Marriage to a Palauan Citizen

Every country has its own laws that apply to its citizens marrying a person from a different country. Getting married to a Palauan citizen with the goal of eventually bringing them to Canada to live is a process with many steps.

If you want to bring your Palauan 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 Palauan spouse 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.

 

Palauan Marriage Basic Requirements

• The future husband and wife each must be over 18 years of age. No medical examination or laboratory test is required.
• A marriage application form is available from the office of the Clerk of Courts located in the Judicial Building.
• A marriage license fee must be paid to the Treasury Office, located in the Administration Building that is near the National Congress Building and the Office of the Vice President. Obtain a receipt for the marriage license fee.
• The future husband and wife each must present an English language affidavits (this affidavit form can be obtained from the Office of the Public Defender located in the Judicial Building), stating their full names, citizenship, and that he and/or she has not been previously married. Then the completed affidavits must be notarized. The notarized affidavits must then be authenticated by the Canadian Embassy.
• Note that if either or both the future husband and wife have been previously married, then he and/or she must present a notarized copy of the divorce papers to a legal translator for translation into English. After which, the signature of the legal translator must be authenticated by the Canadian Embassy.
• The marriage application, the license fee receipt and the appropriate authenticated affidavits must be submitted to the Office of the President for the President’s signature. In the absence of the President, the application is submitted to the Office of the Vice President for his signature.
• Arrangements must be made beforehand with a local Judge or Clergy to perform the marriage ceremony at a fee.
• Following the marriage ceremony, the marriage application must be signed by the Judge or Clergy, the husband, the wife, two witnesses, and then notarized by the Clerk of the Courts.

 

Family Members

If your Palauan spouse has dependent children, this does not affect the Palauan Marriage document application.

If you have dependent children, they have no effect on the application to marry a Palauan citizen.

 

List of Palauan Consulates in Canada

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Calling Palau from Canada

Dial 011 – 680- Area Code – local number

 

List of Area Codes in Palau (landlines only)

Aimeliik	544	Kayangel	876	Ngarchelong	855	Ngchesar	622
Airai	587	Koror	488	Ngardmau	747	Ngiwal	679
Angaur	277	Melekeok	654	Ngaremlengui	733	Peleliu	345
Hatohobei	255	Ngaraard	824	Ngatpang	535	Sonsorol	255

 

Cell Codes in Palau

• Palau Mobile (PMC): 620, 630, 640, 660, 680, 690
• Palau National (PNCC): 770. 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777, 778, 779

 

Calling Canada from Palau

011 / 012 – 1 – Area Code – local number

• 011 / 012 – Exit codes for Palau: PMC customers use 012 and PNCC clients use 011
• 1 – ISD Code or Country Code of Canada

List of Area Codes in 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

Palau is on Indonesia Eastern Time / Japan Standard Time (GMT+9). Palau does not observe Daylight Saving time due to its proximity to the equator.

Canadian Time Zone	# of Hours Palau is Ahead	# of Hours during DST
Pacific (BC, Yukon)	17 hours	16 hours
Mountain (Alberta, western Nunvaut, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan)	16 hours	15 hours
Saskatchewan	15 hours	15 hours
Central (Manitoba, Northwest Territories, central Nunavut, northwestern Ontario)	15 hours	14 hours
Eastern (most of Ontario, most of Quebec)	14 hours	13 hours
Atlantic (Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, eastern Quebec)	13 hours	12 hours
Newfoundland	12.5 hours	11.5 hours

 

Emergency Information for Canadians in Palau

There is no Canadian diplomatic mission in Palau. If you need assistance, contact the Australian Embassy in Micronesia

Embassy of Australia in Pohnpei H & E Enterprises Building Kolonia, Pohnpei Micronesia Postal Address: P.O. Box S, Kolonia, Pohnpei Telephone: 691 320-5448 Fax: 691 320-5449 E-mail: No Email Website: samoa.embassy.gov.au/apia/home.html

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The Government of Canada’s Travel Alerts for Palau

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Sponsoring Your Palauan Spouse to Come to Canada

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Sponsorship Review

Immigroup will review your completed spousal sponsorship application.. Immigroup will make sure you have not made any mistakes on your application or in gathering the documentation of your relationship. We will assess your sponsorship letter and give you peace of mind that you are submitting an application with a very good chance of success. Don’t lose sleep at night worrying about whether you’ve done enough. Call us at 1-866-760-2623 for a review.