US Citizen Married in Canada? You may only THINK you're married...

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Originally Posted by ONLY

I put in red in your post what I am addressing.
I am also very interesting in knowing more about a policy to ensure divorces for couples who are not residents. As you have read in SS (SoulShineFemme) post this affects her and also myself. As I do live in Canada, we are hoping at one point that maybe she can stay for a year and then hope she can divorce, and eventually live here. If anyone knows anything to help us out, please let me know (PM me, if you like). Thank you.

Under current law, I think the only options are:

SSF could apply for immigration under the “skilled worker” class, or maybe she could even apply to study here (assuming she would like to go to school) and then once she is in Canada, she can file for divorce (keep in mind that the skilled worker class is the most difficult class of immigration and takes the longest)

or

SSF could come and live with you in Canada for a year and then file for divorce. To do that she would have to leave after 6 months and return so that she could get another 6 month stamp
on her passport . . . then she could file for divorce. She wouldn’t be able to work or be eligible for Medicare during this time. After her divorce, you could apply to sponsor her for immigration under the family class. (You would not be able to sponsor her while she is married to someone else.)