Hi all!
I have a question regarding common-law partnership status for immigration purposes. I and my partner have been living together since August, 2015. So it has been 20 months since we started living together. So we are common law partners from IRCC's point of view.
However, my partner have entered the university recently (to pursue his Master's degree) and he will be living apart from me in University's dormitory. Of cause, our relationship will continue, although we will not be living together for the period while he will be studying at the University.
So here is the question - will we lose our common-law status when he will start living apart from me?
Neither of us want to end the relationship we just will have to live apart from each other for some period of time. The separation will be temporary but not short - it may be more than 1 year. Of cause, we will continue our relationship, we will continue to share one bank account, we will spend free time together and so on.
The definition of common law partner on IRCC web site http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=346&top=14 states:
"Your common-law partner
Has been living with you for at least 12 consecutive months. That means you have been living together continuously for one year, without any long periods apart. One of you may have left the home for work or business travel, family obligations, and so on. That separation must have been temporary and short."
Does that mean that in order to maintain our common-law status we have to continue living together despite the fact that we have already lived together for more than 12 months and now we continue our relationship?
I have a question regarding common-law partnership status for immigration purposes. I and my partner have been living together since August, 2015. So it has been 20 months since we started living together. So we are common law partners from IRCC's point of view.
However, my partner have entered the university recently (to pursue his Master's degree) and he will be living apart from me in University's dormitory. Of cause, our relationship will continue, although we will not be living together for the period while he will be studying at the University.
So here is the question - will we lose our common-law status when he will start living apart from me?
Neither of us want to end the relationship we just will have to live apart from each other for some period of time. The separation will be temporary but not short - it may be more than 1 year. Of cause, we will continue our relationship, we will continue to share one bank account, we will spend free time together and so on.
The definition of common law partner on IRCC web site http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=346&top=14 states:
"Your common-law partner
Has been living with you for at least 12 consecutive months. That means you have been living together continuously for one year, without any long periods apart. One of you may have left the home for work or business travel, family obligations, and so on. That separation must have been temporary and short."
Does that mean that in order to maintain our common-law status we have to continue living together despite the fact that we have already lived together for more than 12 months and now we continue our relationship?