You can’t move to Canada in May you can visit. You should not appear as if you are relocating by bringing all your belongings. Once you have receive AOR from your spousal sponsorship you can apply for an SOWP. Depending on the province you may not qualify for provincial healthcare for some...
You didn’t inform IRCC as soon as you became common law and it’s unclear what kind of proof you submitted to prove that you are common law. You always had to prove that you were common law but VOs are also on alert because many temporary residents don’t have a clear pathway to PR and are...
To add to what @Gumby749 said you must provide concrete proof of your common law relationship. For example you need to provide proof for the the start of your 1 year of continuous living together like a lease with both your names on it, bills from the both of you with the same address starting...
Can’t compare 2022 and 2025. What once used to be to relatively easy and fast is no longer the case. You need to talk to people applying in the past 6-9 months.
They may have been required to prove that they could not obtain their home country passport or are stateless to obtain the COI. If you do not meet the requirements to obtain a COI you should be pursuing obtaining your home country passport if it is expired. COI also not likely accepted by all...
As I mentioned previously you should be traveling on your home country passport. If it is impossible to renew your home country passport from Canada you can apply for COI and then apply for your home country passport if visiting a country where you can renew your home country passport.
You need to be speaking to a lawyer not a consultant. They will hopefully give you an honest opinion about your situation and what may be your options. Working illegally and accruing more debt is just adding to your problem not helping it.