Hello, me and my fiance are trying to figure out the timeline of when she is able to come to Canada from the Philippines.
I am a Canadian citizen, and she is from the Philippines. Our wedding is scheduled for Nov 9th in the Philippines. If anyone can give details on the process, we would be grateful
1. The actual marriage certificate might take months to get issued after the ceremony. Do we need to specifically submit the certificate, or is there another document we can use in place? Obviously we want to begin the sponsorship application right away.
2. We are first going to attempt to get her a visitors visa. Anyone know what the success rate is with this? She has a university degree, has travelled and studied in the USA before, a full time job in the Philippines.
3. If we cannot get a visitors visa right away, we will be applying after sponsorship. There is this new way of applying for a visa announced in May this year with a 90% approval rate for those who are in the sponsorship process
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...-also-address-labour-shortages-in-canada.html
We hope to use this method if we cannot get a normal visitors visa right away. But a what point can we apply this new method? Do we need to wait for AOR, or at what point can we do this application?
The sooner we are able to live together, is what we are aiming for.