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I am hoping that I can get suggestions on what the best way is to sponsor my fiance so that we can start our lives together.
I have known him for 2 years and a bit through internet contact.
We have met on a dating site with intentions of looking for love and have developed an amazing friendship sharing our common interests in orphanages and helping the needy.
I the last few months we have developed very strong feelings for each other and have committed ourselves to each other with hopes of getting married and sharing our dreams.
We are trying to find out the best way to make our dream come true but are not sure where to begin.
I want him to come to Canada (which will be our main address with hopes of going ot Africa here and there). I am thinking that it would be best to come here and marry and then i can apply for spousal sponsorship? Would this be the best way, or would it be best for me to marry him in his country and then we can come back to Canada together?
This is a truly legit marriage. It is not one of those scams that so often happen from Ghana.
We truly have fallen in love. We have never met physically but have been in contact on a daily if not weekly basis.
I have a GREAT job that will keep us until he can establish himself with his own career here.
Are there any suggestions that anyone can offer us?
I sincerely appreciate any suggestions or comments that anyone can offer
Natters
[17-06-2012,10:00]
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Natters |
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(in reply to: Sponsoring Fiance from Ghana)
In order to marry you here, he will first have to be approved for a visit visa. This will likely be far easier said than done (he must prove he has strong ties to his home country, no plans to remain in Canada long term, and that he has sufficient funds to pay for his trip here). If he is approved for a visit visa to Canada and you marry here, keep in mind that he won´t be able to work and won´t qualify for health care coverage for about the first 11 months after you apply to sponsor him as your spouse (possibly longer if there are any issues with your file). It´s quite possible that marrying in Ghana will be the only option open to you.
Overall, I would strongly encourage you to visit him first and wait to marry. Unfortunately your relationship does have many of the characteristics of a sham marriage and when a relationship looks like it might not be genuine, it can take much much longer for your file to be processed. For this reason it would be ideal if you took at least one trip to meet him first and then married at a later date.
[17-06-2012,13:54]
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Sponsoring Fiance from Ghana (in reply to: Sponsoring Fiance from Ghana)
Thanks for your suggestion Anonymous.
Because you were kind enough to take time to respond to my question, I feel I need to share my final decision.
We have been tossing the ideas back and forth as to the best way to handle this. My fiance is wanting very much to come here to start a new life for reasons obviouls to living in a third world country.
I have thought of going to Africa to meet him which would mean that I would meet him in Ghana and then go to Nigeria to meet his family (he is Nigerian living in Ghana).
I recently turned it down because I am not comfortable traveling to a country that has warnings not to travel to.
I feel that if he is going to live here, then we should get to know each other in the environment that we will reside.
He was disappointed that of my recent decision but he understands it.
So...with hopes that we can get him over here, we will pursue that first.
Again, thanks so much for your time....and feel free to offer any other advise you may have.
Take Care.
[13-08-2012,17:34]
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Natters |
(in reply to: Sponsoring Fiance from Ghana)
Anonymous, could you offer any advise based on my situation posted below.
Hi All,
I´m seeking guidance in our situation. I´m engaged to be married in September this year, I am a canadian citizen, has a good secured career, my fiance just got word today his refugee claim was denied. My question is, what should we expect to happen next? We want to know how next to proceed? We´ve already made payments on our wedding and I don´t know what to do. He´s also waiting to hear back regarding his work permit, he submitted his application in June and still waiting to hear back, will this now denied claim affect his work permit?
[14-08-2012,14:12]
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