Hi, let me tell my situation first, sorry if it has been asked before.
I'm a Canadian citizen, early 30's, living in Quebec. My fiancée and I met 3 years ago as she was in Canada on a working holiday. We had a good connection and all but her working holiday visa was over, she was out of money and had to go back home after 3 months we met. We kept contacting each others almost daily through LINE, I went to visit her after 6 months, we realized we loved each others, I went back there for 3 months to learn more about her country, language and culture. I visited 5 times since (as a construction worker, I have a lot of free time). I recently proposed, she said yes and we are planning to get married in Japan this Autumn and go backpacking in Asia as honeymoon, something private as her family don't approve of her marrying a foreigner. We are planning to have a celebration once she is in Montreal.
We have a big red flag though, while she was here she applied for a visa extension, more than 30 days before the end of her working holiday. Her driver's licence translation was refused but she only knew about it once she went back in her country. She tried to reapply twice but was refused for unknown reasons. We are really worried this might mean that she couldn't enter the country any more.
If she comes here as visitor first and we apply from Canada, would it be considered as immigration violation? That's what the lady from the government told me over the phone but I wonder if what she says is true. It's kind of a catch 22 situation. How can she come here for inland application if coming on a visitor visa is not allowed for that reason? Would it be better to send the application while she is in Japan? She is pretty much committing career suicide by quitting her work so there is no going back for her if she gets refused. She is a career oriented person and looking forward do work soonest when she comes here. I'm looking through the application process and getting a bit disheartened.
Any advices would be welcome, thank you.
I'm a Canadian citizen, early 30's, living in Quebec. My fiancée and I met 3 years ago as she was in Canada on a working holiday. We had a good connection and all but her working holiday visa was over, she was out of money and had to go back home after 3 months we met. We kept contacting each others almost daily through LINE, I went to visit her after 6 months, we realized we loved each others, I went back there for 3 months to learn more about her country, language and culture. I visited 5 times since (as a construction worker, I have a lot of free time). I recently proposed, she said yes and we are planning to get married in Japan this Autumn and go backpacking in Asia as honeymoon, something private as her family don't approve of her marrying a foreigner. We are planning to have a celebration once she is in Montreal.
We have a big red flag though, while she was here she applied for a visa extension, more than 30 days before the end of her working holiday. Her driver's licence translation was refused but she only knew about it once she went back in her country. She tried to reapply twice but was refused for unknown reasons. We are really worried this might mean that she couldn't enter the country any more.
If she comes here as visitor first and we apply from Canada, would it be considered as immigration violation? That's what the lady from the government told me over the phone but I wonder if what she says is true. It's kind of a catch 22 situation. How can she come here for inland application if coming on a visitor visa is not allowed for that reason? Would it be better to send the application while she is in Japan? She is pretty much committing career suicide by quitting her work so there is no going back for her if she gets refused. She is a career oriented person and looking forward do work soonest when she comes here. I'm looking through the application process and getting a bit disheartened.
Any advices would be welcome, thank you.
