Conjugal Partner

[YULpj]

Hello Everyone,

I'm preparing an application to sponsor my partner as Conjugal but I'm wondering is it even worth it? I heard it's really hard for them to approve

When I read about what they consider Conjugal I feel like my relationship falls in this category because we are unable to marry in his country due to the government not recognizing gay marriage, he can't come here because they didn't accept his touist visa application (we applied in Feb)

I just don't know what else to do? We want to be together but I'm not sure if I qualify for conjugal or not?

I can provide pictures, chats, passport stamps of all the times I visited him in the past year and 1/2

 

[AlgCad0218]

Where is your partner from ?

 

[YULpj]

Costa Rica

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hello Everyone,

I'm preparing an application to sponsor my partner as Conjugal but I'm wondering is it even worth it? I heard it's really hard for them to approve

When I read about what they consider Conjugal I feel like my relationship falls in this category because we are unable to marry in his country due to the government not recognizing gay marriage, he can't come here because they didn't accept his touist visa application (we applied in Feb)

I just don't know what else to do? We want to be together but I'm not sure if I qualify for conjugal or not?

I can provide pictures, chats, passport stamps of all the times I visited him in the past year and 1/2

What is preventing you from becoming common-law in Costa Rica?

 

[AlgCad0218]

Gay marriage will be legal in Costa Rica on May 26,2020 at the latest. Ref: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Costa_Rica I think it will be hard to justify how you qualify as conjugal partners since homosexuality is not outright outlawed or criminalised (like in Iran). They also request that you demonstrate that you have a marriage-like relationship such as supporting your partner financially.

If you are ready to commit, you could look to marry in a third country.

 

[YULpj]

In CR they don't recognize anything for same-sex couples not marriage not common-law, they make it clear it's between men & woman only

Also my career is in Canada, I have a Condo & Mortgage paymemts here I can't just pick up and move there to live with him

he's working part time and finishing his studies so its easier for him to come here

 

[21Goose]

In CR they don't recognize anything for same-sex couples not marriage not common-law, they make it clear it's between men & woman only

Also my career is in Canada, I have a Condo & Mortgage paymemts here I can't just pick up and move there to live with him

he's working part time and finishing his studies so its easier for him to come here

They don't need to recognize it as common-law. You just need to live together for a year.

Your other reasons aren't good ones for the purposes of the conjugal partner determination.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

In CR they don't recognize anything for same-sex couples not marriage not common-law, they make it clear it's between men & woman only

Also my career is in Canada, I have a Condo & Mortgage paymemts here I can't just pick up and move there to live with him

he's working part time and finishing his studies so its easier for him to come here

It doesn't matter what CR recognizes. Canada recognizes it.

IRCC specifically states that reasons such as a job are not valid barriers against moving to your partner's country.

 

[YULpj]

Thanks for your replies!

I just want to make sure I understand this, One of the points on the immigration site says the following

*could not live with the sponsor as a couple because of reasons beyond their control (e.g. immigration barrier, religious reasons or sexual orientation*

I understand It will be recognized in 2020 as posted above but right now as it stands CR doesn't recognize it and we have been in a long distance relationship for 1 1/2 years now. It's not fair for us to have to wait another year for CR to make it legal when a "regular" couple could get married now if they wanted to.

CR is a religious country and Being gay in CR is maybe not punishable like in Iran but we still can't get married and make it offical because of the current laws.
The option to marry as it stands now is not available to us

 

[21Goose]

Thanks for your replies!

I just want to make sure I understand this, One of the points on the immigration site says the following

*could not live with the sponsor as a couple because of reasons beyond their control (e.g. immigration barrier, religious reasons or sexual orientation*

I understand It will be recognized in 2020 as posted above but right now as it stands CR doesn't recognize it and we have been in a long distance relationship for 1 1/2 years now. It's not fair for us to have to wait another year for CR to make it legal when a "regular" couple could get married now if they wanted to.

CR is a religious country and Being gay in CR is maybe not punishable like in Iran but we still can't get married and make it offical because of the current laws.
The option to marry as it stands now is not available to us

The option to live as a couple is open to you.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Thanks for your replies!

I just want to make sure I understand this, One of the points on the immigration site says the following

*could not live with the sponsor as a couple because of reasons beyond their control (e.g. immigration barrier, religious reasons or sexual orientation*

I understand It will be recognized in 2020 as posted above but right now as it stands CR doesn't recognize it and we have been in a long distance relationship for 1 1/2 years now. It's not fair for us to have to wait another year for CR to make it legal when a "regular" couple could get married now if they wanted to.

CR is a religious country and Being gay in CR is maybe not punishable like in Iran but we still can't get married and make it offical because of the current laws.
The option to marry as it stands now is not available to us

There is no legal/immigration barrier preventing you from becoming common-law. As I said, your job is not a barrier.

 

[AlgCad0218]

Take a look at this internal guide : https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/resources/manuals/op/op02-eng.pdf

 

[YULpj]

Alright guys thanks so much for the infos ! I appreciate it

 

[Jaybee43]

Alright guys thanks so much for the infos ! I appreciate it

Ircc cant force u to leave your job just to become common law for the purpose of a conjugal relationship. My case was accepted as conjugal. Ircc never told me to quit my job and move to the Philippines to become common law. Nothing was even mentioned to that effect

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Ircc cant force u to leave your job just to become common law for the purpose of a conjugal relationship. My case was accepted as conjugal. Ircc never told me to quit my job and move to the Philippines to become common law. Nothing was even mentioned to that effect

It is clearly stated by IRCC that employment is not a valid reason preventing a couple from living together.

Your partner is legally married and lives in a country where divorce AND adultery are both illegal, so you obviously have a legal barrier preventing you from going to live with her to become common-law. Completely different from the OP.