Hello, I am a Canadian woman from Chatham, Ontario. It is a small town about 3 hours southwest of Toronto. I lived in Ottawa for approximately 5 years. I came across this site after doing a search for reliable information. I browsed through your forum and there are many situations similar to mine bit not quite. While my husband was here on a student visa he married me ( a Protestant Christian.) In a religious ceremony which papers are also signed to make it legal as that is the law here. Some years later we separated apart and he moved back to Egypt. We had no further communication and it's been 12 years! I decided to apply for a legal divorce and through another search found out he remarried in Egypt in 2011. What I don't understand is if this is legal there but is not here does that change how I can file for divorce. Forgive me for not understanding. It seems complicated! Thank you! (Add on- we have no children together.)