Work Permit for my partner

[jdome]

I have work and study permit and I’m living in canada for 1 year already. My boyfriend and I are thinking to make the common law and after this he would come to canada to stay with me. We would like to know if there is a chance to sponsor him to get a work permit, so he would be able to work as soon as he get here in canada.

 

[canadianwoman]

Your common-law partner can get a work permit if you have a study permit or work permit (usually). However, for you two to be common-law, you have to live together for 12 months with no breaks. If you are not common-law already, then he can't get a work permit now based on your status.

 

[jdome]

We are dating for 6 years, and we didn’t have any break (distance) until I travel to Canada. We can make the document of common-law in my country and translate, because there, we don’t need to live together to prove common-law. If we do it in our country, and translate, is it ok? Can we continue the process based on this? Or we need to do it by canadian law?(12 months living together)

 

[canadianwoman]

You would have to do it based on Canadian law. So you would have had to have lived together for 12 months to be common-law for immigration purposes. If you are married, you could apply right away.
What country are you from?

 

[jdome]

We are from Brazil. But if we get married right now (this year), will I be able to sponsor him? Because my work permit and study permit I got as a single person. Isn’t it a problem? Will I need to re-apply for it? Or nothing changes in my case?

 

[CDNPR2014]

We are from Brazil. But if we get married right now (this year), will I be able to sponsor him? Because my work permit and study permit I got as a single person. Isn’t it a problem? Will I need to re-apply for it? Or nothing changes in my case?

I would suggest posting this in the Foreign Worker section of this forum. since you are not a PR or Canadian citizen, you would not be going through spousal sponsorship. people on this board are PRs/Canadian citizens sponsoring their spouses for PR status. your question is specific to adding a spouse to a work permit, so you will have better luck getting answers on the other board.

 

[jdome]

I would like to thank everyone who gave me advices and helped me with this questions.
Thank you again!

PS: I posted it already in the page that you advised me. Thank you.