I did not yet file a PR application, and will not until probably May 2016.
I am currently waiting for an extension of my WP (applied in July). In September my Canadian BF and I gained common law status (we've been living together for a year now, etc). I didn't put in common law as my marital status in the application for the permit extension (and put divorced instead, as i am), because I figured common law is defined as 12 months of a relationship. But now that we've notified the CRA (for his tax purposes), I am wondering, should I somehow notify CIC about this relationship status change? My WP application is under consideration, but I have no other applications pending at the minute
We will be applying for my PR in May (we need to wait until cohabitation also reaches 12 consecutive months, I was away for 3 weeks last year and we assumed it will be safer to wait and count cohabitation from when i was back). And if I should notify them, how do I do it?
Also, is there anyone else I should notify, or fill in some documents somewhere, have some declarations signed? I know that there is a CIC form, a declaration of common law, that needs to be submitted with WP applications, but because we were not yet common law I did not submit it. Do I need to submit it now? And if so, who should I have it signed by (who should be the one administering the declaration?)
I am currently waiting for an extension of my WP (applied in July). In September my Canadian BF and I gained common law status (we've been living together for a year now, etc). I didn't put in common law as my marital status in the application for the permit extension (and put divorced instead, as i am), because I figured common law is defined as 12 months of a relationship. But now that we've notified the CRA (for his tax purposes), I am wondering, should I somehow notify CIC about this relationship status change? My WP application is under consideration, but I have no other applications pending at the minute
We will be applying for my PR in May (we need to wait until cohabitation also reaches 12 consecutive months, I was away for 3 weeks last year and we assumed it will be safer to wait and count cohabitation from when i was back). And if I should notify them, how do I do it?
Also, is there anyone else I should notify, or fill in some documents somewhere, have some declarations signed? I know that there is a CIC form, a declaration of common law, that needs to be submitted with WP applications, but because we were not yet common law I did not submit it. Do I need to submit it now? And if so, who should I have it signed by (who should be the one administering the declaration?)