I am an international student in Canada. I did my high school and undergrad here and am almost done my master’s here too. I have a NOC A job starting soon.
I’m looking to bring my girlfriend here too. We are a same sex couple and are from a country where same sex marriage is not allowed. In fact, we did cohabitated over a year in our home country. But all we have is photos, chat history and online shopping orders with the same address to prove that. We do not have proof like insurance, joint account, paystub/mailing address or rental agreement to prove this real common law relationship.
My girlfriend is 25 and she informally works at her family company and therefore does not have salarle alike transaction history. We also have little saving. She has a two-year diploma back in our home country and little English proficiency. Her parents would provide deposit reciepts under their names but wouldn’t let my girlfriend have it for tourism visa application. She has also been rejected for US tourism visa once.
We are considering mainly two options:
1. Study permit. Apply for college post grad certificate program in Canada, so it logically makes more sense to use her parent’s financial support and proofs. Difficulty: we would need to pay for her tuition and we will live a tough life; hard to convince officers about why she is here to study and explain us visa rejection.
2. Spousal open work permit. Declare common law and go from there. Saves more money for us. Difficulty: humble financial standing; prove authentic relationship with little proof; if rejected, following applications will always be subject to tendency of staying here beyond limit.
thank you for taking the time and please throw me whatever suggestion/experience you have.
We really really appreciate your input!!
I’m looking to bring my girlfriend here too. We are a same sex couple and are from a country where same sex marriage is not allowed. In fact, we did cohabitated over a year in our home country. But all we have is photos, chat history and online shopping orders with the same address to prove that. We do not have proof like insurance, joint account, paystub/mailing address or rental agreement to prove this real common law relationship.
My girlfriend is 25 and she informally works at her family company and therefore does not have salarle alike transaction history. We also have little saving. She has a two-year diploma back in our home country and little English proficiency. Her parents would provide deposit reciepts under their names but wouldn’t let my girlfriend have it for tourism visa application. She has also been rejected for US tourism visa once.
We are considering mainly two options:
1. Study permit. Apply for college post grad certificate program in Canada, so it logically makes more sense to use her parent’s financial support and proofs. Difficulty: we would need to pay for her tuition and we will live a tough life; hard to convince officers about why she is here to study and explain us visa rejection.
2. Spousal open work permit. Declare common law and go from there. Saves more money for us. Difficulty: humble financial standing; prove authentic relationship with little proof; if rejected, following applications will always be subject to tendency of staying here beyond limit.
thank you for taking the time and please throw me whatever suggestion/experience you have.
We really really appreciate your input!!
