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The Canadian government is coming up with a provision that those coming into the country should be in legitimate relationship for more than 2 years to earn a permanent residence status.


Recently there has been increase in number of sham marriages, which is one of the popular modes to acquire Permanent residency status by the aspiring immigrants to the country.

To keep a check on the such migrants, Harper government have recently proposed that those who are coming to Canada to be with their spouses or partners, must continue their relationship here for at least 2 or more years before they get legitimate to their permanent residency status.

Canadian government is taking strong steps to curb marriage and immigration frauds. This step is proposed by the government regulate the migration by those people who use immigration laws for their fraudulent purposes.

The spousal sponsorship is one the most fraudulent process for bringing in the illegal immigrant. In some of the cases both of the partners have understanding between them to carry it out, or in other the sponsor thinks it to bona fide, but the sponsored one just wanted the benefit and breaks up after settling in the new country.

Taking this step will also bring Canada’s immigration policies matching up with the other countries such as Australia, United States of America and Britain, who had already implemented 2 year relationship conditions to keep a migration check in their countries.

As per this proposal the sponsored fellow should be in the continuing relationship with one who is sponsoring for the years or more following the day time of sponsored’s arrival. Until then the new migrant spouse will be granted only conditional permanent residence status.

If any case the relation is not continued, then the person may have to leave Canada and go back to the native land.

But it is expected that such a proposal would be hurtful for the women who live with the violent relationships. It is going to be terrible for the ladies who are abused by their husband or family members, has many of them don’t report about it to the police.

For such situations the notice further says there would be a process for allowing genuine spouses to come forward and would continue to live in the country against this enforcement.

After this proposal by the federal government the government website was flooded with the further queries on it.

The government also expects suggestions and feedback from the general public on this matter, so that they could implement it in the most beneficial way for them.
 
Its in the local news papers as well that they might change the rule
 
They should do this! Since moving here I have seen several documentaries about what I would call marriage fraud. And the spouse who is sponsoring is stuck paying for the person who is committing the fraud! One of the documentaries had a Canadian woman who was trying to fight it in court to try to get the so called spouse deported. She lost! And the guy was even found to have a wife and child in his home country. As it stands now it is VERY hard to get someone deported. As the person who has committed fraud has a right to appeal etc and it takes years. Canada is asking for fraud IMO. It was very sad to see. And just another side note... I am a US citizen and my husband is from another country. When I applied for FSW when they asked for medicals CIC also asked for proof of our marriage even though I did not apply in the Family category. So I think in coming time they will change the way they do things regardless of what category your applying. Most likely because we are from two different nationalities they may have wanted some proof that we are truly married which was not a problem at all. I hope they do change the law as compared to US immigration Canada is a much faster process and more lenient as well.
 
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