IMM 1344, 9. Have you previously been married or in a common-law relationship?

[gapkick]

As in the heading, my question is on the IMM 1344, 9. Have you previously been married or in a common-law relationship?

I am a Canadian citizen who is sponsoring my wife for Family Class Sponsorship. I was previously in a common-law relationship between 2001 to 2006 with ex-partner. The question asks about *From and *To date of the relationship.
I went through all my records and emails and found out *From date however, I don't know the *To date except it's in 2006. Ex-partner and I were away from each other at the time, we didn't see each other and separated naturally.
I emailed ex-partner to find out about the separation date and she does not know what she put down as it was a long time ago except we both know it was 2006. She advises that an estimate as to when it ended is acceptable.

What can I put in the *To 2006-**-**? I know the year but don't know the MM and DD as I and my ex-partner both don't know except for the year 2006 as it was a long time (more than 15 years) ago. Should I put down an estimate and explain it's an estimate as it was a long time ago in a separate paper?

I really appreciate your help. Thank you.

 

[armoured]

Should I put down an estimate and explain it's an estimate as it was a long time ago in a separate paper?

This is the most straightforward way.

As for choosing a specific date, since you were common law, you could also use the date you stopped living together - hopefully that's easier to define.

But if some other date makes more sense, just put that and explain.

 

[gapkick]

Thank you so much for your help! It really is amazing we could get the kind of help like this. Thank you!