legal or not legal, that is the question

[sammystorm19]

Ok so I know the answer already, but I need some other options on this. Mods if this is not in the right area, please feel free to move. I just need to vent a little bit!

A friend of mine is down in the Dominican Republic right now. She is planning on getting married on February 6th. Funny thing is, she is still married here in Canada. She can't even file for divorce until the end of April. And according to the DR consulate website, she is suppose to wait for 10 months until after it is even final to get remarried in the DR. Her boyfriend wanted a quick marriage, he is 25 and she is 39. And the killer is she only met him in November and has sent him down close to 2000.00 since her last visit in December. I have given up an telling her about the resort guys and how they work. I said, stop sending him money and see what happens.

Ok back to the marriage thing.

Her boyfriend told her that he knows of a lawyer down in the DR that will get her papers saying that she has single status and that she has never been married before, so she can get married down there. Is she really that stupid, yes she is, she is still married up here. What the hell is she thinking.

So are there lawyers down there that do this kind of thing? Her marriage isn't going to be vaild, right? Like she is still married up here in Canada.

She will never be able to bring him here to Canada because she needs to prove that they are married, when they got married and etc.

Is this marriage even going to be vaild.

I have washed my hands of trying to tell her to read this forum and seek some guidence. I don't even know if I am going to be able to face her when she comes back. This is all just a big sham and just to funny. I can't stop laughing at how stupid she is, thinking that this marriage is going to be legal. What is she thinking????

Ok that was my vent, I have no one else to really vent to about this and I just need some other options. I know that people on here will just tell me how it is and I am looking forward to that. That is why I love everyone on here.



Cheers
Erin

PS, kind of wish I was there to watch this sham of a marriage and to get the heck out of this snow!

[La Mariposa]

Originally Posted by sammystorm19

Ok so I know the answer already, but I need some other options on this. Mods if this is not in the right area, please feel free to move. I just need to vent a little bit!

A friend of mine is down in the Dominican Republic right now. She is planning on getting married on February 6th. Funny thing is, she is still married here in Canada. She can't even file for divorce until the end of April. And according to the DR consulate website, she is suppose to wait for 10 months until after it is even final to get remarried in the DR. Her boyfriend wanted a quick marriage, he is 25 and she is 39. And the killer is she only met him in November and has sent him down close to 2000.00 since her last visit in December. I have given up an telling her about the resort guys and how they work. I said, stop sending him money and see what happens.

Ok back to the marriage thing.

Her boyfriend told her that he knows of a lawyer down in the DR that will get her papers saying that she has single status and that she has never been married before, so she can get married down there. Is she really that stupid, yes she is, she is still married up here. What the hell is she thinking.

So are there lawyers down there that do this kind of thing? Her marriage isn't going to be vaild, right? Like she is still married up here in Canada.

She will never be able to bring him here to Canada because she needs to prove that they are married, when they got married and etc.

Is this marriage even going to be vaild.

I have washed my hands of trying to tell her to read this forum and seek some guidence. I don't even know if I am going to be able to face her when she comes back. This is all just a big sham and just to funny. I can't stop laughing at how stupid she is, thinking that this marriage is going to be legal. What is she thinking????

Ok that was my vent, I have no one else to really vent to about this and I just need some other options. I know that people on here will just tell me how it is and I am looking forward to that. That is why I love everyone on here.



Cheers
Erin

PS, kind of wish I was there to watch this sham of a marriage and to get the heck out of this snow!

Tell her that bigamy is a criminal offense in our Canadian Criminal code.

290. (1) Every one commits bigamy who

(a) in Canada,

(i) being married, goes through a form of marriage with another person,

(ii) knowing that another person is married, goes through a form of marriage with that person, or

(iii) on the same day or simultaneously, goes through a form of marriage with more than one person; or


(b) being a Canadian citizen resident in Canada leaves Canada with intent to do anything mentioned in subparagraphs (a)(i) to (iii) and, pursuant thereto, does outside Canada anything mentioned in those subparagraphs in circumstances mentioned therein.


291. (1) Every one who commits bigamy is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years

[Johana]

Maybe he's arranged for her to get a quick Domincan divorce while she is there. Then she could sign the single-status affadavit and have it translated there.
And the 10 month waiting rule is for a Dominican woman that is divorced (unless she is re-marrying the man that she divorced.)

[Ezequiel]

Originally Posted by sammystorm19

Ok so I know the answer already, but I need some other options on this. Mods if this is not in the right area, please feel free to move. I just need to vent a little bit!

A friend of mine is down in the Dominican Republic right now. She is planning on getting married on February 6th. Funny thing is, she is still married here in Canada. She can't even file for divorce until the end of April. And according to the DR consulate website, she is suppose to wait for 10 months until after it is even final to get remarried in the DR. Her boyfriend wanted a quick marriage, he is 25 and she is 39. And the killer is she only met him in November and has sent him down close to 2000.00 since her last visit in December. I have given up an telling her about the resort guys and how they work. I said, stop sending him money and see what happens.

Ok back to the marriage thing.

Her boyfriend told her that he knows of a lawyer down in the DR that will get her papers saying that she has single status and that she has never been married before, so she can get married down there. Is she really that stupid, yes she is, she is still married up here. What the hell is she thinking.

So are there lawyers down there that do this kind of thing? Her marriage isn't going to be vaild, right? Like she is still married up here in Canada.

She will never be able to bring him here to Canada because she needs to prove that they are married, when they got married and etc.

