I and my two children came into Canada in June 2017 as refugees. The basis of my claim was domestic violence, female genital mutilation and gender persecution. My claim was accepted. We got our PR in 2019 and that was when a lawyer advised that I could invite my husband to visit with us, which I did. But he was refused a visa. The same lawyer said that since I have my PR and that the domestic violence from my husband was not life threatening because I was running from my husband people that I could sponsor him. I took his counsel. I did not know any better and i put in the sponsorship application which was denied on the basis that my marriage was not genuine.. The lawyer said I should appeal the decision which we did. During the appeal, they focused more on my refugee claim and most of my response began to negate my refugee claim. During the application for sponsorship, I included lots of communication between my husband, which was used against me. At the end, the appeal was declined.