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So does this sound like a plan: -I go up on one year working holiday, live with him, get on the lease, get shared bank account -after 12 months, apply right away via common law -stay a couple months not working, in savings, until step 1 goes through -go back and live and work in the US for...

Oh good! I thought someone on here said that employment was NOT a valid reason to stay apart, or that leaving merely to be able to work would suggest that it wasn't genuine. And yes, a mortgage sounds like it would be good evidence. Do you think, if possible, it would be good for us to make a...

Ahhhh ok. Is that true? I thought common-law merely required that you had lived together for 12-months at some point in the (recent-ish) past, but after establishing the 12 months, could break it while the app was in process. I guess not, you have to keep living together. Well then, a marriage...

HoneyEllis, I think you misunderstand me; I'm in the exact same situation you are in basically, and want to be able to do what you did: work in my home country while the application is going through. I'm not complaining about the separation. I'm complaining about the fact that they won't let me...

Well that sucks because how do they expect us to support ourselves for a year or two while waiting for permanent residency?? I was offered a permanent job last time I was working in Canada on working holiday, but the labor market opinion for that visa got turned down. 1 income families are hard...

Ok. That answers that. So I'd live on savings combined with him supporting us for a few months. Then activate my one-year working holiday visa. After 12-months we'd apply. I'd still have three months on my work permit if the first three months living together were as a non-working visitor. But...

I met my current Canadian boyfriend online in 2010. We've been "involved" since then inextricably, but it's been rocky and dramatic and wasn't always "official" (indeed, part of it was a love triangle). I spent from September 2011 to September 2012 in Canada on a working holiday visa to be near...