people to witness our wedding, is that okay?
We can also prove that our relationship is legit
superman2012 said:Thank you guys for your opinion, actually we will be celebrating our 2nd year anniversary next month and my partner is planning to marry me because we don't want to waste our money in school 'coz am an international student and paying almost $7,000 CAD, so we want to get married as soon as possible to lessen my tuition fee at school. we are currently staying in one place for 2 months now since I just came here in Canada last 2 months ago.
originally we are planning to submit our application next year for common law but suddenly our condition now change our minds because I have a financial problems so I think I can't support my study in school anymore. That's why the only option that we have is the spousal sponsorship.
Our family is in our own country that's why we cannot invite them to come over here in Canada to attend our wedding. I think we will inviting all our friends here in Canada and US to attend the wedding, I think we can invite 20-30 people to witness our wedding, is that okay?
We can also prove that our relationship is legit
on-hold said:This thread shows the hazards with CIC -- and society -- scrutinizing weddings. The OP is an adult, she has the right to get married however she wants, and I'm sure that she has excellent reasons for doing so. Maybe her family is deeply conservative and objects to her choosing who she marries; maybe her father is a bipolar lunatic; maybe there are financial objections around the issue of dowry and whatnot. The fact is, not everyone has a big cultural wedding where two families celebrate; some people can't wait to get away from their family and their culture. I've known several people from SE Asia who felt that way, and they were all women who strongly objected to the burdens that their culture put specifically on them. Getting out of that is a huge relief.
In traditional societies, there are plenty of people who don't like the traditions -- that doesn't make them bad people. So how about you lay off the OP, mumbling about 'red flags' and whatnot, if she decides to control her own marriage. CIC is staffed by adults, you can write them a letter describing your relationship and exactly why you had the marriage you did.
on-hold said:This thread shows the hazards with CIC -- and society -- scrutinizing weddings. The OP is an adult, she has the right to get married however she wants, and I'm sure that she has excellent reasons for doing so. Maybe her family is deeply conservative and objects to her choosing who she marries; maybe her father is a bipolar lunatic; maybe there are financial objections around the issue of dowry and whatnot. The fact is, not everyone has a big cultural wedding where two families celebrate; some people can't wait to get away from their family and their culture. I've known several people from SE Asia who felt that way, and they were all women who strongly objected to the burdens that their culture put specifically on them. Getting out of that is a huge relief.
In traditional societies, there are plenty of people who don't like the traditions -- that doesn't make them bad people. So how about you lay off the OP, mumbling about 'red flags' and whatnot, if she decides to control her own marriage. CIC is staffed by adults, you can write them a letter describing your relationship and exactly why you had the marriage you did.
bigredmoose said:First of all, this whole forum is about getting approved by CIC, not changing the world into a place that accepts all weddings as equal. You do understand why CIC considers non-traditional weddings to be an indicator for immigration fraud, right? With that in mind, if you want to increase your odds of getting approved by CIC, you should have as normal a wedding as you can, whatever that may be for your background.
Barring that, a note explaining why you deviated from that norm is very important if you want the best chance of success.
I stand by my reply the OP.
jesmithers said:I'm for OP getting married and getting PR, I just don't want them to mistakenly get rejected for not explaining themselves properly.