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

[buzz]

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]

Congrats & good luck.

Will

[mail man]

Wow, talk about hectic.

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

[CoventryCat86]

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]

Congrats and blessings on the paper work.

[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.

[buzz]

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

[Roham]

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.