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25 July 2017

Fraud Marriages Target Canada International Students

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July 24, 2017 - Indian newspapers are running ads shamelessly requesting brides for fraud marriages to exploit Canada's international student visa system.
Canada Immigration

July 24, 2017 – Indian newspapers are running ads shamelessly requesting brides for fraud marriages to exploit Canada's international student visa system.

Families are requesting young women, with the required qualifications to come to Canada as international students, to marry their sons. The sons then qualify for a spousal visa as part of the application. In most cases, the son's family offers to cover all the education expenses of the bride.

The arrangement can last for years, until the son is able to achieve permanent resident status and eventually citizenship off the back of time spent working in Canada.

It shows the lengths families are prepared to go to give their sons the opportunity of moving to a western country.

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