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I would like to thank everyone who helped me here from the bottom of my heart! Me and my spouse safely landed in Canada as a common-law couple of permanent residents! I would have never accomplished this without you @scylla , @spousalsponsee , @Sous02 , @KBH , @canuck_in_uk and I would like to...

Hello! I just came to BC, Canada as a newly landed PR through the Skilled Worker program. I would like to sign up for provincial health insurance but am unsure how to proceed. I came here together with my common-law partner, and my CoPR (the document I will provide to receive my provincial...

Despite it being just a holiday destination where we were in the same room, that I did not declare as my address in a PR application and have no proof of? I don't want to do anything against the rules, but even we didn't consider that "living together", and if CIC asks about proof, we won't have...

Yes, I understand that. My problem is that the first few days we were in fact living together we stayed at two different hotels, in the same rooms. The first one we cannot prove, the second hotel provided a document that proves we stayed there together. Afterwards we moved in to an apartment...

Thank you all so much for the help. I contacted CIC to add my partner and we are going through the process of filling documents to add her now. We are having a problem with the date when we became common-law. We were living together for just over a year, but the first few days that are necessary...

So so far 5 days? Did you submit all the documents digitally, or is there anything that you needed to send by mail?

Thanks guys! It made it more clear. As we acquired the CL status 5 months ago, before I received the COPR (that said I'm single, and now I'm claiming that I really wasn't), and I'm only going to notify them about that fact now, is it not going to cause problems? I don't know whether I should...

Hello. I will be in a very similar case in a moment, except my medicals expire in March. I am sending an email to ICRR at the moment to notify them of Common Law status. How long did you wait for reply, and what are the requirements that they asked you to provide, if I might ask?

Thanks a lot for the help. I am a little worried, as some people here suggested that my COPR will become invalid and I will have to return it, and I might lose my PR...

In which case, there are no benefits to that option over "accompanying", from what I understand, the only difference being that If I chose "accompanying" she could come with me now without the need to go through the sponsoring path, basically? Again, I don't know how to thank you guys. I think...

Oh, I'm not sure if I understand that correctly - so is there an option of letting them know that she exists without adding her to my application and her having to go through medicals, proving the common law status etc in order to also get her a PR now? Because from my understanding I have to...

Thank you so much for the explanation! I really appreciate the help, as it's invaluable to me. Is there no risk there that I would be risking my PR in the process, in case something goes wrong? Some people presented adding a partner in a way that "if she doesn't get accepted then my PR will get...

Thank you! I am just afraid that they might refuse my application altogether or deem inadmissible due to me not mentioning that earlier (we established common law 5 months ago then, after I submitted documents in response to ITA, before i got my COPR) or that I get refused for PR due to us not...

Wow, I was not aware of that. Thank you for your response. That would make my situation much worse than I had previously thought. If in my case we gained the common law status a while ago during the ITA application phase, would it not be too late to withdraw the COPR and add her to the...

Hello guys! Long time lurker here. The board helped me immensely and just a month ago I received my COPR. I have a problem, however, as my girlfriend of over 5 years could not be counted as common law, as we haven't been living together without long interruptions, while at the same time I am...