I see no reason why your boyfriend can't sponsor you if you marry even if you do not live together. You have a chance of applying outland or inland. Outland is faster but could cause you to have to go to your home country if there is an interview. If you apply inland and apply for an open work permit at the same time, the average time to get it is now 11-12 months.
I don't know when your work permit expires but before it expires, if you are on maternity leave, you can apply to change your status to visitor in order to stay in Canada. If you are married and are being sponsored for PR, they will almost always allow you to stay.
first of all, thank you leon for your kind response. i still have a question though because as a far as i reviewed in some threads regarding how to prove the genuine relationship is that we should be living together for at least a year. is that necessary to become eligible in applying for sponsorship? I can live with him in there if not only for my work (cos he's there in toronto while i am here in montreal). but as soon as we got approved i surely will be living with him and start our life together with our baby. I am just worried that the visa officer will denied our application because we don't live together even for a year though we have lots of proofs that we've been in our relationships for 3 years except that living together of course..
btw, my working permit will still expires on july of 2014 so i don't think i would still need to apply for working permit together with the sponsorship if ever so.. do i?
thank you again leon.
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