Hi there,
I've been following posts on this forum for several months now, hoping to read a successful story of a conjugal sponsorship of a US Citizen. Here are my details before I present my question:
May 2009: Met boyfriend on line, instantly hit it off and fell in love. He was here as a tourist (he's a world traveler) and decided to rent an apartment until October so we could be together. October is when his 6 months in Canada was up, and he had a contract in the US for temporary work. We did not live together on paper but he spent the last 2 months of this stay with me and my parents.
November - December 2009: I visited him once in the US and met his family and friends, and then flew there again to spend X-mas with his family. Since he was done his contract work, he decided to come back up to Canada until the summer of 2010. However, crossing the border was difficult. It took 4 hours, and the only gave him a 90 Day Visitor Record. Border officials said it may or may not get renewed. He was given the Visitor Record because a) I was in the vehicle with him b) he had no job because he has done contract work so he could travel the world c) he brought a lot of clothes and sports equipment because he planned on visiting and staying with me until the summer.
January to March 2010: He lived with me at my parents house.
March 2010: He left Canada and went back to the US to find temporary work so he could come back in the Fall of this year.
April 2010 to present: I have visited twice in the spring for long weekends, and spent 2 months of my summer there with him and his family.
We have just finished our application and are using an Immigration Consultant, and will be submitting this month. My concern is that we won't qualify as conjugal partners (from reading this forum!). He was divorced just over a year ago, and neither one of us wants to marry yet. We want to live as common - law partners. It's a personal choice we both made, and don't want to be forced into getting married just for immigration purposes. My Immigration Consultant says that our relationship is genuine and he doesn't think we should worry. We have combined our affairs to the extent we could: he's my beneficiary for my pension, RSPs, and my life insurance, and he has also switched me over as his beneficiary. We share credit cards, for use in each other's countries. We talk everyday (via Skype video chat) when we are not together. My bank, and his bank won't allow a joint account because I don't have a social security number and he doesn't have a social insurance number.
Evidence I'm submitting:
-beneficiary designations
-life insurance policies
-letters from credit card companies
-cards noting celebrations, expressing love
-emails while apart
-travel documents (though it's hard to prove the ones where I drove there?)
- confirmation of flights for future travel (sister's wedding in Mexico in December 2010)
- pictures
- Visitor Record for Canada (to show immigration barrier)
-stat. declarations from his parents (notarized)
What do you guys think? Is my immigration consultant just trying to make a quick buck telling me I have nothing to worry about?
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I've been following posts on this forum for several months now, hoping to read a successful story of a conjugal sponsorship of a US Citizen. Here are my details before I present my question:
May 2009: Met boyfriend on line, instantly hit it off and fell in love. He was here as a tourist (he's a world traveler) and decided to rent an apartment until October so we could be together. October is when his 6 months in Canada was up, and he had a contract in the US for temporary work. We did not live together on paper but he spent the last 2 months of this stay with me and my parents.
November - December 2009: I visited him once in the US and met his family and friends, and then flew there again to spend X-mas with his family. Since he was done his contract work, he decided to come back up to Canada until the summer of 2010. However, crossing the border was difficult. It took 4 hours, and the only gave him a 90 Day Visitor Record. Border officials said it may or may not get renewed. He was given the Visitor Record because a) I was in the vehicle with him b) he had no job because he has done contract work so he could travel the world c) he brought a lot of clothes and sports equipment because he planned on visiting and staying with me until the summer.
January to March 2010: He lived with me at my parents house.
March 2010: He left Canada and went back to the US to find temporary work so he could come back in the Fall of this year.
April 2010 to present: I have visited twice in the spring for long weekends, and spent 2 months of my summer there with him and his family.
We have just finished our application and are using an Immigration Consultant, and will be submitting this month. My concern is that we won't qualify as conjugal partners (from reading this forum!). He was divorced just over a year ago, and neither one of us wants to marry yet. We want to live as common - law partners. It's a personal choice we both made, and don't want to be forced into getting married just for immigration purposes. My Immigration Consultant says that our relationship is genuine and he doesn't think we should worry. We have combined our affairs to the extent we could: he's my beneficiary for my pension, RSPs, and my life insurance, and he has also switched me over as his beneficiary. We share credit cards, for use in each other's countries. We talk everyday (via Skype video chat) when we are not together. My bank, and his bank won't allow a joint account because I don't have a social security number and he doesn't have a social insurance number.
Evidence I'm submitting:
-beneficiary designations
-life insurance policies
-letters from credit card companies
-cards noting celebrations, expressing love
-emails while apart
-travel documents (though it's hard to prove the ones where I drove there?)
- confirmation of flights for future travel (sister's wedding in Mexico in December 2010)
- pictures
- Visitor Record for Canada (to show immigration barrier)
-stat. declarations from his parents (notarized)
What do you guys think? Is my immigration consultant just trying to make a quick buck telling me I have nothing to worry about?
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