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Marriage and Family Reunification Visas

Australia, Canada, Britain, New Zealand and the USA have specific rules and regulations that allow for prospective spouses, spouses, common law couples and family members to apply for immigration visas and such a visa enables the applicant to enter the specific country as a permanent residence of that country provided that the applicant fulfills all the conditions related to the specific visa.

A spouse, prospective spouse or common law spouse is able to apply for a visa based on the strength of his/her relationship with a citizen or permanent resident of that country. In order for the visa to be granted, the applicant must prove that a genuine relationship exits between the applicant and the citizen/permanent resident by submitting the appropriate and relevant documentation. Recently, Britain has permitted the granting of a visa based on same sex marriages, and prospective same sex marriage. Britain, Canada and Australia allow visas for common law spouses including same sex spouses/interdependent partners.

In limited circumstances and provided that certain requirements are satisfied, a child is able to sponsor his/her parents and parents are able to sponsor a dependent child or adopted child or orphan relative for a permanent resident visa. For the specific requirements of obtaining such a visa, please refer to the country where the sponsoring child resides.

In most countries, the fact that an applicant has a brother or sister who is a citizen of that country does NOT provide a basis for obtaining a visa. In such instances, the fact that an applicant has a close family member who is a citizen of that country will provide additional points in the skilled migration program or enable the applicant to be sponsored by the relative in the skilled migration program. The USA allows an applicant to apply for a green card on the basis that his/her sister or brother is a USA citizen (this process may take up to 15 years to complete).

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