Quick Question: Spouse Sponsor how much time living together is needed?

[punchbuggy]

Hi,

I recently got married to my boyfriend who I met while he was on a study permit. He was here for 6 months, but we lived in separate places. We got married 2 months before he left for back home. He has a steady job at home so we are in no big rush and want to do everything right, but while reading the immigration website we saw that it says we are not eligible because we have not lived together in the past one year.

What exactly is "live" together, rent receipts? what type of proof do they mean? Or is him coming back to visit and stay with me a month enough?

Thank you!

 

[Leon]

If you are married, there is no requirement as for how long you have lived together.

The one year of living together is for people who are applying as common law partners, that is they are not married.

They will still need proof of your relationship being genuine, how you met, how it developed, receipts, phonebills, emails, photos and everything else you can think of.

 

[punchbuggy]

Thanks Leon, I was just confused because there was this section below I pasted. I guess that 'and' in the clause makes it only applicable if it were my common-law partner/conjugal partner?

Relationships that are not eligible

You cannot be sponsored as a spouse, a common-law partner or a conjugal partner if:

you are under 16 years of age
you (or your sponsor) were married to someone else at the time of your marriage
you have lived apart from your sponsor for at least one year and either you (or your sponsor) are the common-law or conjugal partner of another person
your sponsor immigrated to Canada and, at the time they applied for permanent residence, you were a family member who should have been examined to see if you met immigration requirements, but you were not examined or
your sponsor previously sponsored another spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner, and three years have not passed since that person became a permanent resident.

 

[Leon]

Thanks Leon, I was just confused because there was this section below I pasted. I guess that 'and' in the clause makes it only applicable if it were my common-law partner/conjugal partner?


you have lived apart from your sponsor for at least one year and either you (or your sponsor) are the common-law or conjugal partner of another person

Look at the 2nd half of that sentence. This means that if you have been separated from your husband for at least one year and either of you have entered into a new relationship with another person who has become your life partner, you can no longer sponsor your husband. I assume that is not the case here

 

[punchbuggy]

OHHHHH thats what it meant . I was like what a weird sounding clause. now it makes perfect sense. they could've just said "you cannot sponsor your mistress (or the male counterpart of that)"

 

[Leon]

OHHHHH thats what it meant . I was like what a weird sounding clause. now it makes perfect sense. they could've just said "you cannot sponsor your mistress (or the male counterpart of that)"

No, that is actually not what it means. It means if you are separated for more than a year and have a mistress or a "mister", then you can no longer sponsor your spouse you are separated from. You could however sponsor the "mister" or mistress if you qualify as common law or conjugal partners.