Hello! I am new to this forum and I am looking for some advice. I am a American citizen [please, no jokes! =)] who is currently dating a Canadian citizen. We have known eachother for 14 months [we met online]. We met in person in July of 2007 and we lived together in Banff, Alberta from September 2007 to November 2007. I went to live with him without a visa and I had to legally leave the country on November 18th, which I did. I supported myself while I was there with funds I acquired from selling my car. I am now back in my hometown of Chicago, Illinois. My boyfriend has plane tickets to come to Chicago in February, then we plan on living in a house his parents are letting us use after he spends a week here. We are looking into the whole Common-Law thing...but I have a few questions. I know you have to live together for a year [including a 90 day separation...which is what I am currently in]. I was thinking about just supporting myself with saved money until September 2008...because then we will have lived together for a year. BUT, how am I supposed to prove that we lived together if I'll be living there without a visa? Would they just not count that if I had no visa while I lived there? I have no idea. Sooo hopefully someone has some advice for me...even if it doesn't involve Common-Law.
I really love him and I just want to be with him. I love Canada and I don't see a reason why it should be so hard for me to live there! And, if this has any pertinance, my Grandfather was born and raised in Canada. Could that help me at all?
I really love him and I just want to be with him. I love Canada and I don't see a reason why it should be so hard for me to live there! And, if this has any pertinance, my Grandfather was born and raised in Canada. Could that help me at all?