4/4/2016
Topic:
Sponsorship Within Canada - Need Advice
elithx
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Hi there,
I am a Canadian who is engaged to an American. We were both born in our own respective countries.
We got engaged last week. We will be getting married in 5 months, and she will be moving to Canada with me.
I have been doing quite a bit of research on these boards and through the government websites.
I haven't really found a comprehensive plan or step by step guide, but this is what I am planning to do. I would love to have some people check it over to see if it is sound:
ASAP:
- Work on the sponsorship paperwork to get it ready (from what I understand I can't submit this until we are legally married)
Get fiancée's Health, and Police paperwork that are required
At time of wedding (in America):
- Bring all her paperwork with us (birth certificate, etc) I don't know if we will have the marriage license in our hands at this time. I believe they will have to mail it to us in Canada after it gets all signed)
From what I understand Americans can live in Canada 6 months with no questions asked, however what do we tell the person at the boarder? Do we say that we are married and that we will be filling her application for PR status?
I don't see a whole lot of advice with this particular aspect of the process.
Then while we are living together as a married couple. I will be purchasing private health insurance for her. We will have submitted our applications. And then I'm assuming we will need to extend her 6months stay since the application will take longer than that to be approved.
Would there be any benefit of getting married in Canada over the US? Also, would it be wise to just get married at city hall before our official wedding so that I can start the application process?
We are thinking of opting for the outland method due to the speed or processing as well as the travel freedom.
Any advise on any of the above steps would be greatly appreciated! :)
Eli
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