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Originally Posted by Malibook
A routine background check to at least make sure the person is really single and not a hardened criminal should be mandatory.
Obviously I mean before the marriage, not after he/she leaves.
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That is already in place. Every applicant needs a police report and most of the time they need it re-done because of the wait time involved.
They also need to declare that they are single (
) ( at the time of marriage to the sponsor) and if they have children but a new form is being asked for to
again declare any children as time to issue the visa gets close. I'm sure that has come from a number of incidents where the immigrant fathered some children while waiting.
I don't know what the answer is anymore.
Edited to add,
The Canadian woman in the article hired a detective after he left maybe a good idea would be to hire one before getting married or starting the process.
1500 Canadian women a year falling for marriage fraud is serious business so before investing money and emotions a few hundred bucks on a detective wouldn't be a bad idea.