Common Law Partners?

[rosie25]

I've read that in order for you to sponsor your common law partner you have to show a proof that you've been together for 12 months. For example, I am the first one who is going to Canada, then I'm planning to sponsor my common law partner. Should I show the proof of 12 months of living together before I go to Canada or when I come back to my country?

And what is the timeline? thanks!

[CharlieD10]

If you have already been living together, you MUST declare your common-law partner on your application before you get your visa.  After you land, you can sponsor your partner later on.  You will show that you lived together for at least a year before you left for Canada, or if you haven't yet made it to a year, then you can go back to your homeland, finish up a year of cohabitation and then sponsor them.

If you do not declare him/her as your common law partner on your application and you are already living together, you will not be able to sponsor them after you land.

[rosie25]

Hey Charlie! I was also the one who posted about sponsoring an illegitimate independent child.

If I declare my partner as my common law partner then I should be studying then?

as stated here:
>became a spouse or a common-law partner before the age of 22 and has been continuously enrolled as a full-time student and depended substantially on the financial support of a parent since becoming a spouse or common-law partner.

and what is the timeline please? THANK YOU Charlie!

[ladyinwaiting]

If you are a dependent child on an application, you must not be married or in a common law relationship, otherwise you won't be dependent on your parents anymore.

But if you're applying under Skilled Worker, for example, there's no need to be studying.