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    Posted: 21 Jan 2010 at 12:12pm
Hi There,
 
I have a question related to mis-interpretation of information. I have a friend who got his PR Visa in August 2008 and landed Canada in January 2009. He got married in December 2008 to a non Canadian/Immigrant girl. He mis-interpreted his PR Visa as the final step and landing as just a formality and therefore did not inform Canadian Consulate regarding his marriage as he was not aware that he should have done that. Just this week he got to know that he had to inform the Canadian Consulate as soon as he got married. Neither him nor his wife are living in Canada or have ever lived in Canada but would like to move to Canada. What steps does he need to follow to correct his information and get PR for his wife as well.
 
Your answer will be greatly appreciated.
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Someone else on the site was recently asking a similar question.

Unfortunately the answer is not good. There is no process available for "correcting" this information. By failing to declare his change in status (marriage) at or before landing, his wife is ineligible to be sponsored by him (ever). The declaration he signed when he landed stated he was single and there is no process for correting this information after the fact. In fact, if he choses to pursue this issue, there's a chance he could have his own PR status revoked for misrepresentation.
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Can his wife apply for Permanent Residence on individual basis?
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Assuming she meets the criteria, I believe she should be able to apply through the skilled worker/professional category:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-who.asp
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During landing they don't even ask about marital status, so basically when you are signing if you do not read the fine print, you are basically stumped then. This sucks, there should be a way of amending honest mistakes. Not sure what to do now!!
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Do not sponsor the wife, or he will lost his own status.
This is a big big blunder.

If possible, get married now/again so that certificate only shows they married AFTER his PR status......only then can he ever sponsor her......but if that is not possible, then it's better you both go live in home country or immigrate to another country like Australia, NZ, etc, this time declaring truthfully about the marriage.....

If she applies on her own in skilled worker class, she will still have to declare whether she is single or married......no use lieing there....





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Hi

Originally posted by Mini Mini wrote:

During landing they don't even ask about marital status, so basically when you are signing if you do not read the fine print, you are basically stumped then. This sucks, there should be a way of amending honest mistakes. Not sure what to do now!!


Read the COPR (visa) you initial to state that all the information is correct, it shows your martial status, also when the COPR is issued you get a letter that states that if your there is any changes in family composition or martial status, you must inform the issuing office.

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