sponsor family not at wedding does it affect the PR

[richie4U]

guys what would you say about sponsor family not present at wedding, becos only my husband came down form canada for our wedding, does is matters i the sponsor family could not attend the wedding because i answered that because of the distance, and time from work and finances my sponsor family could not attend our wedding but they called us on the phone to send their love and that they where thinking about us on the wedding day. what would you say.

 

[tigerpika]

I don't think that is a make or break thing for PR applications. My family does not have passports and my husbands family lives on the opposite coast from us. We had a courthouse wedding with two witnesses one of which is my husbands twin sister. No one from my family was present. Our lawyer didn't bat an eye at this.

 

[can_usa_97]

I would say this probably can occur frequently in relationships that span different countries.
My husband (sponsors) family was not at our wedding either.

 

[bobshynoswife]

my family was not at my wedding in Nigeria. The visa requirements alone would have been enough to discourage them, let alone the airfare and cost of accomodations and taking so much time off work! What I did to make up for it was to make sure I included cards they sent us, and the emails back and forth between me and them during the wedding/honeymoon.

I think CIC is suspicious only when it looks like one side of the family is not supportive of the union, or if they think the sponsor may be hiding the relationship from family, which is a huge indication of a marriage of convenience.

I know you are worried, and it is stressful when you get down to the last few days of putting your application in! You will be fine, and hopefully you will have an interview by the end of 2010 and be here soon after!

 

[richie4U]

we have his two sisters write letter too and some of his friend, i hope that works for CIC. so they know that they all knew about the weddind.hi bobshynowife i hope you guys are getting ready for the interveiw i wish you all the best and you will come glad.

 

[MrsCasanova]

guys what would you say about sponsor family not present at wedding, becos only my husband came down form canada for our wedding, does is matters i the sponsor family could not attend the wedding because i answered that because of the distance, and time from work and finances my sponsor family could not attend our wedding but they called us on the phone to send their love and that they where thinking about us on the wedding day. what would you say.

no it wont matter, our wedding was in costa rica and no one in my family came because no one could afford it

 

[canadianwoman]

The visa officer prefers to see both families at the wedding. CIC expects that in a genuine marriage both families know of and approve of the match. But they are also aware that sometimes people fall in love with someone their family does not approve of, so it is not the only thing they look at. You just have to explain.
If the missing family does in fact support the marriage, but couldn't come because of the expense or illness or whatever, just explain this in your application, and provide all the proof you can that they do support the marriage - cards, wedding gifts, letters of support, etc.

 

[sbwv09]

It will also help if you have someone from the side that wasn't at the wedding write a letter stating that your relationship is real and that they approve, etc. I had my mother and his mother write a letter so they could see that both sides knew about our relationship and are supportive of it.

 

[MD2B]

For us, we are a same sex couple - Im the Canadian. Both of our families are Catholic, and neither family approved of a legal union, but had approved of our relationship.
My father actually wrote a letter for our application stating he knows our relationship is genuine, but that him and my mother do not believe in gay marriage by principle, thus felt conflicted about attending, and made the choice not to. (this was to show that our relationship is know, genuine, and that there were not other reasons that would make my family non-supportive, aside from the sexuality issue)
My partner's family, being from central america, are only gradually becoming accepting of the relationship (now more than 2 years), though they did call us on our wedding day. Her sister congratulated us, her mother yelled at me.
I dont imagine this would cause a huge issue for CIC, though we will let you know when we hear something!
We are inland, submitted in March 2010.
Good luck and dont worry! I feel if parental approval were a requirement for choosing our partners, most of us would be single!

 

[sbwv09]

I think they will understand, especially with same sex relationships, that many families can't come to terms with the situation. Best of luck! I think you'll be fine.

 

[HoneyBird]

the situation was the same for us. only his sister attended the wedding.
we basically stated that it was because of the travel and finances i.e. from Hungary to Trinidad. I forgot to include the language barrier!

 

[fenna1]

Hi,

Me and my husband had a private ceremony, we only had our 2 closest friends attended as witnessess. We had explained this in our application that my family don't get along and didn't want to have any stress of tryin to get them all together or one refusing to come if the others were invited.

I'm the sponsor and my other half is english we both live in England at present.

But we havn't included letters from our family approving of the wedding, does this matter as we explained it on the form

 

[tigerpika]

fenna1,

Those of us who have already sent in our applications have to stop worrying at some point. I sent in much less proof than some folks, but our lawyer had looked it all over and said it looked good. I did not include any letters from family, just some photos of us together in various places and with some family and friends. We got married in the courthouse with the required two witnesses which suited me well, I don't like a lot of fuss. We took a trip to Quebec city and met up some more friends to celebrate. We are fortunate that we live close to each other and see each other almost every weekend (we can drive across the border) so I had no boarding passes, passport stamps (visa exempt country) etc. We all have various barriers to overcome and people have all sorts of weddings. Don't worry about your wedding or what you should have put in the application.