I have just received an email from cic re my case and dont know where to go from here. The emails is as follows
"Based on the limited evidence you have provided, i am not satisfied that you amd your sponsor have been cohabiting in a conjugal relationship for atleast one year prior to the filing of your application. Canadian courts have set out the generally accepted characteristics of a conjugal relationship. These involve a mutual commitment to a shared life and a relationship of some permanence where two parties are interdependent and have combined their affairs economically, socially, emotionally and physically. Your applicstion was received on december 22, 2014. You provided information that you and your sponser have been cohabitating in a conjugal relationship since december 29, 2013."
prior to me arriving in canada (29 dec 2013) we were in a long distance relationship because of other commitments - school/work so we werent living together. I gather were 7 days short of the 12months needed. Had i realized this i would have obviously sent my application a week later. Is this something where the case manager may show some sort of leniency or am i likely to be reapplying, paying again and waiting another 2 years?
My plan from here is to attatch all documents i can showing we were in a relationship prior to dec2013 and are still currently together by showing our joint mortgage approval. But will this be enough?
Looking for any information possible, has someone experienced this before or does anyone have any advice. I find it really frustrating that this has only been brought to my attention now, 2 years after it was received... Could it not have been mentioned on one of the few other occasions cic has contacted me. Not to mention ive done all medical and criminal checks have been done. It was finally feeling like it was almost finished!
"Based on the limited evidence you have provided, i am not satisfied that you amd your sponsor have been cohabiting in a conjugal relationship for atleast one year prior to the filing of your application. Canadian courts have set out the generally accepted characteristics of a conjugal relationship. These involve a mutual commitment to a shared life and a relationship of some permanence where two parties are interdependent and have combined their affairs economically, socially, emotionally and physically. Your applicstion was received on december 22, 2014. You provided information that you and your sponser have been cohabitating in a conjugal relationship since december 29, 2013."
prior to me arriving in canada (29 dec 2013) we were in a long distance relationship because of other commitments - school/work so we werent living together. I gather were 7 days short of the 12months needed. Had i realized this i would have obviously sent my application a week later. Is this something where the case manager may show some sort of leniency or am i likely to be reapplying, paying again and waiting another 2 years?
My plan from here is to attatch all documents i can showing we were in a relationship prior to dec2013 and are still currently together by showing our joint mortgage approval. But will this be enough?
Looking for any information possible, has someone experienced this before or does anyone have any advice. I find it really frustrating that this has only been brought to my attention now, 2 years after it was received... Could it not have been mentioned on one of the few other occasions cic has contacted me. Not to mention ive done all medical and criminal checks have been done. It was finally feeling like it was almost finished!
