Conjugal partners

[sandy76]

Hello everyone,

I am a dutch girl in a (same *censored word*) relationship with my girlfriend who lives in Canada. We have been together for 1,5 years and really want to live together in Canada. I visit her every two months for two weeks. I have been filling in the papers but we will be missing some documents to proof that we are a couple, like a shared mortgage, life insurance et cetera. We do have emails, trips together, lots of phone calls, mutual friends, two kids (hers). We are no common-law partners cause I have not lived there for a year. Can someone answer the following questions:
1) Is the year one period or can I just add all the times I have been with her?
2) How can I live with her for a year long when I am not allowed to stay for longer then 6 months?
3) How can the Canadian government expect me to live there for six months if I still have a mortgage back home? Quite my job and hope they won't send me away after six months? I really don't get it. We can only be conjugal partners if I have proof that I can't come to Canada for a year. How can I extend my period to a year? Something else that doesn't make sense: I can't get a job without work permit and I can't get a permit without a job....
4) Does anyone know if I can apply for skilled worker at the same time a family class? Does it make a difference?
5) What change do we have to be accepted as conjugal partners?

Thanks for replying

Sandy

[thaiguy]

1.  No, it's meant to be 12 consecutive months.  There can be small breaks, but it should otherwise be continuous.
2.  A few ways.  She can go to live with you.  Or you could apply for an extension after your first 6-month period ended.  Keep in mind that your cohabitation doesn't have to be in the same country - you could live together in Canada for 6 months and then Holland for 6 months, e.g.
3.  The Canadian government doesn't expect you to do anything.  But if you want to be considered common-law partners, you'll need to live together for 12 consecutive months.
4.  You can only apply under one federal category at a time.
5.  Very little.  It would be inconvenient for you to meet the 12-month cohabitation requirement, but not impossible.

Good luck.