Common in law sponsorship question

[Elvish]

Hello,

I am Canadian PR who just got married this week, but the marriage certificate won't be received after 10 weeks. I want to apply my husband as common in law in land as we had been living together for over 2 years. Is this going to be accepted and once i got my marriage certificate I can notify immigrant office that my marriage status get changed? Since my husband's student permit is going to expiry in 2 months, and we would like to get the sponsorship application submitted ASAP.

If anyone can give any suggestion on this, much appreciate it.

 

[k.h.p.]

If, at the date that you apply, you are married, you must select "married" in your application - otherwise you're misrepresenting your status. Then you will need a marriage certificate to apply.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hello,

I am Canadian PR who just got married this week, but the marriage certificate won't be received after 10 weeks. I want to apply my husband as common in law in land as we had been living together for over 2 years. Is this going to be accepted and once i got my marriage certificate I can notify immigrant office that my marriage status get changed? Since my husband's student permit is going to expiry in 2 months, and we would like to get the sponsorship application submitted ASAP.

If anyone can give any suggestion on this, much appreciate it.

When did you become a PR and when did you live together?

 

[k.h.p.]

Right, I didn't catch that. If you've been common-law for "over two years," if your common-law status began before you received your PR, you are barred from sponsoring your husband, ever.

 

[Elvish]

When did you become a PR and when did you live together?

I became PR 12 yrs ago. We lived together in 2017.

 

[k.h.p.]

Okay. Then you don't have to worry about that aspect of it.

 

[Elvish]

If, at the date that you apply, you are married, you must select "married" in your application - otherwise you're misrepresenting your status. Then you will need a marriage certificate to apply.

Thanks. I think I have to apply spouse sponsorship. I saw other thread that some cases submitted their application without marriage certificate and only with marriage license then provided certificate later. It looks like 50/50 chances.

 

[k.h.p.]

The checklist requires a certificate. The "50/50" chances are your application being returned outright, or just a request for the document.

A marriage license does not prove that a marriage took place.