[Brenda]

Yogi wrote:

Brenda wrote:

Which makes immigration VERY easy.
"hey, I met you on FB, I want to come to Canada, play my partner for a while, k? Then you hit me, I leave you, you get a slap on the wrist, I pay you $25k, and I am in. Deal?"

The 'offender', Canadian or immigrant, gets a criminal record out of the deal. I don't know any folks who would knowingly do this!

Mehh, the police don't even come for domestic violence anymore, you have to wait weeks before you can file a report, and the courts are filled with murderers that get a slap on the wrist. I'm not impressed by the "criminal record" thing.

[Yogi]

Brenda wrote:

Yogi wrote:

Brenda wrote:

Which makes immigration VERY easy.
"hey, I met you on FB, I want to come to Canada, play my partner for a while, k? Then you hit me, I leave you, you get a slap on the wrist, I pay you $25k, and I am in. Deal?"

The 'offender', Canadian or immigrant, gets a criminal record out of the deal. I don't know any folks who would knowingly do this!

Mehh, the police don't even come for domestic violence anymore, you have to wait weeks before you can file a report, and the courts are filled with murderers that get a slap on the wrist. I'm not impressed by the "criminal record" thing.

I don't believe that for a moment!

[atethepaint]

I lived in Moscow, Russia for 2 years. Met my Russian wife there. Married there. Lived with her and we decided to get her Permanent Residence in Canada not only because it's my homeland but also because our future children can have more opportunities in life than if I immigrated to Russia.

We've had to be apart, her in Russia and me in Canada, for some time now and there's no end in sight as we go through the PR process. It could take up to 1.5 years. It's cost us thousands of dollars so far. She won't be eligible for any government benefits for 3 years, so she couldn't possibly be a drain on the system.

She's a healthy, educated, intelligent young woman of child-bearing age, and soon to be a tax-paying and home-owning resident married to a citizen. If she decides to, she'll eventually become a citizen herself. Our children will be citizens.

If the arguments I've read in this thread are correct, she's not welcome here because she's an immigrant? Well, this Canadian citizen thinks differently. In fact, if my country, which I love, is regressing into an ignorant society of garbage-spewing yokels, then maybe we're talking about deporting the wrong people?

I'm just saying.

[Wada]

Excellent point you who atethepaint.

[andyt]

atethepaint wrote:

I lived in Moscow, Russia for 2 years. Met my Russian wife there. Married there. Lived with her and we decided to get her Permanent Residence in Canada not only because it's my homeland but also because our future children can have more opportunities in life than if I immigrated to Russia.

We've had to be apart, her in Russia and me in Canada, for some time now and there's no end in sight as we go through the PR process. It could take up to 1.5 years. It's cost us thousands of dollars so far. She won't be eligible for any government benefits for 3 years, so she couldn't possibly be a drain on the system.

She's a healthy, educated, intelligent young woman of child-bearing age, and soon to be a tax-paying and home-owning resident married to a citizen. If she decides to, she'll eventually become a citizen herself. Our children will be citizens.

If the arguments I've read in this thread are correct, she's not welcome here because she's an immigrant? Well, this Canadian citizen thinks differently. In fact, if my country, which I love, is regressing into an ignorant society of garbage-spewing yokels, then maybe we're talking about deporting the wrong people?

I'm just saying.

I guess you've lost some of your English ability speaking only Russian. The post is about the immigrant spouse having to stay married to the sponsoring spouse for 2 years before s/he gets pr status. What's wrong with that? If your wife divorces you as soon as she sets foot in Canada, but still wants the right to stay here, you think that's a good thing? Personally I would make the requirement 5 years.