Odd situation. I'm from usa. Came to canada on a visitor and extended each visa by 6 moths for 3 years. Our relationship has developed and we do not wish to be parted (We're a gay couple). So we're starting a sponsorship and path to PR for me. But we are mostly closest from his mother (Considering coming out and living in the exact same space permanently just to satisfy the law)
My Canadian boyfriend and i are common law in practice. He lives and works from one of his fathers properties. His mother lives on the top floor area with him. When i first arrived, we stayed together quite frequently. But to not arouse suspicion from his mother, we started sleeping down stairs. On rare occasion, he will sleep upstairs alone when his mother is awake.
So we have this situation where we sleep together from room to room and on very rare occasions, not at all. The logic being "This is our house. We sleep where we want".
But fire inspectors came by randomly. We answered that have separate rooms. So now police and fire department have it on record as us not staying "together" in the same room (Downstairs area has game systems and PC and such). At the time, we had no inkling about what that could have meant in terms of our plans to apply.. If and when this some how ends up impacting my ability to apply for PR under sponsorship, what should i do? Are so inflexible that they would not consider our story? We cover all the basic requirements for sponsorship, but this one quirk is giving me extreme anxiety.
Am i overthinking this? Are random police records somehow shared with immigration? They have my name, picture of my passport and a picture of the bed that's downstairs they took for inspection purposes.
For now, we're going to continue living together in the same room just to prevent this. Renew my visa as common law and build the groundwork for our sponsorship/PR application and try and seek an immigration lawyer to verify and make everything is golden. Any insight is valued, thank you.
My Canadian boyfriend and i are common law in practice. He lives and works from one of his fathers properties. His mother lives on the top floor area with him. When i first arrived, we stayed together quite frequently. But to not arouse suspicion from his mother, we started sleeping down stairs. On rare occasion, he will sleep upstairs alone when his mother is awake.
So we have this situation where we sleep together from room to room and on very rare occasions, not at all. The logic being "This is our house. We sleep where we want".
But fire inspectors came by randomly. We answered that have separate rooms. So now police and fire department have it on record as us not staying "together" in the same room (Downstairs area has game systems and PC and such). At the time, we had no inkling about what that could have meant in terms of our plans to apply.. If and when this some how ends up impacting my ability to apply for PR under sponsorship, what should i do? Are so inflexible that they would not consider our story? We cover all the basic requirements for sponsorship, but this one quirk is giving me extreme anxiety.
Am i overthinking this? Are random police records somehow shared with immigration? They have my name, picture of my passport and a picture of the bed that's downstairs they took for inspection purposes.
For now, we're going to continue living together in the same room just to prevent this. Renew my visa as common law and build the groundwork for our sponsorship/PR application and try and seek an immigration lawyer to verify and make everything is golden. Any insight is valued, thank you.
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