Adding Common-Law partner post-ITA

[peterzon80]

Hi everyone,

I received an ITA on March 17 with a CRS of 513 (listed as Single). However, I have been living with my partner for the last 4 years. I didn't realize that we met the "Common-Law" definition for Express Entry at the time I created my profile, so I didn't include them.

Now that I have the ITA, I want to add them to my application as an accompanying partner.

1. How do I explain to IRCC why I am only adding them now, given we have been living together for 4 years?
2. My score will likely drop when I add them. If my recalculated score stays above the draw cutoff (511), is it still safe to proceed, or is there a high risk of a "misrepresentation" finding?
3. Has anyone successfully added a long-term common-law partner after getting an ITA? What did you include in your Letter of Explanation (LoE)?

Thanks for your help!

 

[canuck78]

Hi everyone,

I received an ITA on March 17 with a CRS of 513 (listed as Single). However, I have been living with my partner for the last 4 years. I didn't realize that we met the "Common-Law" definition for Express Entry at the time I created my profile, so I didn't include them.

Now that I have the ITA, I want to add them to my application as an accompanying partner.

1. How do I explain to IRCC why I am only adding them now, given we have been living together for 4 years?
2. My score will likely drop when I add them. If my recalculated score stays above the draw cutoff (511), is it still safe to proceed, or is there a high risk of a "misrepresentation" finding?
3. Has anyone successfully added a long-term common-law partner after getting an ITA? What did you include in your Letter of Explanation (LoE)?

Thanks for your help!

You have no option but to include them or you’ll never be able to sponsor them. There is a good chance your score will be recalculated so would recalculate what score you will receive with a common law partner accompanying you. You both also need to also all your taxes from after you became common law because that was also misrepresentation. That would also then show that you are common law and not single.