Sponsorship and seperation

[Rossi84]

I am currently waiting for PR status. My application was received in may 2012 so I'm hoping it won't be too much longer however my husband and I broke up and live at different addresses. He has said he will still sponsor me. Do we need to inform CIC that we are seperated? Is there a legal document we need to sign to say we are seperated? If we do will this affect my application even If he is still willing to sponsor me?

 

[ortom]

The sponsorship is valid only if you are together with your sponsor, afteeall thats why you are being sponsored ro canada, to be with your spouse! If you are separated and CIC knows, your husband cannot sponsor you anymore!

I am currently waiting for PR status. My application was received in may 2012 so I'm hoping it won't be too much longer however my husband and I broke up and live at different addresses. He has said he will still sponsor me. Do we need to inform CIC that we are seperated? Is there a legal document we need to sign to say we are seperated? If we do will this affect my application even If he is still willing to sponsor me?

 

[Rob_TO]

I am currently waiting for PR status. My application was received in may 2012 so I'm hoping it won't be too much longer however my husband and I broke up and live at different addresses. He has said he will still sponsor me. Do we need to inform CIC that we are seperated? Is there a legal document we need to sign to say we are seperated? If we do will this affect my application even If he is still willing to sponsor me?

Yes you need to inform CIC. You also need to cancel your sponsorship application as if you continue, you and your ex-husband are committing immigration fraud.

You need to find a new way to immigrate to Canada.

 

[Ponga]

He is not yet her ex-husband, so how does that affect her PR application? Although they are living apart, they are still legally married.

Since she will not have the Condition 51, couldn't she still land...even though they are not living together? Of course, if there is absolutely no chance of reconciliation, then I agree 100% that she should not land!

I say this because sometimes married couples find a way to work things out.

 

[Rob_TO]

He is not yet her ex-husband, so how does that affect her PR application? Although they are living apart, they are still legally married.

Since she will not have the Condition 51, couldn't she still land...even though they are not living together? Of course, if there is absolutely no chance of reconciliation, then I agree 100% that she should not land!

I say this because sometimes married couples find a way to work things out.

They "could" do that with an outland application, but it could still be seen as immigration fraud. Separated is separated, no matter if you are still legally married.

If she applied inland, their application should have been cancelled as soon as they stopped living together. With an inland app there is a landing interview and the only way to get PR at that point is for both sponsor and applicant to go and lie about still living together.

 

[Ponga]

They "could" do that with an outland application, but it could still be seen as immigration fraud. Separated is separated, no matter if you are still legally married.

If she applied inland, their application should have been cancelled as soon as they stopped living together. With an inland app there is a landing interview and the only way to get PR at that point is for both sponsor and applicant to go and lie about still living together.

Good points, as always Rob!

 

[Rossi84]

I have an inland application and I live in Canada. We just live at different addresses, like I said there is no document to say we are seperated we just live seperatly.

 

[screech339]

I have an inland application and I live in Canada. We just live at different addresses, like I said there is no document to say we are seperated we just live seperatly.

You would be committing fraud regardless of no documents saying you are separated. The issue is that if CIC sees that you have been filing income taxes at separate addresses thus can see that you are not living together. They can come back to you and charge you with fraud.

Screech339

 

[Rob_TO]

I have an inland application and I live in Canada. We just live at different addresses, like I said there is no document to say we are seperated we just live seperatly.

A requirement of an inland app is that the sponsor and applicant live together in Canada during the ENTIRE processing time. If CIC finds out you are not living together, they will simply cancel your app.

Also if you are approved for PR, both you and your sponsor need to go together for a landing interview. They will specifically ask you if you are living together. If you are honest and tell them you have separated and not living together, they will not give you PR.

So as I said, to get your PR now you and your sponsor will need to flat out lie to CIC, and commit immigration fraud.

 

[zardoz]

I have an inland application and I live in Canada. We just live at different addresses, like I said there is no document to say we are seperated we just live seperatly.

You should note that "misrepresentation", which is what you are committing, is a crime and you can be banned from Canada for 2 years and/or fined/jailed. The maximum criminal sentence for misrepresentation is five years in jail, or a $100,000 fine.

It will also haunt you for the rest of your time in Canada because you could even have citizenship revoked if you commit misrepresentation to become a PR in the first place. You will always be looking over your shoulder, just in case someone who knows the truth decides to report you.

 

[Obronibini]

I have an inland application and I live in Canada. We just live at different addresses, like I said there is no document to say we are seperated we just live seperatly.

of course when it coming from Rob , zardoz ,screech339 you can't go wrong . They said it all already . Report your current situation to cic before get caught somehow .

 

[SenoritaBella]

There is always the possibility of a poison-pen letter or CIC themselves finding out. If you now live separately, chances are you have changed your address at work, bank, etc right? Plus, when you file taxes next year, your T4 slip will have the address of your new place and different from his.
Sometimes couples are able to work things out through marriage counselling. May be that's something to look at if you guys are interested? If there is no chance for reconciliation, it is better to inform CIC.