Marriage after getting the CSQ

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Hi !
I'm a Canadian Citizen currently living in México with my boyfriend. He got his interview with Québec Immigration in México and he was accepted. So now he have his CSQ in hands. He must now start the process with Canada for the permanent resident status. 
When he filled up the application for Quebec and at the time of his interview, he was single. But we plan to get married here in México before the end of the year.
My question is.. Should he wait to be married to start the Canadian procedures since his marital status will change in a couples of months ? Or can he start the process anyway as a single man, but once we get married, tell to Canada Immigration that his status changed ? 
Since I'm a Canadian citizen, I assume there won't be any problems for his case, but marrying in the middle of his process could most certainly cause some delays. Am I right ? And I'd really like to get married here... I personally think it could be better if we marry before starting the process with Canada. But I can be wrong ! Any advices ?!! 
Thanks in advance.

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Yank Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: 15 May 2012 Status: Offline Points: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote Yank Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Marriage after getting the CSQ Posted: 15 May 2012 at 6:38pm
	Hi ! I'm a Canadian Citizen currently living in México with my boyfriend. He got his interview with Québec Immigration in México and he was accepted. So now he have his CSQ in hands. He must now start the process with Canada for the permanent resident status. When he filled up the application for Quebec and at the time of his interview, he was single. But we plan to get married here in México before the end of the year. My question is.. Should he wait to be married to start the Canadian procedures since his marital status will change in a couples of months ? Or can he start the process anyway as a single man, but once we get married, tell to Canada Immigration that his status changed ? Since I'm a Canadian citizen, I assume there won't be any problems for his case, but marrying in the middle of his process could most certainly cause some delays. Am I right ? And I'd really like to get married here... I personally think it could be better if we marry before starting the process with Canada. But I can be wrong ! Any advices ?!! Thanks in advance.

hobbes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Junior Member Joined: 16 Mar 2010 Status: Offline Points: 37	Post Options Post Reply Quote hobbes Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 May 2012 at 10:48am
	This is similar to another recent question on this forum. I would strongly recommend that you defer marriage until your boyfriend gets his PR. The reason is, if you get married, you will have to report it to quebec immigration first. That itself will add delays. Secondly, his wife (you) is a canadian citizen who does not live in Quebec. That may raise eyebrows with the quebec immigration officers who could suspect that the applicant does not genuinely intend to live in quebec.