I married an American in 2007 and we did the application(an in Canada application) ourselves and it wasn’t too difficult (we never felt we needed legal advice just followed the website.) However if they don’t know where they are going to live I think they could have trouble. Just because the maximum you are allowed to stay in Canada for 6 months doesn’t mean they have to let you in for 6 months. If you show up at the border together newly married and say “we are going to live in Canada for 6 months and see if we like it” I wouldn’t be surprised if they weren’t let it. They are going to assume you are working illegally.
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