Seeking Advice for Spousal Sponsorship with Less Than 2 Years in a Relationship

[Nedi27]

Had you known each other prior to being in a relationship?

We had a short relationship history, 2 months dating and 7 months married before applying. No issues or challenges from IRCC so far, not even an interview.

However, my family had known his family for years, so I wonder if that helped our case.

No, we didn't know each other prior in our relationship. That’s why I’m doing more research first. Since our relationship is still relatively new, we decided to wait for a year before applying. We’re also still debating between having a religious (Catholic) wedding or a civil one.
To be honest, a church wedding would be quite challenging, especially with the short timeframe for preparation. A civil wedding seems to be the more feasible option for us.
I didn’t mean to turn this into a debate on the forum—I’m genuinely just seeking advice. If you don’t mind me asking, what type of wedding did you have?

 

[txtoca]

No, we didn't know each other prior in our relationship. That’s why I’m doing more research first. Since our relationship is still relatively new, we decided to wait for a year before applying. We’re also still debating between having a religious (Catholic) wedding or a civil one.
To be honest, a church wedding would be quite challenging, especially with the short timeframe for preparation. A civil wedding seems to be the more feasible option for us.
I didn’t mean to turn this into a debate on the forum—I’m genuinely just seeking advice. If you don’t mind me asking, what type of wedding did you have?

We had a very small church wedding, in my family's home. Only the closest of family and friends, a marriage officiant, and a photographer... no more than 20 people total.

A church wedding doesn't have to be big and expensive and complicated. It should be all about the happy couple... and getting a few pictures to submit with your application doesn't hurt!

 

[armoured]

No, we didn't know each other prior in our relationship. That’s why I’m doing more research first. Since our relationship is still relatively new, we decided to wait for a year before applying. We’re also still debating between having a religious (Catholic) wedding or a civil one.
To be honest, a church wedding would be quite challenging, especially with the short timeframe for preparation. A civil wedding seems to be the more feasible option for us.
I didn’t mean to turn this into a debate on the forum—I’m genuinely just seeking advice. If you don’t mind me asking, what type of wedding did you have?

Different question: are you living together / how long will you have been living together when you apply?

 

[canuck78]

No, we didn't know each other prior in our relationship. That’s why I’m doing more research first. Since our relationship is still relatively new, we decided to wait for a year before applying. We’re also still debating between having a religious (Catholic) wedding or a civil one.
To be honest, a church wedding would be quite challenging, especially with the short timeframe for preparation. A civil wedding seems to be the more feasible option for us.
I didn’t mean to turn this into a debate on the forum—I’m genuinely just seeking advice. If you don’t mind me asking, what type of wedding did you have?

Have you spoken to your local church? A simple small ceremony should be possible and not that complicated to arrange. Think the most time consuming part would be arranging and doing for the pre-marital counselling. How time consuming and complex this would vary significantly between churches. Church ceremonies can be similar to court ceremonies although most think of more elaborate ceremonies when imagining a church wedding.

 

[armoured]

No, we didn't know each other prior in our relationship. That’s why I’m doing more research first. Since our relationship is still relatively new, we decided to wait for a year before applying. We’re also still debating between having a religious (Catholic) wedding or a civil one.
To be honest, a church wedding would be quite challenging, especially with the short timeframe for preparation. A civil wedding seems to be the more feasible option for us.
I didn’t mean to turn this into a debate on the forum—I’m genuinely just seeking advice. If you don’t mind me asking, what type of wedding did you have?

I repeat my previous point: I think that unless you are very religious or from a group/ethnicity/whatever where a church wedding is REQUIRED (meaning absolutely expected of you), the question is largely irrelevant. (Esp if it's going to end up being a small ceremony with not many people anyway - a 'civil' ceremony can be large or small too)

There are more important factors here (although all together can matter): first and foremost, are you living together / will you be living together before you apply. If not, how much physical time have you spent together.