Baba88, Arranged marriage is legal, but it's not common in Western countries like Canada and the United States. When you add in factors like not meeting your wife before the marriage, the only thing you even knew about her was that she was pretty, and that you received large valuable gifts at the time of the wedding, it begins to look like you were paid to marry her so that she could live in Canada. The fact that you had been seeing someone else for 8 years and continued to see her after you were wed won't help your case.
I'm not trying to be mean; I'm only pointing out that, right now, you are in a perfect storm of circumstances that will not not help - and may harm - her application. I would wait a few months, visit her if you can, send and save handwritten letters, and call often in order to build up proof of relationship.
Then again, I'm new to this board and someone else might have a better suggestion for you.
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I feel so bad for the woman you married. Prized for her innocence. The irony is gobsmacking.
I'm not trying to be mean; I'm only pointing out that, right now, you are in a perfect storm of circumstances that will not not help - and may harm - her application. I would wait a few months, visit her if you can, send and save handwritten letters, and call often in order to build up proof of relationship.
Then again, I'm new to this board and someone else might have a better suggestion for you.
ETA: username of other person.
I feel so bad for the woman you married. Prized for her innocence. The irony is gobsmacking.