Would including this information in my Inland CL application help or hinder?

[Ponga]

Inland applicant for CL sponsorship

My CL sponsor and I are wrapping up our application package and are now writing our individual versions of our relationship, to include.

Here's my dilemma:

For the sole reason of my current status (out) and that I am beyond the 90 days to apply for restoration, we decided to file via Inland. My CL partner had been married, but legally separated when we entered into our CL relationship, but I was not aware that I could even start the process for sponsorship if she was still legally married. I know...not of importance to CIC (or anyone I suppose) for being ignorant.

An Aboriginal friend of mine and I were talking one day, discussing my situation and my desire to stay, live and possibly work in Canada (I work remotely through the US, so I may not need to work, per se, in Canada for the foreseeable future). Since I know that I have Native American blood, he suggested that I read the Jay Treaty of 1796 that basically allowed Native American Indians to basically live without the 49th parallel `border' to prevent free passage across the continent.

I jumped in head first and started tracing my genealogy, ultimately finding documentation that shows my maternal grandfather as full-blood, Cherokee...my grandmother as one-fourth...and my beloved mother (who I miss very much) as five-eights. This, according to my math, should give me five-sixteenths blood quantum, which is more than enough to qualify for tribal enrollment to the Cherokee Nation.

Well....not so fast.

Because I have yet to `connect the dots' beyond my grandfather to his family and ultimately to a name on either the Dawes Roll of the Five Civilized Tribes, or the Baker Roll of 1924...I cannot enroll with the CN, nor can I apply for a status card through the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the US. Bummer!

Now comes the question:

I want to share this story in my letter to CIC, to show that I have been trying to resolve my status and live in Canada and not just sitting on my hands, with my head in the sand, while my CL partner resolved her personal business with her ex-husband and father of her [adult] chidren. Our reasoning for waiting until now to apply, should really be our business. The truth is...we weren't ready until now. Period!

My CL partner feels that by me disclosing this, CIC may see our now CL application as nothing more than `Plan B', and therefore potentially deny our application.


Thoughts?

Thanks for your time.

 

[Alurra71]

Inland applicant for CL sponsorship

My CL sponsor and I are wrapping up our application package and are now writing our individual versions of our relationship, to include.

Here's my dilemma:

For the sole reason of my current status (out) and that I am beyond the 90 days to apply for restoration, we decided to file via Inland. My CL partner had been married, but legally separated when we entered into our CL relationship, but I was not aware that I could even start the process for sponsorship if she was still legally married. I know...not of importance to CIC (or anyone I suppose) for being ignorant.

An Aboriginal friend of mine and I were talking one day, discussing my situation and my desire to stay, live and possibly work in Canada (I work remotely through the US, so I may not need to work, per se, in Canada for the foreseeable future). Since I know that I have Native American blood, he suggested that I read the Jay Treaty of 1796 that basically allowed Native American Indians to basically live without the 49th parallel `border' to prevent free passage across the continent.

I jumped in head first and started tracing my genealogy, ultimately finding documentation that shows my maternal grandfather as full-blood, Cherokee...my grandmother as one-fourth...and my beloved mother (who I miss very much) as five-eights. This, according to my math, should give me five-sixteenths blood quantum, which is more than enough to qualify for tribal enrollment to the Cherokee Nation.

Well....not so fast.

Because I have yet to `connect the dots' beyond my grandfather to his family and ultimately to a name on either the Dawes Roll of the Five Civilized Tribes, or the Baker Roll of 1924...I cannot enroll with the CN, nor can I apply for a status card through the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the US. Bummer!

Now comes the question:

I want to share this story in my letter to CIC, to show that I have been trying to resolve my status and live in Canada and not just sitting on my hands, with my head in the sand, while my CL partner resolved her personal business with her ex-husband and father of her [adult] chidren. Our reasoning for waiting until now to apply, should really be our business. The truth is...we weren't ready until now. Period!

My CL partner feels that by me disclosing this, CIC may see our now CL application as nothing more than `Plan B', and therefore potentially deny our application.


Thoughts?

Thanks for your time.

I don't know that they would see it as Plan B, however, you don't have to explain WHY you chose to wait this long. As a matter of fact, in my opinion, I would think they would see the wait as a good thing that you have both fully committed to this relationship and now have that much more supporting evidence. I don't see a problem with including this information, however, I don't see a reason WHY you would include this information. It is not really pertinent to your stories about how you have met and it really is not pertinent to your relationship, unless this is a specific reason why your CL wife is with you. If that makes any sort of sense to you.

 

[Ponga]

Yes it makes perfect sense. Thank you.

[note to self: erase, erase, erase]

 

[scylla]

Muddles the story IMO. Leave it out and keep things simple.

 

[Ponga]

Thanks.

I now concur...no reason to add more than we need.

 

[taffy7]

CL is right leave it out .. lol