Sponsorship facts to know in Canada

Sponsorship-What you need to know

Canadian spousal sponsorship

You can sponsor your spouse–married, common-law or conjugal partners–for permanent residence in Canada. While assessing your application for spousal sponsorship, the immigration officials of Canada primarily focus on finding out whether your relationship with your spouse is genuine. A genuine relationship will show a “logical progression of how the couple meets and gets married,” they believe.

While examining the genuineness of your relationship, they will take into account the cultural practices of your country and even the region where you come from. Their purpose of doing so is to prevent unscrupulous individuals, whose primary purpose of marriage is to immigrate from misusing the immigration system of Canada.

Now here are some of the indicators that make the visa officials suspect whether your relationship is a “marriage of convenience.”

• It is a red flag to the visa officers if both of you do not have the same mother tongue, and your partner hasn’t met you in person before marriage. A huge difference between both of you in terms of age and values may also make the visa officers suspicious.
• They will put your application to more intense scrutiny if you come from a country that requires a visitor’s visa to enter Canada. Such countries usually have lower levels of socio-economic development. Even if you do not come from such a country, the visa officers will check whether you hail from a place or city where the occurrences of fraud are high. If your earlier applications for Canadian refugee or other temporary status has been rejected, the visa officers may consider it as a red flag.
• Insufficient and contradictory documentation may lead to delay in the processing of your application or your application being rejected altogether.
• The visa officer may ask you about the previous marriages and divorces of your partner. The question may also be the brand of their make-up or the colour of their toothbrush. If you appear to have no clues about these, the visa officer may conclude that your relationship is not genuine.

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• Just as insufficient documentation, too much documentation may also land you in trouble. You may produce a few love letters as proof of your relationship. But if they discuss nothing but love and admiration, the visa officer may suspect that these were written exclusively for immigration.

As immigration lawyers with years of experience, we advise you to address these red flags in a matter-of-fact, clear and concise manner. Never let the visa officer feel that you are hiding something, or you may end up losing the credibility of your application that would result in delays or even refusal of your file.

To conclude, if your relationship is genuine, you need not worry about your application. However, chances are also there for things to go wrong. The lawyers at ImmiLaw Immigration are here to help you on such occasions, and you can stay worry-free, while we take care of your application and make sure that it does not face any delay at any point.