Filling TRV and confused with the marital status and common-law partner

[melay1979]

Hi! my boyfriend is Canadian we meet here in Kuwait when he is working here for almost one year and he already left for good and now he's in Canada. We are now in 5 months and we manage to keep our long-distance relationship. He invited me to visit him and meet his family and the invitation letter he sends was mentioned that he's my boyfriend but when filling TRV i was confused what write on (current marital status),
(if you are married or in common-law relationship) and (current and spouse/common law-partner) I'm married, i have 1 daughter and we only lived my husband for 2 yrs and we are separated for 14 yrs. The annulment is under process and I have a copy of the court order for nullity of my marriage. The question is shall I write separated as my status? The second question is seems the annulment is not yet done shall I write my husband a current and previous Common-law partner? Can anyone knows about this, please help me.
Thank you

 

[kat3onah]

Hi! my boyfriend is Canadian we meet here in Kuwait when he is working here for almost one year and he already left for good and now he's in Canada. We are now in 5 months and we manage to keep our long-distance relationship. He invited me to visit him and meet his family and the invitation letter he sends was mentioned that he's my boyfriend but when filling TRV i was confused what write on (current marital status),
(if you are married or in common-law relationship) and (current and spouse/common law-partner) I'm married, i have 1 daughter and we only lived my husband for 2 yrs and we are separated for 14 yrs. The annulment is under process and I have a copy of the court order for nullity of my marriage. The question is shall I write separated as my status?

Looks like Legally Separated fits your status. You can attach the court order for nullity as proof.

If you browse the glossary http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/glossary.asp#a to check the meaning of the marital status
* Annulled Marriage - A declaration that a marriage is not valid
* Common-Law - A person who has been living with another person in a conjugal relationship for at least one year. The term refers to opposite-sex and same-sex relationships.
* Divorced - Divorced means that a court has granted a divorce and that a marriage has ended. The two people are no longer married.

On the list it says Legally Separated but I cannot find it on the glossary. I managed to see Separated
* Separated - Separated means that two people are married but no longer living together, and they do not wish to live together again. They may be waiting for a divorce or have not yet decided to divorce.

On a different website https://divorce-canada.ca/marriage-separation-in-canada it says that
First, there really is no such thing as filing for ‘legal separation’ in Canada. You are legally separated as soon as you and your spouse are ‘living separate and apart’. However, the term ‘legal separation’ is commonly used to describe the contract that is created between two spouses at the time of their separation.

You might get some advice from the previous post with the same thread.
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...separated-for-temporary-resident-visa.129852/
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...-divorce-certificate-what-should-i-do.530499/
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...lication-form-imm-0008-marital-status.298082/

The second question is seems the annulment is not yet done shall I write my husband a current and previous Common-law partner? Can anyone knows about this, please help me.
Thank you

Maybe since technically you are still married.

 

[melay1979]

Looks like Legally Separated fits your status. You can attach the court order for nullity as proof.

If you browse the glossary http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/glossary.asp#a to check the meaning of the marital status
* Annulled Marriage - A declaration that a marriage is not valid
* Common-Law - A person who has been living with another person in a conjugal relationship for at least one year. The term refers to opposite-sex and same-sex relationships.
* Divorced - Divorced means that a court has granted a divorce and that a marriage has ended. The two people are no longer married.

On the list it says Legally Separated but I cannot find it on the glossary. I managed to see Separated
* Separated - Separated means that two people are married but no longer living together, and they do not wish to live together again. They may be waiting for a divorce or have not yet decided to divorce.

On a different website https://divorce-canada.ca/marriage-separation-in-canada it says that
First, there really is no such thing as filing for ‘legal separation’ in Canada. You are legally separated as soon as you and your spouse are ‘living separate and apart’. However, the term ‘legal separation’ is commonly used to describe the contract that is created between two spouses at the time of their separation.

You might get some advice from the previous post with the same thread.
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...separated-for-temporary-resident-visa.129852/
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...-divorce-certificate-what-should-i-do.530499/
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...lication-form-imm-0008-marital-status.298082/

Maybe since technically you are still married.

Thank you so much for your kind reply and advice, i appreciate it.