• Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Immigration Canada: “Prove to us that your marriage is genuine. Prove that it wasn’t for immigration purposes.”

    My wife and I: “You sure you want that?”

    Immigration Canada: “Make with the proof.”

    My wife and I: 400 pages, front and back, of Skype call logs/timestamps. A fucking literal ream of paper

    • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      12 hours ago

      I don’t want to say the country, but when I went with my wife for me to get residency via marriage, this is how it went.

      Immigration Officer: Do you have any questions? Me: No Immigration Officer: Sign here and come back in a month with your passport to implement the visa Me: Uhh… That’s it? OK Bye.

      • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
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        9 hours ago

        I would

        What, like droit du seigneur? In Denmark it caused a lot of debacle, when people receiving Danish citizenship, had to shake hands with the local mayor during the ceremony. But I do reckon that having to fuck the mayor to get citizenship, would be too much for even the most right wing … nuts

      • EngineerGaming@feddit.nl
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        11 hours ago

        Me who dreads having to give her husband sex when she becomes a wife and hopes he’d pity her enough to not do it to her when she’s clearly miserable and hates every second of it: