Inland Eligibility Questions

[Austnadian]

Hello all,

First time posting and amazed by how awesome and resourceful this forum is.

My Canadian partner and I (Australian) are planning to submit our Spousal sponsorship visa in July, as this will be after 12 months of residing with each other in Australia.

As I have already completed a working holiday visa in Canada, we are very much hoping we would be eligible for an inland visa for OWP purposes, and we have a key question we would like to clarify before applying.

In Guide 5525 it states that "if your partner is applying for Common-Law Partner in Canada class, they must already co-habit (live) with you in Canada".

As we have lived in Australia for the past 12 months together, does this only make us eligible for outland, or is the requirement of having at least a 12 month relationship not restricted to just living inside Canada?

We're just starting out on our Sponsorship visa journey so any assistance/key posts to refer to would be appreciated!

Cheers

 

[scylla]

Hello all,

First time posting and amazed by how awesome and resourceful this forum is.

My Canadian partner and I (Australian) are planning to submit our Spousal sponsorship visa in July, as this will be after 12 months of residing with each other in Australia.

As I have already completed a working holiday visa in Canada, we are very much hoping we would be eligible for an inland visa for OWP purposes, and we have a key question we would like to clarify before applying.

In Guide 5525 it states that "if your partner is applying for Common-Law Partner in Canada class, they must already co-habit (live) with you in Canada".

As we have lived in Australia for the past 12 months together, does this only make us eligible for outland, or is the requirement of having at least a 12 month relationship not restricted to just living inside Canada?

We're just starting out on our Sponsorship visa journey so any assistance/key posts to refer to would be appreciated!

Cheers

Similar question was answered here earlier today:

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...-law-while-living-abroad.678649/#post-8491900

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hello all,

First time posting and amazed by how awesome and resourceful this forum is.

My Canadian partner and I (Australian) are planning to submit our Spousal sponsorship visa in July, as this will be after 12 months of residing with each other in Australia.

As I have already completed a working holiday visa in Canada, we are very much hoping we would be eligible for an inland visa for OWP purposes, and we have a key question we would like to clarify before applying.

In Guide 5525 it states that "if your partner is applying for Common-Law Partner in Canada class, they must already co-habit (live) with you in Canada".

As we have lived in Australia for the past 12 months together, does this only make us eligible for outland, or is the requirement of having at least a 12 month relationship not restricted to just living inside Canada?

We're just starting out on our Sponsorship visa journey so any assistance/key posts to refer to would be appreciated!

Cheers

It's not restricted to Canada. You can go to Canada now and apply inland.

Do you have solid cohabitation proofs from day 1 to day 365+? Have you looked at the checklist?

 

[OverIt]

Hello all,

First time posting and amazed by how awesome and resourceful this forum is.

My Canadian partner and I (Australian) are planning to submit our Spousal sponsorship visa in July, as this will be after 12 months of residing with each other in Australia.

As I have already completed a working holiday visa in Canada, we are very much hoping we would be eligible for an inland visa for OWP purposes, and we have a key question we would like to clarify before applying.

In Guide 5525 it states that "if your partner is applying for Common-Law Partner in Canada class, they must already co-habit (live) with you in Canada".

As we have lived in Australia for the past 12 months together, does this only make us eligible for outland, or is the requirement of having at least a 12 month relationship not restricted to just living inside Canada?

We're just starting out on our Sponsorship visa journey so any assistance/key posts to refer to would be appreciated!

Cheers

Hi, this is a very good question. I don’t know the answer unfortunately but I think maybe you should just apply Outland. It will be much faster anyways.

As I have heard, some Outland applications are processed within 4 months. It took me almost 4 months to receive my OWP.