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As a general rule, only Canadian residents can divorce in Canada. If neither you nor your spouse lives in Canada, you cannot get a divorce under Canada's Divorce Act. But you may be able to end your marriage under the Civil Marriage Act if you meet BOTH of the following criteria:

-You married in Canada; and
-You cannot undo your marriage in the country where you or your spouse lives because that country does not recognize your Canadian marriage.

To undo your marriage under the Civil Marriage Act, you would need to apply to a Superior Court in the province or territory where you married. A lawyer in that province or territory may be able to advise you on what you need to do. You may also be able to get information from a Superior Court or from the Department of Justice or Attorney General in the applicable province.

A process under the Civil Marriages Act only ends the marriage. You would need to resolve other issues such as child support and spousal support under the laws of the country where you live.

The family law facilitator or self-help center in your court may be able to help you with the divorce or legal separation process and help you understand what your options are, decide what you want to do, and get started with your paperwork.

... if you received a Permanent Resident Card (PR Card) containing incorrect information and this error was made by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC).

Do not apply for a renewal of your current PR card if it is still valid for more than six (6) months (180 days), unless it is due to a legal name change. Otherwise, your application will be returned.

Q9: Do I have to declare day trips to the United States?

A9: No, not if you come back the same day.

Question 12. – Calculation of income based on the “Option-C Printout”

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-Employment insurance: only maternity, parental and sickness benefits paid under the Employment Insurance Act are considered income. Other payments such as employment insurance and federal training allowances are not considered as income; and

Principal applicant

When a family applies together, one member must be the main or “principal” applicant. For example, a mother applying for permanent residence with her three children would be the principal applicant. When parents are included in an application, dependent children cannot be principal applicants.

Information for the Principal Applicant

Who is the principal applicant?

In regard to you, the sponsor, the principal applicant is the person you are sponsoring to come to Canada and is declared as the primary applicant in the Generic Application Form for Canada (IMM 0008).

Section 5.14:

In Canadian Family Law, the spouse or common-law partner of the parent who gives birth to a child is presumed to be the other legal parent even if there is no genetic relationship to the child. If the child was born through a surrogacy arrangement, however, the child will legally be the child of the surrogate mother who gave birth until a subsequent adoption occurs that would create a legal parent/child relationship.

In these cases, documents suitable for establishing parent/child relationships are birth certificates or authorized evidence indicating that the person claiming to be the parent is the birth mother or the spouse or common-law partner of the birth mother at the time of birth. Evidence must also indicate that the parents availed themselves of assisted human reproductive technologies and that the child was subsequently born to the mother.