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    Fiance Visa, .. a better alternative

    Hi Merlyns_Tim, thats what I thought to myself too.. First getting married and if the application gets rejected, worrying again what to do.. What if the other person cannot come to the other person's country at all? Living a long-distance marriage..?! Not to mention that CIC might always say...
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    a question about common-law proof!

    Yeah, we do have it.
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    a question about common-law proof!

    Hi there, I am finalizing paperwork for sponsorship under common-law with my boyfriend. I think we collected every possible proof we could think of: I am under his insurance plan, we have joint bank accounts, correspondence to the same address, 2 notarized affidavits from his family and 5...
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    where to send the application from?

    Hi there, I will be applying for sponsorship under common-law with my boyfriend. Due to the timing (he is coming to visit me in 2 weeks time) we plan on sending our outland application from my country. We are just wondering, it does not matter, whether we send the application to Mississauga...
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    a consultant or a lawyer in Toronto to review the application (common-law)

    Hi there, my boyfriend and myself are finalizing the paperwork for the sponsorship application under common-law (finally!). We did it all by ourselves, however we would like a consultant/a lawyer to review the whole application. Does anybody know a consultant or a lawyer, preferably in the...
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    IMM 5490 (questionnaire) question 22/23

    Hi there, I am having some difficulties answering questions 22 and 23 from IMM 5490 and hopefully somebody can help me. I am applying as common-law with my boyfriend (he is the sponsor) and we did not have any partnership ceremony or a reception yet. We plan a wedding or a ceremony at a later...
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    common-law definition

    Hi Ryathe, good luck to you as well! When does your current permit expire? I am asking because looking into the processing times of the work permit applications, maybe your work permit comes before your PR gets approved and you dont have to leave Canada at all:) as for reading stories, you...
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    common-law definition

    my letter says: this letter refers to your application for work permit. your application as requested is refused. then it says that I can apply for a restoration within 90 days and it gives me instructions how to do that and then it says that if I dont intend to apply for restoration, I must...
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    common-law definition

    @ computergeek: You say that one with a departure order should get the passport stamped at the airport to update the system. But I imagine that anyway, every time they look up for a person's name in their system, they should see all the arrival and departure dates??
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    common-law definition

    So I left Canada a month after I received the letter so I followed instructions given by CIC.
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    common-law definition

    hi Ryathe, I came to Canada with an International Experience Canada visa (holiday working visa) and applied for a work permit with a specific employer but the application got rejected. The letter that I received from CIC was a physical letter and it said that I had 90 days to restore my status...
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    common-law definition

    Thats good. Thank you!
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    common-law definition

    OK thank you! I just want to make sure - in the context of my situation, the temporary break in the cohabitation due to lack of status should not cause any red flags, right? Like I mentioned, we still continue our relationship and will be able to prove it.
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    Medical done in Europe and processed by a London office

    Hi there, I will be applying for sponsorship under common-law and I talked to a doctor in my country that is assigned to conduct the medical exam. He mentioned that the results are first sent to a London central office processing the results and it takes 3 months to process the results...
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    common-law definition

    Thank you for your help. But what do you mean with "meeting the other statutory requirements"?
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    common-law definition

    Hi all, I am new on this forum and was able to find a lot of information however I have a question related to my situation and I hope somebody can help me. I lived with my boyfriend in Canada for over a year and we want to apply for the sponsorship under the common law category. I am...