Been gone awhile, and it ain't over yet.... Here's the story.

**Roham** · 09-11-2011, 11:35 PM

I got married.

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Long story short...

Whirlwind 6 month long distance romance. She's from Iran, actually I was born there but left shortly after cause of the revolution.... I don't speak Farsi by the way, just German.... Anyways, if I were to go there I would have to join the army for 2 years, among other bullshit, so we met in Austria for a month(My mothers homeland), and married on July 1st 2011..... 7 days later I was back in Canada and shortly after getting refused two tourist visas to Canada she's back in Iran. Now I'm balls deep in forms and applications to get her permanent residency, which could take a year. Oh, one more fact, my family has known her family for more than 40 years, although they had nothing to do with us hooking up, just a nice coincidence.... So sorry about my inactivity lately, and i don't know how active I can be for the immediate future, but I will be poking around

Wish me luck on the application if you can... It's been super hard, a roller coaster of emotions and stress hehe But nothing good in life is ever easy, right???

Still smokin' like mad when I can though, like now

Keeps me sane

**Roham** · 09-11-2011, 11:45 PM

Oh shit, and I gotta probably move outta that god damn van down by the river soon

**craig** · 09-11-2011, 11:58 PM

Congratulations, and good luck with the PRC process!

**prophetic_joe** · 09-12-2011, 02:16 AM

Well shit man congrats on the marriage. Sorry to hear about the other issues. I hope it all gets sorted out fairly smoothly so you and your new bride can actually enjoy a bit of your first year together. Here's crossing my fingers for a speedy resolution to this process.

**cigarsarge** · 09-12-2011, 05:21 AM

Good luck with everything going on in your life...

**cinda** · 09-12-2011, 05:36 AM

Wow! All my best! Congrats!

**ashauler** · 09-12-2011, 06:25 AM

Congrats and good luck with the paperwork.

**Mizicke5273** · 09-12-2011, 07:14 AM

Congratulations and hope the paper work is approved!

**ggiese** · 09-12-2011, 08:25 AM

Originally Posted by Roham

I got married.

Long story short...

Whirlwind 6 month long distance romance. She's from Iran, actually I was born there but left shortly after cause of the revolution.... I don't speak Farsi by the way, just German.... Anyways, if I were to go there I would have to join the army for 2 years, among other bullshit, so we met in Austria for a month(My mothers homeland), and married on July 1st 2011..... 7 days later I was back in Canada and shortly after getting refused two tourist visas to Canada she's back in Iran. Now I'm balls deep in forms and applications to get her permanent residency, which could take a year. Oh, one more fact, my family has known her family for more than 40 years, although they had nothing to do with us hooking up, just a nice coincidence.... So sorry about my inactivity lately, and i don't know how active I can be for the immediate future, but I will be poking around

Wish me luck on the application if you can... It's been super hard, a roller coaster of emotions and stress hehe But nothing good in life is ever easy, right???

Still smokin' like mad when I can though, like now

Keeps me sane

That's awesome! She must be a very special lady for you to be going through all of this...

A good friend of mine emigrated from China many, many moons ago - and it was necessary he leave his wife behind. It took him years to sort through all the red tape. An arduous journey, but the reunion was incredibly special.

I hope your situation does not take years to resolve and it is relatively painless (...not sure about that, though - those Canadian Customs and Immigration agents are something "special"

) - but know there is light at the end of that tunnel. And - it will be incredibly special when you two are finally together.

**buzz** · 09-12-2011, 09:46 AM

Congrats on the wedding and good luck with the paperwork, hopefully it will go smoothly and quick. Hope to see you around more often!

**badwhale** · 09-12-2011, 10:01 AM

Congrats & good luck.

Will

**mail man** · 09-12-2011, 11:26 AM

Wow, talk about hectic.

Here's to a speedy resolution to the paperwork, and a big congrats.

**CoventryCat86** · 09-13-2011, 05:38 PM

C'mon, just join the Army for two years, it will make everything a whole lot simpler.

She's a hottie there Roham.

Good luck getting it all worked out.

**Roger** · 09-13-2011, 08:24 PM

Congrats and blessings on the paper work.

