Inland/international student/marrying canadian citizen/OWP. Thank you in advanced!

[Temenges]

I am currently an International Student and my student visa is actually going to expire this August. My girlfriend (Canadian citizen) and I are getting married this July and we are planning to apply for the inland spousal sponsorship. While waiting for my application to be approved, would I still need to enroll and renew my student visa? We are looking for a way where we can save money. We are open for suggestions! Thank you in advanced!

 

[Temenges]

I am currently an International Student and my student visa is actually going to expire this August. My girlfriend (Canadian citizen) and I are getting married this July and we are planning to apply for the inland spousal sponsorship. While waiting for my application to be approved, would I still need to enroll and renew my student visa? We are looking for a way where we can save money. We are open for suggestions! Thank you in advanced!

Up please!

 

[canuck78]

You can change your status to a visitor.

 

[Temenges]

You can change your status to a visitor.

Should I change now or after marriange? And after I changed my status to visitor, We can apply for OWP and spousal sponsorship and wait? Thank you for much for the help, much appreciated!

 

[canuck78]

Should I change now or after marriange? And after I changed my status to visitor, We can apply for OWP and spousal sponsorship and wait? Thank you for much for the help, much appreciated!

You Should apply right before your study permit expires. When did you stop studying? At the moment it is hard to get both a marriage license and a marriage certificate. You may not be able to apply for spousal sponsorship and OWP before your study permit expires. You also want to apply for visitor status in case your OWP gets sent back due to application errors.

 

[Temenges]

You Should apply right before your study permit expires. When did you stop studying? At the moment it is hard to get both a marriage license and a marriage certificate. You may not be able to apply for spousal sponsorship and OWP before your study permit expires. You also want to apply for visitor status in case your OWP gets sent back due to application errors.

I am enrolled last semester and I take summer as a break. Can you suggest the best thing to do in our situation? What can we do if my study permit expires in august and we are planning to marry this coming july? Thank you in advance!

 

[russ6970]

In my opinion you shouldn't wait until your visa is nearly expiring as this will look like a marriage of convenience. Not saying it is, but it may look like that to an officer

 

[Temenges]

In my opinion you shouldn't wait until your visa is nearly expiring as this will look like a marriage of convenience. Not saying it is, but it may look like that to an officer

Hello! Thank you for answering. You mean as soon as possible get marry and start the application? I can enroll for this coming september and renew my study permit, but we think it is a waste of money as a international student who pays more if we can save it as we plan to get marry. So much appreciated your reponsed!

 

[canuck78]

I am enrolled last semester and I take summer as a break. Can you suggest the best thing to do in our situation? What can we do if my study permit expires in august and we are planning to marry this coming july? Thank you in advance!

You said enrolled in the past semester. Did you finish the semester and attend classes?

 

[Temenges]

You said enrolled in the past semester. Did you finish the semester and attend classes?

Yes. I finished semester and attended classes.

 

[Temenges]

Up please! Thank you.