No you can't apply common law at all, you need to live together for 12 months straight and you need to prove it by having lots of joint accounts too, which means you have to come here and stay for a full year before you can apply for sponsorship (you need to extend your visa which isn't guaranteed 100%)
Hopefully it will be enough for you, prepare well though and I wish you all the best, and I feel you, long distance is very hard, I had to endure 4 years of long distance before I got married with my husband
Do we need to get married first before doing that joint accounts thing? or we could just do it before getting married? lol I just need clarification. thankful for this forum before arriving there. We are in a long distance for 3 years and its hard.
You can do both but I think it's best to do it before getting married and if for some things they need you to be married like employment benefits then you can do it after getting married
Hi! I know this is a very dumn question. But just wanna make sure if when you are applying for common-law do we need any license or certificate that we are legit in a common-law relationship? Or just having lots of proofs that we are living in the same address for 12 straight months is fine?You're welcome
You just need to prove living together for 12 months, no license or certificate needed for immigration purposes
I hope and I pray your OWP gets accepted soon
When were your apps received? I think I said this in another thread, but I'll repeat here: I'm an October applicant and waited exactly 4 months for my OWP approval. The week or two before my approval, I was feeling the same nerves as you. Hang in there. Hope you get good news soon.
I feel you, I really hope you guys hear good news about his OWP
