VO requires further evidence of relationship as spouses after interview in BFLO

[abdulali]

Hello,

Recently I was interviewed in Buffalo, but the VO did not make final decision on my application for PR under spousal sponsorship, and required additional further evidence of our relationship as spouses, especially after the marriage. But We did all our best, and provided her all required documents, proofs listed on the checklist and guidelines.

My situation is that I am living in the US legally as an international student, doing my master degree, and I loved and married with Cuban who has PR in Canada, and almost we have married more than a year. We have decided to live together in Canada after my graduation. She lives in Canada with my grandmother now. By the way, I have relatives there. Due to my full time study, We are living apart, but I did a lot of travels to live with her even for the short times, almost every month I did. She cannot come to live with me, because of Cuba Citizen, tried to apply for US visa, but was unsuccessful. So I did all travels to Canada. And always We almost every day kept in touch with phone, skypein call, mail, chats when we were apart and every visit, We tried to make more proofs like photos, receipts etc. For information, We also have proofs till the marriage like photos, bills, chats, photos from wedding ceremony etc.

I am trying to explain briefly my situation; now my concern is what will be your suggestion and comments in this case. VO asked me that give me some proofs that show your further evidence of your relationship as spouses, like joint bank accounts, insurance, something that connects both of you. But in my situation, We are not capable to provide like this documents because I live in US, She live in Canada, both have separate account, separate insurance now, of course we will have joint account, insurance, rent when we live together soon.

I will appreciate that please feed me back if you have any idea, experience on this case. What kind of evidence we can provide? And What will be the final of the process, because VO give me two months. After two month, she said If I could not provide sufficient evidence, she would reject the application .

Thanks in advance.

 

[RobsLuv]

OK, first of all - if you are legally married then the only "proof" you have to provide of that is the marriage licence. But all that does is prove that you are eligible to be sponsored. Spouses are not required to be living together - but you do have to support the fact that yours is a "genuine relationship" - not one entered into just so you can come to Canada. Apparently you did not submit sufficient evidence of that with your application - hence, the interview. And apparently you did not convince the VO at the interview that you are, in fact, genuine in your relationship. I am surprised that the VO would ask you to submit things like joint bank accounts, insurance, etc., because those are proofs of co-habitation, not of a genuine relationship. It's possible she is suggesting things that, in reality, would not support your relationship at all so that then she can refuse the application.

What you need to provide are evidences that support the development of your relationship. You need to provide proof that you are in contact with one another (phone bills, emails, photos from visits to see one another, letters, cards, receipts from purchases for gifts, wedding pictures, honeymoon pictures). You should document how you met, when you decided to marry, the wedding, the honeymoon, and how you keep in contact now being that she can't go to the US. People who are in love want to spend as much time in contact with each other as possible. Have you been able to come to Canada to visit her at all? If so, submit proof of those trips - even credit card statements showing purchases made by you in Canada! If you've not been allowed to enter Canada, and she's not been allowed to enter the USA, provide proof that you have applied to visit each other and have been refused over and over again! Again, this VO does not believe the two of you are really in love - she thinks you only want to come to Canada - so anything you can submit to her that shows your efforts to be together, even if you've been prevented from actually doing so, will help. But then you should be able to also produce any and all evidences of being in contact with each other in whatever ways you can - you should have tons of chats, email, Skype, phone calls, etc.