I am currently an international student and I have been with my boyfriend who is canadian citizen for 3 years. We have been living together for a year now . He moved in with me. I placed him on my lease agreement in 2014. which makes this year as being 1 year. We initially wanted to get married but right now we do not have the funds and hes saving up to buy a house. We had a change in ownership in our building and found out that the application to add my boyfriend to the lease was never processed but is in file. The previous company however wrote us a letter saying it was their fault but my boyfriend did make an application to become a tenant from 2014. My boyfriend wanted to sponsor me as common law but with that issue with the lease we are afraid that it might be a problem and cause a rejection. Our relationship is very genuine. I am on his benefits/issurance. We have bank accounts / credit cards . We have to many pictures . We have taken trips to caribbean trips to new york. We are a very genuine couple living tgether and want to spend our life with each other. He doesnt want me to go back to my country and i do not want to go either because i see my life here but we are skeptical to apply with that problem of the lease . Also if we do a courthouse marriage with only immediate family like parents and siblings will that look like its not genuine ? We need help and do not know what to do .