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Farther down is this paragraph: "Although the intention of the conjugal-partner category is to accommodate those few Canadians with foreign partners who can neither marry nor live together, inability to marry cannot be an absolute requirement, since this could have the effect of “forcing” those...

Its not that we don't want to get married down the road, its just that we don't want to be rushed into it. But we do want to move to Canada as soon as possible. I guess my next question would be, why does Common-Law sponsorship exist?

Right, so what you are suggesting is we get married to obtain a visa. I believe this is called a "Marriage of Convenience" and would result in our rejection of a Spousal application. Why would we get married under these conditions? This is lifted directly from the government website: A...

No I cannot, we do not live together.

Finally a thread discussing the same situation I'm in! I've scoured the internet trying to find the answer to this very question. SHOULD applicants be forced to marry instead of applying for Conjugal Sponsorship. I've met with a (expensive) immigration lawyer who has assured me our desire to be...

Thanks again for your response. Though it is disheartening, I was hoping there would be some wiggle room for our situation. Unfortunately there's no way we can survive in Canada without working for a year (would be pretty boring as well) plus add on another year for the application. So that's 2...

Thanks everyone for your replies. Every is saying "just get married". I really cannot believe this is the only solution. Not everyone believes in marriage, nor is it a requirement for most other sponsorship applications. Common-Law for example has nothing to do with marriage, nor does conjugal...

And how did that go??

Hello, I could not find someone on any thread who had the same situation as me. I want to sponsor my girlfriend as a common-law partner. I am a Canadian Citizen and she is a British Citizen. We want to move to Canada this summer to live and work. The situation is this: We DO NOT live...

I was afraid that would be the answer. I guess my next question would be, would they ever agree to us being common-law? We've lived together for over a year, but have 2 separate apartments on paper due to our work.

Hello, I feel I have a very unique situation and need some advice. I'm a Canadian Citizen living in Dubai. I live across the street from my girlfriend and we've been inseparable for almost 2 years. We cannot live together in Dubai as we are unmarried. We do not want to get married but we want...