How long does the processing takes for spouse visa. Can we apply directly or we have to go with an attorney. Please advise.
Thanks
go on to http://www.cic.gc.ca" rel="nofollow">LINK and you can see all that needs to be done for sponcering a spouse. I personally used a lawyer to do our immigration process because thats how we thought was best and we had a good one who answered our questions and doubts. but that can cost. we paid about 2000$ for the whole process. but there are lot of ppl who do it on their own.
to sponser a spouse can be a little tricky from what i hear from this site . you need a lot of proof about the authenticity of your marriage. and all steps shoiuld e done right. its not supposed to take as much time as other immigration,. It all depends what your case is like. Personally I would use a lawyer but the others will tell you otherwise Right Chandresh!
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Posted on: 09-02-06 12:20:06
Quote from Janmeja
"to sponser a spouse can be a little tricky from what i hear from this site . you need a lot of proof about the authenticity of your marriage."
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Sponsering a spouse is no rocket science and i would not advise a lawyer at all for that. Even if you have done the marrriage for convenience, it still does not matter to the immigration officer if you have :
1. proof that you both were married in the form of an affidavit/ marriage certificate.
2. proof to show that both of you were in the marriage site
3. reasonable proof to show that it was a real marriage in the form of pictures, correspondence, invitation etc...
4. you have not used the Canadian Welfare at any time
5. and of course you are a Canadian PR / Citizen residing in Canada.
The other thread which talked about the difficulty in a person being sponsered to canada as a spouse was b'cos he was illegal in US A and he did not have any official documents to show that they were married. So donot confuse an exception with the norm..
TK
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as I sid , it is a personal choice, but it can be done.it all depends how good you are with this kind of stuff. And yes it does cost if you use alawyer. all the details are readilly available on the cic wesite. go thrugh that and judge for yourself
