Hello,
I entered Canada April 1st from the US to move in with my significant other who is a Canadian citizen so we can establish common law over the next year & eventually common law sponsorship for PR. I entered properly at the border and stated my intentions, I was taken to secondary and given a visitor's record stapled into my passport for proof of my intention to stay for 6 months. It's now nearly July -- our intent was for me to file for a 6 month extension in September so the gov't knows I'm here and we've tracked my status here (to prove for common law sponsorship). At the one year mark I'll file for PR with him as my sponsor.
I also have a Nexus card and we have traveled frequently together. We were in California a few weeks ago, and will be in Europe together in September for two weeks.
So, now that I have exited the country before the 6 month mark and will again in September, will I still need to file for a 6 month extension? Doesn't that 6 month mark technically reset every time I leave the country? Or, should I still apply for a visitor's extension for tracking purposes for common law? We want to do everything we can to increase our chances of me being able to stay here, obviously, so want to do it the right way.
I entered Canada April 1st from the US to move in with my significant other who is a Canadian citizen so we can establish common law over the next year & eventually common law sponsorship for PR. I entered properly at the border and stated my intentions, I was taken to secondary and given a visitor's record stapled into my passport for proof of my intention to stay for 6 months. It's now nearly July -- our intent was for me to file for a 6 month extension in September so the gov't knows I'm here and we've tracked my status here (to prove for common law sponsorship). At the one year mark I'll file for PR with him as my sponsor.
I also have a Nexus card and we have traveled frequently together. We were in California a few weeks ago, and will be in Europe together in September for two weeks.
So, now that I have exited the country before the 6 month mark and will again in September, will I still need to file for a 6 month extension? Doesn't that 6 month mark technically reset every time I leave the country? Or, should I still apply for a visitor's extension for tracking purposes for common law? We want to do everything we can to increase our chances of me being able to stay here, obviously, so want to do it the right way.