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Start reading and educating yourself about the process. Here's a VERY long thread with a lot of good information in it: http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/spousal-sponsorship-t46995.0.html. Then start reading through the instructions and guides and forms on the CIC...

You still have to prove that your relationship is genuine and ongoing, but there's no requirement to prove 12 consecutive months of cohabitation.

Conditional PR for sponsored spouses/common-law partners is very new. No one can tell you for sure how much CIC will "check up on" conditional permanent residents during their first two years here. Bottom line, no one here can tell you that it's okay to take the "break" you wish to take from...

Exactly what scylla says. Is it likely that someone who is visa-exempt with no prior difficulty at the border will be refused entry? Nope. Is it possible? Yep. So it depends on how risk-adverse you and he are. You would quite likely be fine, but on the off-hand chance that you get Canada's...

The conjugal partnership *might* be a possibililty for you, since you two cannot marry, and she has been denied a TRV. You would need to be able to prove to CIC that you two are, in every way, like a married couple, except for the fact that you cannot marry. Do you support her financially...

There is no specific income requirement, but you must be able to satisfy CIC that you will not draw welfare after your spouse arrives in Canada. If your disability income isn't enough to support the two of you without additional assistance, you will need to show how you two will support...

Link to apply to extend visitor status: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/extend-stay.asp

MissThea, I'm so sorry that you find yourself so isolated and without help and meaningful relationships. I understand how easy it is to believe people are good (especially if you have strong religious beliefs, which you seem to). I understand how much it means to you to have found someone who...

I would highly recommend you read up a bit more on inland and outland. I'm no expert, no immigration lawyer or consultant, but I think you may find, if you read more on here, that applying inland and applying for an OWP (open work permit) makes no real sense compared to applying outland (since...

Your partner is not actually "living" with you until he has status to do so. Until then, he's "visiting" you and has only visitor status. An application as conjugal partners can not be changed to either common-law partners or married spouses, so no, sending in a marriage certificate wouldn't...

We basically got married for CIC. And for the military. We had been living together for almost exactly a year when we started the move, but we had NO paperwork tying us together. I moved in, he kep paying all of his bills, I paid all of mine, and I bought all of the groceries/household goods...

That sounds like a pretty good collection of evidence. The tenency agreements listing both of you are excellent. Have you traveled together commercially? If so, flight itineraries. Are you the beneficiaries on each other's life insurance policies? Are you on each other's car insurance...

I don't think it really matters at this point, does it? If he's cancelling the sponsorship, then he's cancelling it. I don't see why it makes a big difference if CIC officially cancels it on Tuesday, or a month from then.

Generally, the new PR has to land before their medical exam results expire. Results are good for one year from the date of the exam, so that shouldn't be a problem for you guys, if you plan to come to Canada within the next year. I'll let you know on the job search stuff. When *I* know! I...

Good luck to both of you! Falling in love with someone of a different nationality sure packs some extra challenges. I'm thankful I met my husband when I did, instead of just 6 months later. If we had had 6 months less time to get to know each other, to spend time together, to realize how...

As proving your intent to return to Canada is one of the more difficult parts of an outland application, I would think it's best to avoid complicating that step at all and just say your plan is to return and settle in Québec. Once he lands as a PR, he can live wherever he wants to in Canada...

I have nothing helpful to add. Just wanted to say that my heart goes out to you and your hubby. I'm so sorry you're facing this, just when you're supposed to be able to start a real life together.

CIC's website is wrong about the FBI checks. They're currently taking about a month, from what I read on here (mine took around 5 or 6 weeks when I requested it in April of 2013). Also, you need to understand that, until she has PR status, she is NEVER guaranteed entry to Canada. She may...

Condition 51 applies to those applicants whose materials were received ON or after October 25, so that includes your app. It will just depend on if they go by the length of the relationship or only the length of the marriage. But don't stress about it. All you have to do is live with your...

Again, I'm assuming she's American. US citizens are visa-exempt, so she's not getting a visa at all. There are no multi-entry or single-entry visas for Americans. They are permitted to visit without a visa, and they can extend their visitor permit (which is what you've applied to do), but as...