Hello,
I have read through the forum and it seems as I have found some answers, but I wanted to post my specific situation to get the best answer, so please bare with me.
I am 25, a Canadian citizen, and a university graduate with a relatively good paying job. I met my girlfriend in Macedonia a couple years ago, and we have kept a close relationship ever since. She applied for a tourist visa in September 2014, and was granted a 5 year tourist visa with the maximum time spent in Canada during those 5 years to be 6 months. In November 2014 she came to visit me in Canada for about two months. She left on January 7th 2015. Therefore, she has basically 4 months left on her tourist visa.
We would like to start a life together here in Canada, and I want to marry her and sponsor her. I am just a little confused on the process in terms of the timeline and what rights she has here before everything is finally approved. If she comes to visit me using her tourist visa, and we get married while she is here, does she need to make sure to bring any specific doucmunets from Macedonia so we can get married? Also, once we are married legally, what is the next step? Can she stay here and work or go to school, as if she was a canadian citizen? Thanks,
Mike
I have read through the forum and it seems as I have found some answers, but I wanted to post my specific situation to get the best answer, so please bare with me.
I am 25, a Canadian citizen, and a university graduate with a relatively good paying job. I met my girlfriend in Macedonia a couple years ago, and we have kept a close relationship ever since. She applied for a tourist visa in September 2014, and was granted a 5 year tourist visa with the maximum time spent in Canada during those 5 years to be 6 months. In November 2014 she came to visit me in Canada for about two months. She left on January 7th 2015. Therefore, she has basically 4 months left on her tourist visa.
We would like to start a life together here in Canada, and I want to marry her and sponsor her. I am just a little confused on the process in terms of the timeline and what rights she has here before everything is finally approved. If she comes to visit me using her tourist visa, and we get married while she is here, does she need to make sure to bring any specific doucmunets from Macedonia so we can get married? Also, once we are married legally, what is the next step? Can she stay here and work or go to school, as if she was a canadian citizen? Thanks,
Mike