3 ms·

Now if CIC can just get their act together on speeding up spousal sponsorship, I'd be a happy man. Disclosure: I'm a Canadian in the US. Got married here (my w

by throwaway1979 14y ago

Now if CIC can just get their act together on speeding up spousal sponsorship, I'd be a happy man. Disclosure: I'm a Canadian in the US. Got married here (my wife's from Asia) - now I can't move back to Canada until I figure out my wife's residency. From what I've read, this takes 12 months+. Makes life very hard to plan. Some context: the Canadian govt recently started a crackdown on fraud-marriages. Unfortunately, it seems the CIC takes the view that you are guilty until you prove yourself innocent.

alborland 14y ago
I couldn't agree more. As much as I am grateful to Canada for giving me a better life, CIC should seriously revisit its spousal sponsorship. I am a law abiding citizen, but when I had to sponsor my wife, CIC asked me for proof of relationship. Even though I have no problem providing it, it would be good if they don't assume you are guilty before even starting the process. I don't know of a good way to do this, but I fear for the worst. What if they find my genuine marriage a fraud? What do I do then? I have already waited enough.
- CanadaKaz 14y ago
  Yeah. The wait sucks. I am with you. But the instances of marriage fraud used to be as high as 50% from some offices. Investigators were finding people selling books on how to dupe Canadians into marriage and ghost consultants selling whole fake marriage ceremonies.
  - throwaway1979 14y ago
    I highly highly doubt the 50% number. But fine. Lets assume that for a second. Now that CIC has added a 2 year requirement on the conditional PR, they should make a public commitment to reduce the time it takes for getting your spouse into the country! That the CIC isn't doing so, and it keeps publicizing the unbelievably high marriage fraud numbers makes me feel like they are being disingenuous. My wife and I both have doctorate level education. It seems we'd be more welcome in other developed countries - more so than my own Canada.
chollida1 14y ago
Oddly enough I have an old university roomate who works in this area for the government. I've been told that the wait time is partially by design. They will almost never act quicker than 6 months from the point of filling as they've found that, surprise surprise, most shame marriages have a hard time living together for 6 months or more:)
- deleted 14y ago
  [deleted]

alborland 14y ago

I couldn't agree more. As much as I am grateful to Canada for giving me a better life, CIC should seriously revisit its spousal sponsorship. I am a law abiding citizen, but when I had to sponsor my wife, CIC asked me for proof of relationship. Even though I have no problem providing it, it would be good if they don't assume you are guilty before even starting the process. I don't know of a good way to do this, but I fear for the worst. What if they find my genuine marriage a fraud? What do I do then? I have already waited enough.

CanadaKaz 14y ago
Yeah. The wait sucks. I am with you. But the instances of marriage fraud used to be as high as 50% from some offices. Investigators were finding people selling books on how to dupe Canadians into marriage and ghost consultants selling whole fake marriage ceremonies.
- throwaway1979 14y ago
  I highly highly doubt the 50% number. But fine. Lets assume that for a second. Now that CIC has added a 2 year requirement on the conditional PR, they should make a public commitment to reduce the time it takes for getting your spouse into the country! That the CIC isn't doing so, and it keeps publicizing the unbelievably high marriage fraud numbers makes me feel like they are being disingenuous. My wife and I both have doctorate level education. It seems we'd be more welcome in other developed countries - more so than my own Canada.

chollida1 14y ago

Oddly enough I have an old university roomate who works in this area for the government. I've been told that the wait time is partially by design. They will almost never act quicker than 6 months from the point of filling as they've found that, surprise surprise, most shame marriages have a hard time living together for 6 months or more:)

deleted 14y ago
[deleted]