Common Law - still married to his previous partner

[ranne08]

Apply for what? Does he have the education/work experience to qualify for PR under an economic immigration stream (like Express Entry, PNP, etc)?

If so, then he should apply that way. He will list you as a common-law partner in his application, but since you're already a PR it wouldn't have any negative effect on it.

The only thing you can't do, is to sponsor him under a family class application (as common-law or married).

Yes, he graduated for 5yrs and more than 6yrs of experince in industrial company. Thanks for giving me hope.

 

[Selene_Underworld]

Hello, I am in a similar situation:

My sponsor is a Canadian, we are common-law partner but he is NOT divorced yet. So what should the answer for question 8a of IMM 1344E be?
- Legally separated; or
- Common-law partner?

Thank you!

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hello, I am in a similar situation:

My sponsor is a Canadian, we are common-law partner but he is NOT divorced yet. So what should the answer for question 8a of IMM 1344E be?
- Legally separated; or
- Common-law partner?

Thank you!

Common-law.

 

[CitizenSoon]

How exactly did you get your own PR status?
And at the time of that application, since you had been living together more than 1 year why didn't you declare him in the app as a common-law partner?

If you didn't declare him and did your PR landing as "single", then you committed misrepresentation and the consequence now is you can never sponsor him to Canada, ever. He would need to qualify and immigrate independently.

How exactly did you get your own PR status?
And at the time of that application, since you had been living together more than 1 year why didn't you declare him in the app as a common-law partner?

If you didn't declare him and did your PR landing as "single", then you committed misrepresentation and the consequence now is you can never sponsor him to Canada, ever. He would need to qualify and immigrate independently.

Does my friend need to declare his new partner from a 12 months common law relationship during the processing of his citizenship application to be able to sponsor him in near future?