Tricky timelines bad husband please help

The pain and difficulty of your circumstance is obvious.

Your options are, however, limited. Very limited. Immigration wise your options are virtually non-existent. Without status, you will indeed soon need to leave Canada. There are few alternatives. There may be, though not likely to succeed in the long run, things like refugee status.

As a spouse you may have some recourse in the domestics relations law. You are entitled, for example, to half the value of the marital home in most Provinces. You should probably see a lawyer who handles divorces and domestic relations law generally, the sooner the better. The recourse available through this will mostly be economic and temporary, some assistance in making this difficult transition. No help immigration wise.

Entering into a marriage, like getting into any partnership, entails risks; one is always betting on their partner's good faith. How much a risk varies. For international relationships the risks are of course significantly greater.

At least in Canada, if the relationship breaks down (and so very many relationships do break down) after the foreign national has "landed" and become a PR, the PR can choose to stay or return to their home country. In the U.S. the marriage has to last two full years (I think that is the cutoff), and if it breaksdown in less than two years, status to stay in the U.S. is lost (even if the breakdown was an untimely accidental death, no divorce) and the person must return to their home country.

I am sorry your life has taken this unpleasant and difficult turn. I hope you find your way through these hard times.

I agree with dpenabil -- see a laywer right away.  Know your rights, and know what you are entitled to.

Edited by Harmonia - 12 Aug 2010 at 12:21pm