Is this marriage even going to be vaild.

I have washed my hands of trying to tell her to read this forum and seek some guidence. I don't even know if I am going to be able to face her when she comes back. This is all just a big sham and just to funny. I can't stop laughing at how stupid she is, thinking that this marriage is going to be legal. What is she thinking????

Ok that was my vent, I have no one else to really vent to about this and I just need some other options. I know that people on here will just tell me how it is and I am looking forward to that. That is why I love everyone on here.



Cheers
Erin

PS, kind of wish I was there to watch this sham of a marriage and to get the heck out of this snow!

I always ask myself how can Dominican chopos(as) with NO education, that barely know how to read or write managed to outsmart people with a first word education!!!!!!!!!

[bob saunders]

Originally Posted by Ezequiel

I always ask myself how can Dominican chopos(as) with NO education, that barely know how to read or write managed to outsmart people with a first word education!!!!!!!!!

Because the brain between the legs is indeed small.

[sammystorm19]

Originally Posted by La Mariposa

Tell her that bigamy is a criminal offense in our Canadian Criminal code.

290. (1) Every one commits bigamy who

(a) in Canada,

(i) being married, goes through a form of marriage with another person,

(ii) knowing that another person is married, goes through a form of marriage with that person, or

(iii) on the same day or simultaneously, goes through a form of marriage with more than one person; or


(b) being a Canadian citizen resident in Canada leaves Canada with intent to do anything mentioned in subparagraphs (a)(i) to (iii) and, pursuant thereto, does outside Canada anything mentioned in those subparagraphs in circumstances mentioned therein.


291. (1) Every one who commits bigamy is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years

And I tried to tell her that!!!! She just wouldn't listen.

As for the quick Domincan divorce thing, well that isn't happening at all. I asked her about that and she said that she would deal with all this when she got back. Her soon to be ex husband here did agree to a divorce, but she isn't signing the papers till april!

Like unreal!!!! I have met this guy and he isn't all that and a bag of chips. He works on the resort, in the disco, trying to get the ladies to dance. He is totally taking her for every penny that she has. I know, some people might say that this is true love, but she is commiting a criminal offence!!!

I just needed to here what others thought of this because I have just given up and trying to stop her from doing this and I just needed to vent. Others don't understand about this and I knew people here would.

As for the 10th month waiting period, thanks for letting me know. I wasn't sure if that was for Canadians or ladies from the Dominican Republic. That is good information to know as my bestfriend is getting married later this year and she was waiting for the full 10 month period, but unlike my friend that I am talking about here, she is going about this the right way.

Thanks everyone!!!

Cheers
Erin

[scrubmuncher]

What a stupid woman, I think she deserves everything she gets, and some.
Yes you get corrupt legals here, more corrupt than straight when it comes to the law and official doings, literally everything can be bought, from freedom from prison to legal documents for marriage.
No need to keep telling her how stupid she is, surely she knows she is being used and once the money stops, physical abuse tends to become quite common. Enough until she leaves which saves him the job of kicking her out and leaves him with half of all she owns, from knives and forks to houses and saving. Half of everything and they do get it, every time.
As said, you are describing someone who deserves it so carry on!!

[sammystorm19]

I agree that she is very stupid. I just don't know what to tell her anymore. She is the one that will never be able to bring him here. She has kids and won't be able to move there because her husband now won't let her take the kids. She is freaking CRAZY!!!!

[kevadair]

I didn't get married in the DR, but a Canadian woman met a guy I know here and he introduced her to me. She got my email off my card, and I spent the next few months trying (like you are trying) to get her to rethink the whole thing. She still got married, he started robbing her and her mom more quickly, she realized her mistake, and she ended up getting a Canadian annulment based on fraud. That might be more difficult if she's lying to the Canadian government to get married in the first place.

First, here's the advice that I gave that the Canadian woman ignored: Live with the guy in his country for at least a month before you marry him! Who would ever get married without living together first?! If she lives with him for even a month here in the DR, she'l know things like if he has kids, or a wife that he calls every time he goes to the bathroom.

Second, since this is all Canada and such, if you send me a private message with your email, I'll send it on to her, and maybe she can contact your friend. No promises that she will follow-up, but I have her info and I could contact her if you like.

If not, wish you friend multiple lives of happiness for her multiple marriages, from me.

Kevin

[La Mariposa]

Originally Posted by sammystorm19

And I tried to tell her that!!!! She just wouldn't listen.

As for the quick Domincan divorce thing, well that isn't happening at all. I asked her about that and she said that she would deal with all this when she got back. Her soon to be ex husband here did agree to a divorce, but she isn't signing the papers till april!

Like unreal!!!! I have met this guy and he isn't all that and a bag of chips. He works on the resort, in the disco, trying to get the ladies to dance. He is totally taking her for every penny that she has. I know, some people might say that this is true love, but she is commiting a criminal offence!!!

I just needed to here what others thought of this because I have just given up and trying to stop her from doing this and I just needed to vent. Others don't understand about this and I knew people here would.

As for the 10th month waiting period, thanks for letting me know. I wasn't sure if that was for Canadians or ladies from the Dominican Republic. That is good information to know as my bestfriend is getting married later this year and she was waiting for the full 10 month period, but unlike my friend that I am talking about here, she is going about this the right way.

Thanks everyone!!!

Cheers
Erin

The 10 months waiting rule doesn't apply to her.
Tell her that for her own sake if she gets married you'll report her to the district attorney and to the Canadian immigration too.