marrying a Dominican

I lived in the Dominican with my boyfriend, and have returned to Canada because of my father's ailing health. My Dominican boyfriend and I have decided to get married, don't worry, we have been through a whole lot together, and I know what I am doing. I have heard all the warnings. He would rather not live in Canada, but I don't want to move back to the Dominican, because I need to be close to my family right now. I have searched all the archives, and haven't found much on what to do, or how to go about this. I am looking for similar couples who have already gone through this for advice - what to do, what not to do, etc. PLEASE HELP!!!
Thank you very much!

Dear Trina,

HI, my name is Angela and I too am going through something similar, only I am trying to bring him to Canada for a 2 week holiday and apparently, I am told it's nearly impossible, even if you get married it could take up to 2 years! HELP, is what I feel to, I'd love to e-mail you more, but not on the board, so please e-mail me at angeladou@hotmail.com and I'll give you more info about my scenario.

P.S. I am very glad to hear of a positive realtionship, between Dominicans and Canadian. I am tired of hearing the bewares, there are too many people that don't believe it's possible to find true love! I am glad I am not the only one!

Look forward to your e-mail,

Angela

[Dolores]

This topic has been extensively covered in the message board over the past three years or more. Try again searching all the archives, all the way back. Use keywords such as "marrying a Dominican", "marriage", "visa", "fiancé" and you should be able to locate the emails of several with whom you can correspond by email so as to get much more information. The information in our archives is especially helpful as one of the most important considerations on "how to go about this" is resolving the matter of his getting a visa to live in Canada.

Trina
love can move mountain
keep the hope
with the time all will be ok

follow you heart

did you got my email?

Dear Trina. My wife received her Landed imigrant papers exactly six months and two weeks after the Canadian Embassy received her application to immigrate. The whole process, from the time I applied at my end, Canada, took ten months. Do not get discouraged
by others, if your boyfriend/husband is worth it, he's worth the wait. I know my wife is worth the wait. Our plan is for her to stay in Canada long enough to get a Canadian passport ( 3 years) then I apply to residency in the DR. THEN OUR OPTIONS ARE OPEN WITHOUT BIG HASSLES GOING THROUGH THE STATES. If you require specific answers to specific questions e-mail me.

Trina,

Why don't you and your boyfriend have a frank dialogue about the situation. If that fails, perhaps you can talk it out with a member of the clergy, or a pre-marital counselor.

I married an American. I wanted to go back to the DR after completing my studies in the US, but we both came to the conclusion that the States would be a better option to live at this time. Plus, his career was difficult to transfer there (we now hear of American attorneys working in the DR though, so I might just entice him one of these days ;-)

As part of getting married in a Roman Catholic church in the DR, we had to go through the usual pre-marital counseling called pre-cana. This was extremely helpful and I highly recommend that you seek some form of counseling before getting married.

If you have love, then most things generally work out. I stayed here for love and now I don't think much about where we live as long as I am with my husband. I am sure all will work out for you. Good luck!

Regards,
Natasha

you all canadian women has nothing to do than just be thinking in married dominican men?
this topic has been debated over and over in last few years.
natasha, phillys, trina, etc, etc, and etc, please give me a break

Had a bad day at work, John? I suggest you read DR1's message entitled "Let's try again". It advises that we try to choose our words carefully before we post them here, for one thing.

Don't know why you decided include me in your message, I simply gave a suggestion that would apply to anyone getting married regardless of nationality. Chill out my man, and skip those topics you don't want to read :-)

Regards,
Natasha

Where else would you seek advice on marrying a dominicano/a if not here, WHERE are you from John, obviously not Canada. You sound a little jealous of other people attempts to be happy.

Bob/Natsha

many men from others nationalitys
hate the idea that a woman are interesting in a dominican men
and many negative mesage that are posting
about dominican men are not posting by woman
but by men

peace