Help please

[DarkDragons91]

I really need to know the difference between a conjugal relationship and a common-law one.

I visited my boyfriend for a year now, living with him and such. But I will have to go back to the states in a couple days and file for a outland PR. So I was wondering would I say we have a common-law (which we do sense we had it verified by the commissioner of Oath) or a conjugal? OR do I apply for both. I am really confused.

 

[QuebecOkie]

Conjugal is a difficult category to get approved. To be conjugal, you must have real and concrete barriers to living together and/or getting married. (For instance, if you have a same sex partner who lives in a country where same-sex marriage is illegal, and he/she has applied for a visitor's visa to Canada and been denied.) You would not qualify as a conjugal partnership.

You two sound like you would be common-law, you just have to be able to prove that you have lived together for at least 12 continuous months. I'm not sure if you leaving for the States will be a problem. I *think* that, once you are common-law, having lived together at least 12 months, that you can maintain that status if you're forced to live apart for a little while, but I'm not at all sure. More senior members will have to address that.