Canadian help site for mail-order brides
p2pnet news | Freedom:- “Thinking of marrying and moving to Canada? In the process of having an arranged marriage with someone in Canada? Going to marry someone whom you met through a matchmaking agency? Coming to Canada as a mail order bride?”
That’s quite a list, and there’s more.
“Interested in finding out about the laws in Canada as they relate to mail order brides, Internet brides, or brides of arranged marriages?” – asks Canadian online help site lawforforeignbrides.ca, going on:
“Married to a Canadian and waiting for or wanting to know about sponsorship? Unhappy or do not feel safe in your marriage to a Canadian and wondering what you can do?
Says San San Sy, of Changing Together, a center for immigrant woman in Edmonton, Alberta, which helped launch the site, “We were seeing more and more foreign brides coming to us asking for help.”
Quoted by Reuters, Sy says according to anecdotal evidence, Canada is attracting more foreign brides, “as a place of opportunity where people can build a good future”.
In that sense, the story says, “the tradition of mail-order brides, which goes back more than a century to when lonely Prairie farmers would advertise for a spouse, has changed little.
“The federal immigration ministry says that, in 2006, about 45,000 women arrived as spouses, but it has no data on how many were brides found through the Internet or were part of an arranged marriage.”
What kind of help does the site offer?
Under ‘Before getting married,’ is suggests women should ask:
- Will the marriage take place in or out of Canada?
- If you get married in Canada, can you stay in Canada permanently?
- Can your husband have more than one wife at the same time?
- Will you be sponsored?
- Does your husband have a legal obligation to apply for your sponsorship?
- What are the legal responsibilities of your husband as a sponsor?
- What are your obligations as a sponsored person?
- What does your husband expect of a wife?
- What are your rights in marriage?
- Do you have a legal responsibility to care for your in-laws?
- Do you have to have children?
- After your marriage, if you have children from a previous relationship, will they be allowed to come with you to Canada?
The site is funded by the Alberta Law Foundation and managed by the Legal Resource Center, affiliated with the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Extension department, says Reuters.
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Also See:
Reuters – Canadian Web site aims to help mail-order brides, March 13, 2008
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March 13th, 2008 at 8:34 am
I know someone, a Saskatchewan farmer, who has a Russian bride he met through a website. It’s not really that weird.
March 13th, 2008 at 9:09 am
I know a guy in Ontario who ‘bought’ a bride in Russia. They are now separated, and not amicably.
March 13th, 2008 at 9:49 am
half of marriages end in divorce. and not always amicably. i would guess “buying” a wife has little to do with divorce rates in general.
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