Spouse didn't declare change of status in the Boarder when she landed as PR!

[JazAndrei]

Need Help guys. We got married January 19,2017.. My spouse received her COPR December 2016. She crossed the boarder to land as PR thru Express Entry program January 26,2017... The problem is she didn't declare the change of status that she got married before she landed, and so we are really facing a serious matter. She consumed almost 3hrs in the boarder and almost 2.5 hrs drive , tired,exhausted and nervous, all mixed emotions and so when it's her turn to present all the documents to the officer she missed declaring me as an additional dependent, because there are 3 officers who assisted her and to the point that she's already confused of what she is doing. To make the story short she missed the important part, and during that time we still doesn't have the copy of our marriage certificate. The question is:

Can she still sponsor me?
If not, can we make an appeal later on and include a letter of explanation along with our application?
What do you think is the best way to solve this problem? Is there any way?
Please Advise. Thank you!! :

 

[Rob_TO]

Can she still sponsor me?
If not, can we make an appeal later on and include a letter of explanation along with our application?
What do you think is the best way to solve this problem? Is there any way?
Please Advise. Thank you!! :

No, she can never sponsor you now. You were supposed to have full medical exam and police checks done to be declared as a spouse/dependent in her app. Appeals will not help now. She has actually committed misrepresentation by landing as single when she was in fact married. As soon as you got married, her COPR issued as single was no longer valid and should have been immediately returned to the visa office for updating to add you.

Only 2 ways for you to now get PR status:
1. Apply independently through one of the economic streams
2. Your wife must renounce her own PR status, and start over from the very beginning but this time including you in her app.

 

[Bcboundboy]

Can she still sponsor me?

No.

If not, can we make an appeal later on and include a letter of explanation along with our application?

Well, you can do that. But you should only do it if you think it's going to be a fun experience, because no, no appeal will make any difference.

What do you think is the best way to solve this problem? Is there any way?

You can apply for PR yourself, or your spouse can surrender her PR and start from scratch including you.

 

[methyl]

Should've landed days earlier or married days later.
Huge mistake.

Bureaucracy at its best.

Consider doing some university studies in Canada if you don't have sufficient points to apply to immigrate now.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

She consumed almost 3hrs in the boarder and almost 2.5 hrs drive , tired,exhausted and nervous, all mixed emotions and so when it's her turn to present all the documents to the officer she missed declaring me as an additional dependent, because there are 3 officers who assisted her and to the point that she's already confused of what she is doing. To make the story short she missed the important part, and during that time we still doesn't have the copy of our marriage certificate. The question is:

Can she still sponsor me?
If not, can we make an appeal later on and include a letter of explanation along with our application?
What do you think is the best way to solve this problem? Is there any way?
Please Advise. Thank you!! :

From your previous post, you have been living together since 2015, so you were already common-law anyways. She actually needed to declare you in her PR app as soon as you hit one year of cohabitation and became common-law in 2016.

As Rob said, either you qualify independently for PR or your partner renounces and reapplies with you included.

 

[JazAndrei]

No.
Well, you can do that. But you should only do it if you think it's going to be a fun experience, because no, no appeal will make any difference.
You can apply for PR yourself, or your spouse can surrender her PR and start from scratch including you.

If she renounces her PR can she still use her previous job offer or that's already void? Do you have idea with this?

 

[JazAndrei]

If she will renounce her PR that does mean she can't work until we got our PR ? Can she not use her previous job offer ?

 

[canuck_in_uk]

If she will renounce her PR that does mean she can't work until we got our PR ? Can she not use her previous job offer ?

If she renounces her PR status, she will not be able to work. She should still be able to use the previous job offer as long as the employer is still willing.

