Single on PGWP will be common-law September

[russ6970]

Hi,

I am on a 3 year PGWP (got it in November 2017). Do I have to tell CIC if and when I become Common-law (in newfoundland it's 2 years and then you become common-law automatically) to update the PGWP? I am planning on applying for the graduate Provincial Nominee program after a year of this permit and will have her as common-law on this application. Any help is gratefully appreciated.

 

[scylla]

For immigration related matters, you become common law after living together for 1 year continuously - not 2 years. You need to follow CIC's rules and definitions - not those of the province you're living in. So you should have said you were common law in your November PGWP application.

You do not have to update CIC regarding your common law status - there's really no way to do that unless you're applying for something new. You must include your common law partner when you apply for PR and may want to explain that you made an error in not listing this common law partner in your PGWP application.

 

[russ6970]

Thanks Scylla. Oh yes I will be including her in the PR application definitely.

 

[kw.jr]

Hi,

I am on a 3 year PGWP (got it in November 2017). Do I have to tell CIC if and when I become Common-law (in newfoundland it's 2 years and then you become common-law automatically) to update the PGWP? I am planning on applying for the graduate Provincial Nominee program after a year of this permit and will have her as common-law on this application. Any help is gratefully appreciated.

hello, I am in a similar situation here. I am hoping you could give me some advice on how you handled the common law on your PR application?

My bf and I became common law in April 2017 ( we started living together since April 2016). However, he did not declare we are common-law when he applied his PGWP in March 2018. We were not aware that we became common-law automatically after living together for a year in Canada. Now we are applying PR under Provincial Nominee program and then EE. We were asked to submit previous work/study permits in the application, I am not sure if CIC will investigate his previous work permit and find he declared single at the time(but we were common-law automatically).

Would that cause our PR application get rejected? What can we do to fix this? We were lack of knowledge of the importance of common-law ... Help please! I appreciate your time and response!!!