Question IMM 1344- Date relatioship started?

[kelKel]

Sorry guys another stupid question. Feel like my brain has gone to mush :-\

On the sponsorship form it asks my status: common law then asks when the relationship started: ?

Is this the date when our relationship first began (eg. dating) or when we entered into the common law (eg moved in together) ?

Arghhh...feeling dumb. Withdrew the first inland application and reapplying outland. Want it to be perfect this time

 

[minna]

I used the date that we met and started dating, even though we didn't move in together for another year and a half.

I figured it asked for the date the relationship started, not the date that the co-habitation started, but I definitely thought about which date was more correct in this case. Also, it seemed to me that either way, as long as it was more than a year before the application was filed, it shouldn't be too much of a problem, really, and definitely explainable if need be.

 

[bobshynoswife]

I think the relationship they are asking about is the common-law relationship, so I would put the day you started living together.

 

[plumosa]

I'd write the date you started dating. They're looking for things like growth of a relationship--so obviously showing that you were dating and then made a decision to live together shows growth. There's another question later where it asks if you've lived together, that's when you put that date.

 

[bobshynoswife]

but if the question asks for the date immediately after asking for marital status, i'm quite sure it means the beginning of that status, not when you started dating.

 

[kelKel]

Thanks everyone!!! You guys are great. It doesn't explain it in the guide for some reason. I think they try to make it hard

 

[Inlandappl]

me too, I put the date when we met