Canadian living in USA as PR about to marry Honduran

[tsoleen]

I am Canadian, living the last 20 yrs in California as a PR. Met my fiance here two years ago, he is from Honduras. He was deported back to Honduras in Sept. this year when he was picked up by police and his fingerprints were shared with ICE. He had a deportation already on file from 10 yrs ago when he and his father were caught coming into the US and there was nothing we could do to stop the deportation or turn it into voluntary departure.

He has a wet & reckless misdemeanor (fine paid, time served and closed) and two 10 yr bans to the US from the deportation. He does not have a criminal record, his slate is clean other than a fore mentioned. Does this prevent him from qualifying for residency in Canada as my husband?

Can we get married in Honduras and apply for/sponsor him for permanent residency in Canada (preferably in Vancouver where all my family is) while living in Honduras?

What is the process, where do we find information regarding this and how long would it take?

I have been having a hard time gathering information on our situation. Any guidance, comments greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,
~j

 

[screech339]

Not sure what may happen to your fiance's Canada PR sponsorship application when you do submit it. Your fiance would be required to provide FBI police report. His deportation record will be listed in it. Plus on top of it, he must say YES to applicant background form to question of "have you ever been deported or denied entry to any countries".

This would be considered a red flag for CIC.

Screech339

 

[canadianwoman]

I would try sponsoring him. I am not sure he would be rejected automatically. I know people who have been deported from Canada, who then were able to be sponsored successfully.

At the least, you will need a lot of proof that your relationship is genuine, much more than other applicants without these issues. This is because the visa officer will suspect that your boyfriend is just with you so he can live somewhere other than his home country.

 

[mikeymyke]

Even with lots of proofs in your initial application, it's almost guaranteed you will have an interview, which will add lots of time to your application, because of your husband's history of illegal immigration, having so many deportation orders, etc.

You also need to show you intend to live in Canada, but that might be hard to do because you lived last 20 years in California, and so CIC might not be convinced you're serious about living there now.

 

[tsoleen]

thank you everyone for your responses. looks like i'm moving to honduras soon.