Spousal sponsorship and Divorce

[Shashank8881]

Hello,
I came to Canada on a student visa and I and my girlfriend got married here in Canada in 2020 and we applied for our permanent residency together. Things are not working out so we have decided to go for a divorce.
I have a question, since we applied for our permanent residency together and I was the secondary applicant in the application if we get a divorce and then remarry to a girl in another country, can I sponsor them and bring them to Canada with me or Do I get a 5-year sponsorship bar?

 

[armoured]

Hello,
I came to Canada on a student visa and I and my girlfriend got married here in Canada in 2020 and we applied for our permanent residency together. Things are not working out so we have decided to go for a divorce.
I have a question, since we applied for our permanent residency together and I was the secondary applicant in the application if we get a divorce and then remarry to a girl in another country, can I sponsor them and bring them to Canada with me or Do I get a 5-year sponsorship bar?

You left out key fact: are you now a PR or not, and when did you 'land' (formally become a PR)?

 

[canuck78]

Hello,
I came to Canada on a student visa and I and my girlfriend got married here in Canada in 2020 and we applied for our permanent residency together. Things are not working out so we have decided to go for a divorce.
I have a question, since we applied for our permanent residency together and I was the secondary applicant in the application if we get a divorce and then remarry to a girl in another country, can I sponsor them and bring them to Canada with me or Do I get a 5-year sponsorship bar?

If you are a PR when did you land as a PR? In this case you wouldn’t be required to wait 5 years to sponsor but if you got divorced or separated (depending where you get divorced you may need to wait a year to qualify to get divorced) very soon after getting PR you could face quite a bit of scrutiny about whether you were still in a relationship when you landed or whether the relationship had already broken down but you hadn’t inform IRCC because you wanted to be able to get PR.