**CptnBlues63** · 09-14-2011, 10:30 AM

Congrat's Roham!!!!!

My wife is from the US so I'm all too familiar with your present situation. However, when we married in 2002, she was able to come live with me while we went through the whole immigration process. It took two years and all kinds of jumping through hoops before she attained her 'permanent resident' status and got a SIN number and could work. I've heard that since we went through the process the Canadian gov't changed the immigration rules so I don't know what they are now if they have indeed changed.

I suggest you contact an immigration lawyer if you can afford one. Even if it's just for a consultation to ensure you know all the rules and regulations. Perhaps there's still a way for her to come live with you while you do the immigration dance. I know in 2002 all that was stipulated was that I had to fully support her for the entire process (2 years) which I was more than happy to do as I'm sure you would be more than happy to do for your wife.

If you can afford to pay one of those bloodsuckers to do their job for you, then I'd hire one and get them on it. If they've been doing this for a while, they'll know all the in's and out's and be able to shorten the process down to the least amount of time possible. Being a not very trusting guy myself, I'd be checking around and asking for recommendations before deciding on a bloodsucker.....errr....lawyer if you go that route.

**buzz** · 09-14-2011, 10:32 AM

mrtr33 is a good lawyer, and he's cheap.

**mrtr33** · 09-14-2011, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by buzz

mrtr33 is a good lawyer, and he's cheap.

True. Just ignore everything he tells you, and never answer his phone calls.

**chrisboy** · 09-15-2011, 04:21 AM

Congratulations Roham! Nice pics, great lovely wife.

Our situations share an uncanny resemblance. The long distance thing, refused Canadian tourist visas, and now marriage (very soon for me) and immigration paperwork.

I feel your pain, and I do wish you the best of luck, hoping it bounces back on me too!

If all goes well then someday we might be able to share a smoke or two.

Chris

**Roham** · 09-23-2011, 03:36 AM

Originally Posted by CptnBlues63

Congrat's Roham!!!!!

My wife is from the US so I'm all too familiar with your present situation. However, when we married in 2002, she was able to come live with me while we went through the whole immigration process. It took two years and all kinds of jumping through hoops before she attained her 'permanent resident' status and got a SIN number and could work. I've heard that since we went through the process the Canadian gov't changed the immigration rules so I don't know what they are now if they have indeed changed.

I suggest you contact an immigration lawyer if you can afford one. Even if it's just for a consultation to ensure you know all the rules and regulations. Perhaps there's still a way for her to come live with you while you do the immigration dance. I know in 2002 all that was stipulated was that I had to fully support her for the entire process (2 years) which I was more than happy to do as I'm sure you would be more than happy to do for your wife.

If you can afford to pay one of those bloodsuckers to do their job for you, then I'd hire one and get them on it. If they've been doing this for a while, they'll know all the in's and out's and be able to shorten the process down to the least amount of time possible. Being a not very trusting guy myself, I'd be checking around and asking for recommendations before deciding on a bloodsucker.....errr....lawyer if you go that route.

Thanks for your advice. I've been working on it for a month, hard.... I'm almost done! Whew.... Hopefully it'll be ready to send to them in the next two weeks... I probably will be taking it to a lawyer to take a look at it the day before I send it off.

**CptnBlues63** · 09-23-2011, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by Roham

Thanks for your advice. I've been working on it for a month, hard.... I'm almost done! Whew.... Hopefully it'll be ready to send to them in the next two weeks... I probably will be taking it to a lawyer to take a look at it the day before I send it off.

I'm happy to help in any way I can......which won't be much.........other than the advice I've already given.

I recommended the immigration lawyer because they'll know all the in's and out's and with luck, make it so your lady can come and join you as quickly as possible. By that I mean, faster than if you do application yourself. I don't know, but at the very least if you consult one, you can find out if there is a way they can expedite getting her here.

I know all too well what it's like to be married to someone who lives in another country and not be able to see them. There was a gap of 8 or 10 months between our wedding and her moving here and I was only able to go visit her once during that period.

I hope you get your wife here and living with you quickly!