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COMMON LAW PARTNER

newbie1206

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Nov 15, 2016
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Hi guys, I'm a single mom, with a partner for more than 4years now. We are still waiting for his annulment result. Can we process as a common-law-partners? THANK YOU.
 

kryt0n

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As long as you can prove you have lived together for a year.

How can my common-law partner and I prove we have been together for 12 months?
Items that can be used as proof of a common-law relationship include:

a statutory declaration of a common-law union,
statements for shared bank accounts,
shared credit cards,
proof of shared ownership of residential property,
shared residential leases,
shared rental receipts,
bills for shared utilities accounts, such as
electricity,
gas or
telephone,
proof of shared management of household expenses,
evidence of shared purchases (especially of household items),
mail addressed to either or both of you at the same address,
important documents for both of you showing the same address, such as
identification documents,
driver’s licences and
insurance policies and
any other documents that show you have been living together.
You do not need to include all these items to prove your relationship is real. Citizenship and Immigration Canada may consider other proof as well

Photos, telephone bills and letters will not be returned. Do not send videos or CD-ROMs. Documents such as marriage certificates and passports will be returned. However, you should send certified photocopies, not originals.


http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=347&top=14
 

Tishfaith

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Hi,


On the same topic.

If I recently for my PR through Express Entry and I now have been with someone/common law partner for 1 year can I now sponsor him?
 

kryt0n

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Tishfaith said:
Hi,


On the same topic.

If I recently for my PR through Express Entry and I now have been with someone/common law partner for 1 year can I now sponsor him?
Do you mean you are now a permanent resident?

If so read this and see if it applies to you:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/3900ETOC.asp
 

canuck_in_uk

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Tishfaith said:
If I recently for my PR through Express Entry and I now have been with someone/common law partner for 1 year can I now sponsor him?
When did you land as a PR and when did you become common-law?
 

jes_ON

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Tishfaith said:
If I recently for my PR through Express Entry and I now have been with someone/common law partner for 1 year can I now sponsor him?
If you have an application for PR in process, you cannot "sponsor" a family member, but you can add him to your application. In fact, you are required to add him to your application. Send a CSE to IRCC, inform them that your family status has changed, you now have a common-law partner and would like to add him to your application, and request instructions.
 

Tishfaith

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jes_ON said:
If you have an application for PR in process, you cannot "sponsor" a family member, but you can add him to your application. In fact, you are required to add him to your application. Send a CSE to IRCC, inform them that your family status has changed, you now have a common-law partner and would like to add him to your application, and request instructions.
Hi,


I have received the PR already....got it earlier this year.
 

Tishfaith

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canuck_in_uk said:
When did you land as a PR and when did you become common-law?

I got PR earlier in the year (june 2016) and i landed in October 2016 (last month) and returned to my home country.


We became common law in January 2016 so January 2017 will make 1 year.
 

scylla

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Tishfaith said:
I got PR earlier in the year (june 2016) and i landed in October 2016 (last month) and returned to my home country.


We became common law in January 2016 so January 2017 will make 1 year.
Did you become common law in January 2016 or did you start living together in January 2016? If you started living together in January 2016 - then you didn't become common law until January 2017.