sponsorship /common in law cohabitation prove?

[ninuzzo82]

hello there
am Sebastiano an Italian citizen and trying for common in law application i will like to ask " me and my partner (Canadian) we have being living together in England for a period of 6 year from 2003 to 2008 we have lease agreement and all prove that we have cohabitated together, now on the eyes of immigration is that considered a valid prove for the application ? since then after we have being together but we couldn't leave physicals together for a period of time of 12 months due of my work because (i work in cruse ship) i will eternally thankfully if you could give me any advise please

 

[armoured]

Responded to in other thread.

 

[scylla]

hello there
am Sebastiano an Italian citizen and trying for common in law application i will like to ask " me and my partner (Canadian) we have being living together in England for a period of 6 year from 2003 to 2008 we have lease agreement and all prove that we have cohabitated together, now on the eyes of immigration is that considered a valid prove for the application ? since then after we have being together but we couldn't leave physicals together for a period of time of 12 months due of my work because (i work in cruse ship).

It's hard to comment since your period of cohabitation was so long ago. If you want to try, you will certainly want to provide more proof than just a joint lease. You'll want to include other evidence such as joint bank accounts, etc.

How did your partner become Canadian? Were they born that way or did they get PR later in life?

 

[ninuzzo82]

hello Scylla
yes we do have until now joint bank account also gas and phone bill also any correspondence we receive is in both our names is just matter of me not being here in Canada in a period of 12 consecutive months because of my work rotation is 3 months on and 2 months off but when it comes to prove we have all sort am just wondering if because is so dated do you think they couldn't accept that as a prof of living together for a consecutive 12 moths

 

[Ponga]

If you are still in a conjugal type relationship with your partner (even though you are not cohabiting under the same roof, due to your work) and if your partner is a Canadian CITIZEN, you could apply now via an Outland spousal sponsorship application. It may be somewhat difficult to prove/convince IRCC that although you did reach the 12 months that is required to be deemed common-law, in the eyes of IRCC, that was ~ 15 years ago. Do you live together at all during the times when you are not at sea, even if less than 12 months at a time, just to show that you're still `together'?

If marriage is an option to you both, it would make things waaaay easier (and likely faster), IMHO.

 

[ninuzzo82]

yes she is a Canadian citizen ,do you think that there is a law that tell me that i cannot used those lease because of the time being to far i mean is there is a law which tells you that has to be recent cohabitation or so?

 

[ninuzzo82]

It's hard to comment since your period of cohabitation was so long ago. If you want to try, you will certainly want to provide more proof than just a joint lease. You'll want to include other evidence such as joint bank accounts, etc.

How did your partner become Canadian? Were they born that way or did they get PR later in life?

If you are still in a conjugal type relationship with your partner (even though you are not cohabiting under the same roof, due to your work) and if your partner is a Canadian CITIZEN, you could apply now via an Outland spousal sponsorship application. It may be somewhat difficult to prove/convince IRCC that although you did reach the 12 months that is required to be deemed common-law, in the eyes of IRCC, that was ~ 15 years ago. Do you live together at all during the times when you are not at sea, even if less than 12 months at a time, just to show that you're still `together'?

If marriage is an option to you both, it would make things waaaay easier (and likely faster), IMHO.

hello Ponga
i appreciate your thought but if we getting married do we still apply for sponsorship or a different program

 

[armoured]

hello Ponga
i appreciate your thought but if we getting married do we still apply for sponsorship or a different program

Married vs common law basically identical 8n terms of program. The advantage is that being married you only have to show legality of marriage (relatively easy) and relationship is real. Common law you must prove that 12 months continuous and relationship is real.

As others have mentioned, proving you lived together long ago will raise some questions about being together but always apart. Nothing wrong with it given your three months on two off schedule, just unusual.

If you get married you make it easier for ircc. That means a junior officer can decide (signoff by someone senior), an easy decision. If not, they may have to consult a lawyer.

Put differently it doesn't matter that legally there is no difference. What matters is they don't have to ask a lawyer for their opinion about common law from a decade ago. Cut the lawyer out and you save time.

 

[ninuzzo82]

Married vs common law basically identical 8n terms of program. The advantage is that being married you only have to show legality of marriage (relatively easy) and relationship is real. Common law you must prove that 12 months continuous and relationship is real.

As others have mentioned, proving you lived together long ago will raise some questions about being together but always apart. Nothing wrong with it given your three months on two off schedule, just unusual.

If you get married you make it easier for ircc. That means a junior officer can decide (signoff by someone senior), an easy decision. If not, they may have to consult a lawyer.

Put differently it doesn't matter that legally there is no difference. What matters is they don't have to ask a lawyer for their opinion about common law from a decade ago. Cut the lawyer out and you save time.

thank you
once again we really appreciate your thought i must be honest you made my day

 

[scylla]

yes she is a Canadian citizen ,do you think that there is a law that tell me that i cannot used those lease because of the time being to far i mean is there is a law which tells you that has to be recent cohabitation or so?

There is no specific law. But it's been 15 years since you stopped living together continuously. That's a really long time. Reasonably IRCC may have questions about that and I think you can expect your application to be reviewed more closely.

 

[Naturgrl]

Has your common law partner filed any Canadian tax return in the last 20 years?