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With all you've said @mrsTF, one big question for me is why don't you move back to Romania? My FIL did after living in Canada for many years and he's been pleased about his decision. You sound very uncertain about doing the thing (marriage) that would make your application much more...

If there's nothing you can use for that category and it's not a 2 out of 3, then you will need to write a brief explanation letter. If your other evidence is strong and you make a clear case for why you can't show those particular documents, you should hopefully be ok. For what it's worth, you...

Are you currently living together and do you meet the criteria for common law? That's the only way you can start the sponsorship before marriage. Look carefully at the requirements for common law if you think you meet them.

It is pretty clear in my opinion - you don't answer #4 because you are living together. #4 is only for if you are NOT living together. There's a place somewhere in the forms where you have to briefly write your relationship history - mention your visits there.

Eh, if you read here long enough it becomes pretty clear IMO that while longer relationships TYPICALLY get less scrutiny that there are plenty of people with whirlwind relationships but solid evidence who get PR fast and plenty of people who have been in relationships for years but have poor...

For 7(C) we showed things like my husband being on the health insurance provided by my job and some documents from his university (he was a student in my home country at the time) where it was listed that my income was his financial support, and that he was the named beneficiary on my retirement...

We applied when my husband was finishing his PhD (in the US, my home country, where we were living together). Based on the timing you're stating I think you'll run into issues with showing intent to return to Canada. We had some pretty solid evidence: he was actively applying to MANY jobs in...

Is either of you a Canadian citizen who became a citizen before your daughter was born? If yes that would mean that your daughter is almost certainly a Canadian citizen and you wouldn't apply for a visitor visa

I posted it in the family sponsorship portion (and maybe someone else posted it elsewhere too) and my thoughts were/are "dumpster fire"

Have you tried calling IRCC? It's never easy to get through but if you call as soon as the lines open in your time zone it's more likely to be possible to speak with someone. Otherwise, webform? Direct email if you have something with the office handling your file with an email address listed?

It sounds like you have a lot of evidence of cohabitation for 12+ months. Explain in a letter of your own and maybe get one from the landlord explaining and I personally think you don't have much to stress about on that front. If you're really stressed about it, may I suggest getting married -...

In case this is helpful for people with applications that seem to be stuck: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ircc-immigration-officer-container-placeholder-code-inactive-list-1.6669571

I've crossed at St Stephen many times including a couple of complicated times and it's always been fine. Haven't done exactly what you're going to do, but have your papers in order and be polite, like at any border crossing and you'll be fine.

https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1291&top=4 As a side note, people should try googling. This is at least the third question this week that I've googled and found an official link that explicitly answers the question in about 3 seconds (haven't posted the answer each time...

You should post in the pnp section of the forum. You'll get more helpful responses there

Maybe https://secure.cic.gc.ca/feedback-retroaction/feedback-retroaction-eng.aspx (to tell them the mailbox is full) I'd guess that webforms have a different destination address than straight up emails but that's just a guess. I'd try this first personally. Could also just try resending...

It doesn't count as having been sponsored. My husband came to Canada as pr as a child as a dependent on his mom's economic stream application and we said he hadn't been sponsored and had no issues.

Ca Can he try a webform? Or calling ircc for info? I know it sucks trying to get through on the phone

Also the form is quite straightforward. You should be able to figure out if you're eligible just by trying to fill it out... I am of the opinion that cra has easier to understand forms than IRCC lol This should answer the OP's question pretty definitively...

You can always apply but I'd be shocked if you got it. We did not get it retroactively to our daughter's birth, only retroactively to when we started living in Canada. (Canadian citizen husband/kids, US citizen/Canadian PR wife). Also they actually did it based on when I became a PR not when my...