 

[JyoVishal]

Need Help guys. We got married January 19,2017.. My spouse received her COPR December 2016. She crossed the boarder to land as PR thru Express Entry program January 26,2017... The problem is she didn't declare the change of status that she got married before she landed, and so we are really facing a serious matter. She consumed almost 3hrs in the boarder and almost 2.5 hrs drive , tired,exhausted and nervous, all mixed emotions and so when it's her turn to present all the documents to the officer she missed declaring me as an additional dependent, because there are 3 officers who assisted her and to the point that she's already confused of what she is doing. To make the story short she missed the important part, and during that time we still doesn't have the copy of our marriage certificate. The question is:

Can she still sponsor me?
If not, can we make an appeal later on and include a letter of explanation along with our application?
What do you think is the best way to solve this problem? Is there any way?
Please Advise. Thank you!! :

Need Help guys. We got married January 19,2017.. My spouse received her COPR December 2016. She crossed the boarder to land as PR thru Express Entry program January 26,2017... The problem is she didn't declare the change of status that she got married before she landed, and so we are really facing a serious matter. She consumed almost 3hrs in the boarder and almost 2.5 hrs drive , tired,exhausted and nervous, all mixed emotions and so when it's her turn to present all the documents to the officer she missed declaring me as an additional dependent, because there are 3 officers who assisted her and to the point that she's already confused of what she is doing. To make the story short she missed the important part, and during that time we still doesn't have the copy of our marriage certificate. The question is:

Can she still sponsor me?
If not, can we make an appeal later on and include a letter of explanation along with our application?
What do you think is the best way to solve this problem? Is there any way?
Please Advise. Thank you!! :

Hi, what happened finally? I am in a similar situation. I didn’t declare my marriage while landing. Please help.

 

[scylla]

Hi, what happened finally? I am in a similar situation. I didn’t declare my marriage while landing. Please help.

What kind of immigration stream did you migrate through? Economic like Express Entry?

Did you not mention your spouse on the application at all? Or was your spouse listed as non-accompanying and when through the medical and PCC process. I'm assuming not listed at all but please confirm.

 

[JyoVishal]

Hello,
I got my PR through CEC inland.
Yes not listed at all.
I got married almost towards the end of PR process.
I got married before landing and after submitting my PR application.
Submitted my PR application CEC inland on Nov 2020.
got married June 19th 2021.
came to canada on July 5th 2021. And confirmed soft landing on PR confirmation portal.
i did send a webform to add my wife in June itself. They asked for documents. Since I didn’t have any certificates like marriage, PCC and birth certificate I went ahead and did soft landing without adding those documents.

 

[JyoVishal]

Hello,
I got my PR through CEC inland.
Yes not listed at all.
I got married almost towards the end of PR process.
I got married before landing and after submitting my PR application.
Submitted my PR application CEC inland on Nov 2020.
got married June 19th 2021.
came to canada on July 5th 2021. And confirmed soft landing on PR confirmation portal.
i did send a webform to add my wife in June itself. They asked for documents. Since I didn’t have any certificates like marriage, PCC and birth certificate I went ahead and did soft landing without adding those documents.

Later when the time came to sponsor her realised I made a mistake.

 

[scylla]

Hello,
I got my PR through CEC inland.
Yes not listed at all.
I got married almost towards the end of PR process.
I got married before landing and after submitting my PR application.
Submitted my PR application CEC inland on Nov 2020.
got married June 19th 2021.
came to canada on July 5th 2021. And confirmed soft landing on PR confirmation portal.
i did send a webform to add my wife in June itself. They asked for documents. Since I didn’t have any certificates like marriage, PCC and birth certificate I went ahead and did soft landing without adding those documents.

You shouldn't have soft landed before adding your wife to your application and providing all of the documents IRCC requested.

Unfortunately that means you can never sponsor your spouse for PR.

Your spouse will need to qualify for PR independently through an economic immigration program like Express Entry, PNP, etc. Spousal sponsorship is not possible.

 

[JyoVishal]

Ok. thank you very much for your reply.

 

[canuck78]

Other option Is For you to renounce your PR and reapply with your spouse.