The government has listened to the cries of many Canadians who are duped into marriages that are only for convenience, some intentional and others cruelly duped.
The new legislation would put a crinkle in this arrangement and it will affect everyone who intends to marry and sponsor their partners.
I have seen a Canadian woman who married a Nigerian man, marched on the streets with her wedding gown as a protest demanding government deport the man she worked hard to bring to Canada as her new husband. He came alright but not long after moved out of the wedding home and left her high and dry. But that's not where the story ends. In this story if this man does not have a job he becomes the responsibility of his sponsor and if she does not pay up and he goes on the welfare system, that is a debt that the person who sponsored him would have to pay. It seems unfair but the law is the law. It is our responsibility to ensure that the people we take responsibility for are worth it.
There are also many Indian women and men who are caught in this trap and hearts are broken over this fraudulent behaviour of some people who would do anything to get a landed visa to a western country.
However with the changes now afoot, the government would require greater proof and visas will not be doled out as easily. In some cases a couple will be forced to live together for two or more years before their marriage would be recognised as such under the law. Maybe it is a good thing because during that period the two people if not in love may actually fall in love and decided to stay together.
If there is family violence involved i.e. if a man brings a woman here and abuses her that would would be able to leave and maintain her status even if she has just arrived. This will also be the same for a man who is being abused in any way.
What do you think are some of the benefits and disadvantages of this new rule, would it help or hurt immigrant women? Your views will be greately appreciated.
The new legislation would put a crinkle in this arrangement and it will affect everyone who intends to marry and sponsor their partners.
I have seen a Canadian woman who married a Nigerian man, marched on the streets with her wedding gown as a protest demanding government deport the man she worked hard to bring to Canada as her new husband. He came alright but not long after moved out of the wedding home and left her high and dry. But that's not where the story ends. In this story if this man does not have a job he becomes the responsibility of his sponsor and if she does not pay up and he goes on the welfare system, that is a debt that the person who sponsored him would have to pay. It seems unfair but the law is the law. It is our responsibility to ensure that the people we take responsibility for are worth it.
There are also many Indian women and men who are caught in this trap and hearts are broken over this fraudulent behaviour of some people who would do anything to get a landed visa to a western country.
However with the changes now afoot, the government would require greater proof and visas will not be doled out as easily. In some cases a couple will be forced to live together for two or more years before their marriage would be recognised as such under the law. Maybe it is a good thing because during that period the two people if not in love may actually fall in love and decided to stay together.
If there is family violence involved i.e. if a man brings a woman here and abuses her that would would be able to leave and maintain her status even if she has just arrived. This will also be the same for a man who is being abused in any way.
What do you think are some of the benefits and disadvantages of this new rule, would it help or hurt immigrant women? Your views will be greately appreciated.
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