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Thanks for bringing this up! 'Guess I'll have to go this route as it's easier to obtain a Schengen Visa than US & Canada Visitor Visa. Now I will have to get the required docs for us to get married! Thanks again! You're a life saver! ;D

Thanks for the info. We've been to Europe before for a guided tour. We looked at Amsterdam, Paris, and Belgium but all of these countries require residency requirements to get married (same sex). Do you happen to know if there is a residency requirement in Denmark before we get married...

In your case, it was inland application right? She is NOT here in Canada with me. The thing about same sex marriage/common law union is not all country would recognize it. We were planning to get married in the US but her visa got refused. :( Of course we thought about getting married here in...

Yeah I guess it always depends on how knowledgeable the CIC officer would be in terms of CIC & CRA definition of common law. Ok so I spoke to two accountants today... for TAX PURPOSES Accountant A said, I can file for common law marital status if me and my partner both have a CANADIAN billing...

Thanks Rob! Yes I will have to talk to an accountant and know my options.

Hi Almall, thanks for sharing your experience. However, we lived common law in Singapore not in Canada. This was Sep 2010 - Nov 2012. Does this mean I have to do a re-assessment of my tax return? From my understanding CRA can only do re-assessments for the past 3 years. Which would mean that I...

Thank you Hayles! It's really nice to hear from someone who went through the actual situation. Much appreciated!

Hi Guys! not that everybody cares but this would be a great info for someone like me. Just an update about my situation... So I spoke to one of the CRA agents and he explained to me that filling common-law sponsorship has NO BEARING when filing as SINGLE on my tax returns. This means that CIC...

Thank you guys! Appreciate all your opinion on this one. Yes 4 years is quite a gap. She has documentations that she cannot leave her company due to her ongoing contract so I was not able to file for sponsorship as soon as I left Singapore and came back to Canada. However, we do have a joint...

Thanks for sharing your opinion. I am just worried because i am filing my taxes with marital status as "single". if i submit her sponsorship and PR application as Common Law and Canada Immigration would look at my Tax Assessment and I DID NOT declare I was in a Common Law relationship, would...

So here's our story... My same sex partner and I have lived together in Singapore for two years from Sep 2010 - Nov 2012. We were both foreign worker status at that time. I am a Canadian Citizen and she is from Philippines. During those two years we both established a rental agreement and a...

Hi everyone! I hope someone can help me out on this one. I would like to sponsor my common-law partner but I am still in doubt if we can still qualify to apply for this category. Here’s our situation… We have been in a relationship for 5 years. We cohabitated for a period of two years...