Marrying and Sponsoring a Liechtensteiner
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- The weather is continental, winter is cold and cloudy with frequent snowfall or rain. Summer is moderately warm to cool and cloudy but humid.
Marriage to a Liechtensteiner Citizen
Every country has its own laws that apply to its citizens marrying a person from a different country. Getting married to a Liechtensteiner citizen with the goal of eventually bringing them to Canada to live is a process with many steps.
If you want to bring your Liechtensteiner spouse or partner to live in Canada, you must then file a sponsorship application for them to become a permanent resident. If they would like to visit you in Canada while their application is in process, they must also apply for a visitor visa. For more information, please see our family sponsorship page and our visitor visa page.
Processing Time
If you file a Canadian sponsorship application for your Liechtensteiner spousee or partner, this application takes an average of 10-12 months.
A visitor visa application for your spouse or partner to visit you in Canada while the sponsorship applications are processing takes an average of 3 –14 days.
Please see our pages on family sponsorship and Canadian visitor visa for more information on the processing times of these applications.
Liechtenstein Marriage Basic Requirements
In order to marry a citizen of Liechtenstein, you must demonstrate to the Liechtensteiner government that you are eligible to do so. This includes:
- Proof of country of birth
- Proof of single status
- Proof of age requirement
Liechtenstein Marriage Ceremony
The marriage ceremony to a Liechtensteiner citizen can legally take place in Liechtenstein, Canada, or any other country as long as both parties have the necessary visas to enter this country legally. This marriage can then be recognized when applying for a permanent residence or a visitor visa for your Liechtensteiner spouse. To learn more about ceremony customs, see below.
Family Members
If your Liechtensteiner spouse has dependent children, this does not affect the Liechtensteiner Marriage document application.
If you have dependent children, they have no effect on the application to marry a Liechtensteiner citizen.
Calling Liechtenstein from Canada
The country code is 423, so to call dial 011 – 423 – local number.
Liechtenstein has no area codes. Before 1999, Liechtenstein used Switzerland’s country code, so to call Liechtenstein involved dialing an area code inside Switzerland. Now it has its own country code, though the numbers themselves have not changed.
Cellular phone numbers begin with a 7.
Calling Canada from Liechtenstein
Dial 00 – 1 – area code – local number
Area Codes of Canada
| Province | Code | Province | Code |
| Alberta | 403 / 587 (southern Alberta)
587 / 780 (central and northern Alberta) |
Nunavut | 867 |
| BC | 236 / 250 / 778 (majority of BC)
236 / 604 / 778 (Metro Vancouver) |
Ontario | 226 / 519 (southwestern Ontario)
249 / 705 (northeastern Ontario) 289 / 365 / 905 (Greater Toronto Area) 343 / 613 (eastern Ontario) 416 / 647 (Toronto) 807 (northwestern Ontario) |
| Manitoba | 204 / 431 | PEI | 782 / 902 |
| New Brunswick | 506 | Quebec | 418 / 581 (eastern Quebec)
438 / 514 (Montreal) 450 / 579 (Greater Montreal) 819 / 873 (remainder of Quebec) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 709 | Saskatchewan | 306 / 639 |
| Northwest Territories | 867 | Yukon | 867 |
| Nova Scotia | 782 / 902 |
Time Difference
Liechtenstein is on Central European Time (GMT+1). Liechtenstein participates in Daylight Saving Time; however, like the rest of Europe, Liechtenstein’s DST lasts for a shorter period of time than Canada;s, so there are brief periods twice a year – in October and March – when the time differences below are 1 hour shorter. Because Saskatchewan doesnot participate in DST, the time difference is 1 hour greater in the summer.
| Canadian Time Zone | # of Hours Thailand is Ahead |
| Pacific (BC, Yukon) | 9 hours |
| Mountain (Alberta, western Nunvaut, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan) | 8 hours |
| Central (Manitoba, Northwest Territories, central Nunavut, northwestern Ontario, Saskatchewan*) | 7 hours |
| Eastern (most of Ontario, most of Quebec) | 6 hours |
| Atlantic (Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, eastern Quebec) | 5 hours |
| Newfoundland | 4.5 hours |
Emergency Information for Canadians in Liechtenstein
Embassy of Canada in BerneKirchenfeldstrasse 88 Postal Address: Telephone: 41 (31) 357 3200 |
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Canada’s Travel Alerts for Liechtenstein
Sponsoring a Liechtensteiner to Come to Canada
The sponsorship process can be complicated and lengthy. To learn more about it, click the button below:
