Hello, I am posting for the first time. I am a Canadian citizen, been living in Canada all my 64 years and soon retiring next year. My Colombian girlfriend, that I know for 18 months was just refused her application for refugee and had to return to Colombia because of that and also that her passport was near expiration. She had been here for 2 years on a visitor visa and applied for refugee sometime during last year. She is now in Colombia and went through the process of applying for a supervisa which got refused. She has family in Colombia as well. We were planning on getting married early next year when my retirement funds would start coming in. My question is if I go to Colombia and marry her say before the end of this year, can she somehow legally come and live with me in Canada during the long waiting time before her permanent resident papers are approved ? Even some kind of temporary stay visa. I asked around and it takes about 14-16 months. She is really needed here as her grandchildren miss her a lot and she would rather wait here than over there. Her applying for refugee was a misunderstanding by an immigration lawyer she went to get a consultation on when she went just to get a 6 month extension. She really didn't need to apply as her visa was good. Thanks