how to add longterm gf prior pr landing?

[jedi_jam]

hello guys!
how can i add my more than a yr gf to my dependent prior to landing? how can i sponsor her in the future? can i stay in her country for a year to apply as commonlaw? then move back to canada after?

 

[scylla]

Are you common law? Have you lived with her continuously for at least a year? If you are not common law, then the only way you can add her to your application now is by getting married first.

 

[jedi_jam]

we have been living together for 3 months but have been dating for more than a yr

 

[scylla]

You aren't common law (you need to live together for a year to be common law). So if you want to add her to your application now, you'd need to get married.

 

[haXudon]

when the topic says long term and here i was expecting like 10 years or so...

anyway, after you get your PR, make her get a TRV that could last one year. it is possible to keep renewing her TRV to reach that one year. if she manages to stay here for a year living together with you, then you can apply for common law.

option 2: you can also go back to her country and live there for a year to satisfy the common law rule.