Remarry after divorce

[Copingwithlife]

Frankly there's no such guidelines or restrictions on the IRCC website or other forums. And that's why I'm on this forum, to ask opinions, not to withstand sarcasm. The only option is for me to wait until my WP is about to finish and then apply which is like a desperate attempt to maintain "status".

Optics

It’s the optics bud

 

[riddl3r]

Optics

It’s the optics bud

Quite vague

 

[armoured]

Quite vague

Optics just means how it looks. Ignore that, is my opinion.

You say you will get married in mid 2025. Make sure you've spent enough physical time together.

Write a short letter of explanation about the timeline. Stick to facts, dates, times you spent together. Address the breakdown of the previous relationship and the time you spent residing together (with ex/with new partner) while/after the relationship broke down. Do a draft now and add/revisit it later. They don't want Dostoyevsky, just facts.

There can be lots of moralizing about these things and comments about optics but ... s*** happens. They're not doing the sponsorship evaluation to decide why your previous relationship went bad or assign blame, just that it's over, that you didn't misrepresent anywhere, and that the new relationship is genuine.

 

[riddl3r]

Optics just means how it looks. Ignore that, is my opinion.

You say you will get married in mid 2025. Make sure you've spent enough physical time together.

Write a short letter of explanation about the timeline. Stick to facts, dates, times you spent together. Address the breakdown of the previous relationship and the time you spent residing together while/after the relationship broke down. Do a draft now and add/revisit it later. They don't want Dostoyevsky, just facts.

There can be lots of moralizing about these things and comments about optics but ... s*** happens. They're not doing the sponsorship evaluation to decide why your previous relationship went bad or assign blame, just that it's over, that you didn't misrepresent anywhere, and that the new relationship is genuine.

Thank you. Makes much more sense. Tbh its just a blatantly simple as me trying to figure if I will have hurdles to be able to live with my partner.

I totally see how it looks like to a viewer from the outside but if I had as much knowledge about Canadian immigration as I have now I maybe would have given 4th, 5th thoughts before putting in the previous application with my ex if I saw my situation today.

 

[riddl3r]

Optics just means how it looks. Ignore that, is my opinion.

You say you will get married in mid 2025. Make sure you've spent enough physical time together.

Write a short letter of explanation about the timeline. Stick to facts, dates, times you spent together. Address the breakdown of the previous relationship and the time you spent residing together (with ex/with new partner) while/after the relationship broke down. Do a draft now and add/revisit it later. They don't want Dostoyevsky, just facts.

There can be lots of moralizing about these things and comments about optics but ... s*** happens. They're not doing the sponsorship evaluation to decide why your previous relationship went bad or assign blame, just that it's over, that you didn't misrepresent anywhere, and that the new relationship is genuine.

Do you think a letter describing my situation enhance my application? Luckily I have old Facebook chats from June 2023 and I can describe the timeline of how things unfolded from one relationship into another.

 

[canuck78]

We aren't common law as per IRCC requirements to apply under common law, by common law I meant we are living together and not married. we are getting married in the mid of 2025. About the work permit, it seems once issued its not cancelled or revoked. I never needed the work permit to keep my status anyway since I moved out of Canada in October.

So just partners living together. Common law is for a very specific situation. You’ll likely face increased scrutiny given your sponsorship history and timeline so I agree spend as much time in person before applying for sponsorship.

 

[riddl3r]

So just partners living together. Common law is for a very specific situation. You’ll likely face increased scrutiny given your sponsorship history and timeline so I agree spend as much time in person before applying for sponsorship.

We are not applying for sponsorship until after marriage. I am not able to understand why you are focused on "common law"

 

[armoured]

We are not applying for sponsorship until after marriage. I am not able to understand why you are focused on "common law"

They were just confused by your first use of common law. Now that you've clarified, no longer relevant.

 

[canuck78]

We are not applying for sponsorship until after marriage. I am not able to understand why you are focused on "common law"

As others have said common law is used for a very specific living situation so I would not use it unless living together for 1 continuous year in a marriage like relationship.

 

[riddl3r]

As others have said common law is used for a very specific living situation so I would not use it unless living together for 1 continuous year in a marriage like relationship.

My bad then. Now you know I'm not applying until after marriage so the 1 year cohabitation doesn't apply. Please share your thoughts.

 

[YVR123]

My bad then. Now you know I'm not applying until after marriage so the 1 year cohabitation doesn't apply. Please share your thoughts.

Applying after marriage or not, if you reach common law, it still applies.
Will you become common law before you getting married?

 

[canuck78]

Applying after marriage or not, if you reach common law, it still applies.
Will you become common law before you getting married?

For example if common law has implication for things like taxes and should be updated with CRA

 

[riddl3r]

Applying after marriage or not, if you reach common law, it still applies.
Will you become common law before you getting married?

I'm not sure about the question but we won't complete one year for common law. It would be around 8 months of being together by the time we marry, and then we are planning to apply after the marriage.

 

[YVR123]

I'm not sure about the question but we won't complete one year for common law. It would be around 8 months of being together by the time we marry, and then we are planning to apply after the marriage.

What I mean was if you lived together for 12 months before your marriage, the 1 year rule still applies to you. (It won't be disregarded just because you got married)

But since you will get married before the 12 months time period, then you were not in a common law relationship before your marriage.
My comment was just to the specific section of your post. as bold.

"My bad then. Now you know I'm not applying until after marriage so the 1 year cohabitation doesn't apply. Please share your thoughts."

 

[riddl3r]

What I mean was if you lived together for 12 months before your marriage, the 1 year rule still applies to you. (It won't be disregarded just because you got married)

But since you will get married before the 12 months time period, then you were not in a common law relationship before your marriage.
My comment was just to the specific section of your post. as bold.

"My bad then. Now you know I'm not applying until after marriage so the 1 year cohabitation doesn't apply. Please share your thoughts."

Okay thank you for the clarity, didn't know Common law terms applied even though you get married.