steaky said:Here is one:
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/-t36396.0.html
nagz2207 said:I don't understand why his application was rejected??
turquoise said:scylla was right. Also, Even if live with your partner for a year before you get your Permanent residency (PR) is considered a Common law partner. You are obliged to declare him in your PR application by letting Immigration know the change of your status. otherwise, you cannot sponsor your partner anymore unless those one year of living together is just a boyfriend/girlfriend set up (no joint accounts or signed lease together)
nagz2207 said:But I have a question, I just filled my latest tax income return last month and I didn't declared my change of status as married. Since my husband isn't in canada yet and not working here. does that cause a problem??
turquoise said:nagz2207: I did my tax return myself. My spouse & I got married here in Canada. So what I did on mine was I declared I am married then there are questions such as 1. name of spouse 2. is your spouse a canadian resident in 2010? I put my spouse name on question 1. & in 2. I put "NO". in my opinion i don't think it matters because CIC & CRA are two different agencies. As long as when your file your PR or any application to CIC, you have to declare it.
I declared myself as married on my income tax return, and then they wanted to know my husband's income for the year, his SIN and all that - but he has never been to Canada, is not allowed into Canada (his PR application and appeal were rejected), and does not have a SIN. The result, though, was that I did not get my GST refund.turquoise said:nagz2207: I did my tax return myself. My spouse & I got married here in Canada. So what I did on mine was I declared I am married then there are questions such as 1. name of spouse 2. is your spouse a canadian resident in 2010? I put my spouse name on question 1. & in 2. I put "NO". in my opinion i don't think it matters because CIC & CRA are two different agencies. As long as when your file your PR or any application to CIC, you have to declare it.
canadianwoman said:I declared myself as married on my income tax return, and then they wanted to know my husband's income for the year, his SIN and all that - but he has never been to Canada, is not allowed into Canada (his PR application and appeal were rejected), and does not have a SIN. The result, though, was that I did not get my GST refund.
I've seen cases where 'married' or 'not married' on the tax forms was an issue when determining if the relationship was genuine. If you declare 'married', you can use that as proof of a genuine relationship. Usually, though, it is such a minor thing that I don't think CIC would ordinarily check.