My boyfriend is a born Canadian citizen and lives in Alberta, Canada. I am currently pregnant, with him being the father. I will be giving birth here any day in the United States. I plan to go to canada as a visitor in October of this year, so in 3 months. I will being added to his lease by his landlord to help establish we are common law partners so that he can sponcer me to become a permanent resident. My question is when I cross the border, with my baby and I. Aside from passports and written permission from him to take our children accross the border, what might they ask for. I plan to stay for 6 months. Do I tell them my intentions of wanting to move to Canada if they ask or do I avoid mentioning it. I want to be with my son and his father.
I plan to get my permanent residency in Canada. How do I go about this?
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You do not have the right to live in Canada. You are visiting your partner. Don't show up with more than a few bags like a regular visitor. Don't volunteer information. If CBSA asks further questions, you can say that your partner will be sponsoring you.
As soon as the child is born, apply concurrently for the Certificate of Citizenship and a Canadian passport.
You must live together for one year and have solid proof of it to be common-law. Start getting address proofs as soon as you get here.
Once I'm visiting him as I said I will be added on his lease, I will also be receiving mail there and if possible he wants to add my name on certain bills to show we are living together during that time. I plan to stay for 6 months and then hopefully get it extended or leave Canada and return in the near future for another 6 months. Giving us a year of living together so that I can be sponce
believe it has to be 12 months straight, so extension is the way....if you leave and come back in the near future the 12 months start over.
It's uninterrupted or short breaks so a few weeks to visit my parents and such is acceptable. So should I just be open about my intentions if they ask?
Remain in Canada and apply for an extension. CBSA does not like people living in Canada as a visitor, so if you leave after 6 months and then try to re-enter after a few weeks, you have an increased risk of being refused entry.
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