Girlfriend Sponsoring Boyfriend from England with baby

[Jason12345]

Im from England and my girlfriend is from Canada. We have been traveling Australia (where we met) since April 2013 and came to Canada on July 23rd 2013. I stayed here on just a visitor Visa for 6 months and joined the international experience Canada program on the 5th of Jan 2014. We have lived at her parents house since up until the 1st of April. I am working full time and she is a student with no income. We are having a baby together due on the 3rd of May.
OK my question.
I am looking for her to sponsor me so I can stay in Canada. I know I can get a second year with the experience Canada program so I am good till the 3rd of Jan 2016. However I plan to get the application under way as soon as possible then I wont have to leave the country.
As much as I have researched I believe the “common law” is defined as living together for 1 year? Is this correct?
Also as we have been living together whilst traveling does this time count? I have receipts from the places where we traveled with both names on. Many many pictures of us both from around the world.
Also does the time we spent at her parents count because we didn’t pay rent and any money we gave was cash. We recently got a house together on the 1st of april so I have payments from a joint account we set up as soon as we moved here on the 23rd of July.
When is best to start the application from the time we started traveling together or the time we moved to Canada and have solid proof like joint bank statements? Or would you say April when we have solid proof we are living in the same house? I’m a little confused.
Which visa would be best for me to do also. I have looked at inland and outland and I struggle to see why one takes longer than the other? If someone could shed a little bit more light on this for me it would be most appreciated.

So I know this was long. Ill put the questions again here.
Is common law classed as 1 year together?
Does traveling around the world time count to this 1 year? We only have rented room receipts and pictures.
Does living with parents not paying rent count towards the time?
Which is best for someone from the UK to do Inland or outland applications?
As we are having a baby together does this support me in any way with the visa?

The visa says that the sponsorer has to have an income to support me however she is a student. She doesn’t have an income. Will this effect things? I can get a letter from my current employer which shows my wages coming in 60k+ a year.

Just want to say thank you for any help in advance its not easy moving country’s : )

 

[steerpike]

Im from England and my girlfriend is from Canada. We have been traveling Australia (where we met) since April 2013 and came to Canada on July 23rd 2013. I stayed here on just a visitor Visa for 6 months and joined the international experience Canada program on the 5th of Jan 2014. We have lived at her parents house since up until the 1st of April. I am working full time and she is a student with no income. We are having a baby together due on the 3rd of May.
OK my question.
I am looking for her to sponsor me so I can stay in Canada. I know I can get a second year with the experience Canada program so I am good till the 3rd of Jan 2016. However I plan to get the application under way as soon as possible then I wont have to leave the country.
As much as I have researched I believe the “common law” is defined as living together for 1 year? Is this correct?
Also as we have been living together whilst traveling does this time count? I have receipts from the places where we traveled with both names on. Many many pictures of us both from around the world.

It counts but you do have to PROVE 1 year of living together. So if you can gather enough documentation together to prove your case then it will be accepted.

Also does the time we spent at her parents count because we didn't pay rent and any money we gave was cash.

Technically i think it counts, but again comes down to if you can prove it. Also you both should be filing your canadian taxes as "common-law".

We recently got a house together on the 1st of april so I have payments from a joint account we set up as soon as we moved here on the 23rd of July.
When is best to start the application from the time we started traveling together or the time we moved to Canada and have solid proof like joint bank statements? Or would you say April when we have solid proof we are living in the same house? I'm a little confused.

You can't apply under common law until you already have lived together for 1 year. So if you are applying today, you need to show proof you have lived together since April 21, 2013.

Or you can just get married, and then you dont need to worry about the whole "1 year living together" thing. Since you are already commonlaw, already have a house, and are expecting a baby together it seems that "marriage" is just a formality at this point. It will ease your application, especially if you have spotty proof of 1 year co-habitation.

Which visa would be best for me to do also. I have looked at inland and outland and I struggle to see why one takes longer than the other? If someone could shed a little bit more light on this for me it would be most appreciated.

Processing times are here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm-fc.asp

UK Outland takes about 1 year. Inland takes about 17 months plus 51 days to recieved your PR card in the mail after landing. With inland you can get an open work permit after stage 1 (about 9 months) or you can also get provincial healthcare usually before landing (at different times depending on the provibnce). Bad side of Inland is you are not supposed to leave the country at all (even for a week vacation) for the entire time of the process (17 months).

The visa says that the sponsorer has to have an income to support me however she is a student. She doesn't have an income. Will this effect things? I can get a letter from my current employer which shows my wages coming in 60k+ a year.

Just want to say thank you for any help in advance its not easy moving country's : )

Yes you should include proof of income to show you can support your child.

 

[Becki567]

I cant answer all your questions but I can tell you I am a full time student with no taxable income. I am the Canadian and I have two children and was approved to sponsor my husband, and our whole application has been approved.

Is this your first IEC for Canada? If so, you can do it twice.

Proving common-law while you have been travelling is not going to be easy, and I feel it would be better to wait, gather sufficient proof that can not be debated, apply for a second IEC and then send off your spousal application

Also we applied outland through London, UK and it took our applications 7 months and 3 days. If you see the spreadsheet linked in my signature the majority of applications are approved in under 8 months

 

[Jason12345]

thanks for the fast reply's Steerpike and Becki567

Just a quick question Steerpike, In your opinion do you think i should apply for the visa on:
a, July 23rd 2013 when we landed in Canada. I have joint bank accounts and other evidence. Living at parents house
b, the 1st of April 2014 when we officially got our own house.

Remembering that it takes about 8-9 months for the application to go through. I don't want to really have to leave Canada. If i applied in April 2015 that would only leave me 8 months to get the visa before my experience Canada visa is up. Its very close.

What would you suggest? Do you think its worth speaking directly with service Canada?

Thanks

PS, excellent Becki567 least that's one less thing for me to worry about.

 

[Becki567]

You wouldn't have to leave Canada after your IEC. My husband was also here on his IEC and we just applied for a tourist visa because our spousal application was in progress. They approved his visitor visa for 8 months, and his spousal application was approved 2 weeks later