Hello,
My common law partner and I are currently putting together an application for sponsorship, and are nearly finished compiling all of the necessary materials for the application. One small bit of concern, however, is that we are recently engaged. We absolutely qualify as common law partners, and by the time our application goes in, we will have been together for 2.5 years, living together for 1.5 of those years, with plenty of shared property, responsibility, and travels together. I had thought that sharing the fact that we are engaged (with no definitive date yet as to when the ceremony will be held) would be a plus to our application, as it demonstrates the strength and commitment of our relationship and its intended permanence- however, I have also heard from others that we shouldn't mention this fact, as our application may get shelved until we are actually married.
This seems ridiculous to me... I know that CIC does not offer any sort of sponsorship for fiances, but what if we are both engaged AND common law? Throughout our application, we refer to one another as our common law partner, and we have ample evidence to prove our status as such. Does being engaged negate the ability to apply as common law partners? ???
Thanks,
T
My common law partner and I are currently putting together an application for sponsorship, and are nearly finished compiling all of the necessary materials for the application. One small bit of concern, however, is that we are recently engaged. We absolutely qualify as common law partners, and by the time our application goes in, we will have been together for 2.5 years, living together for 1.5 of those years, with plenty of shared property, responsibility, and travels together. I had thought that sharing the fact that we are engaged (with no definitive date yet as to when the ceremony will be held) would be a plus to our application, as it demonstrates the strength and commitment of our relationship and its intended permanence- however, I have also heard from others that we shouldn't mention this fact, as our application may get shelved until we are actually married.
This seems ridiculous to me... I know that CIC does not offer any sort of sponsorship for fiances, but what if we are both engaged AND common law? Throughout our application, we refer to one another as our common law partner, and we have ample evidence to prove our status as such. Does being engaged negate the ability to apply as common law partners? ???
Thanks,
T