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My partner and I are about to rent our first apartment together so that we can live together for 12 months and qualify for the common law sponsorship. Is there anything that anyone recommends about getting proof for this when it comes to the application or is writing both our names on it okay...

Hi everyone, My Belgian boyfriend is in Ontario with me currently on a working holiday visa valid for 1 year (not extendable). Once we have been living together for 12 months, I will sponsor him under the common-law sponsorship. The thing is, when we submit the sponsorship, his working holiday...

Hi everyone, My Belgian boyfriend is in Ontario with me currently on a working holiday visa valid for 1 year (not extendable). Once we have been living together for 12 months, I will sponsor him under the common-law sponsorship. The thing is, when we submit the sponsorship, his working holiday...

You mean using my ETA status to stay in Canada a little bit longer without working? Because Belgians can't extend their stay on a working Holiday Visa. Thanks! Kris

We know it is similar and I'm not worried that we'll remain together. I just don't want to rush marriage for immigration's sake.

Apologies. I meant that for outland: after that year on my Working Holiday Visa I'll fly back to Belgium and we'll hand in the spousal sponsorship. I'll stay in Belgium until the outland application for the spousal sponsorship is accepted and then fly back to Canada to work because I have a PR...

Yes, I looked at both of them. The only problem is that I barely make the pool which won't give me a good chance to be picked, right? I have a high degree which gives me a good amount of points but almost no work experience in my field yet (except for internships). Cheers Kris

Hi Guys, I just wanted to have the opinion of the people on this forum, that helped us a lot already, about our procedure that we would think is best to get myself to Canada to live with my girlfriend there permanently. I'm Belgian, currently finishing up my masters in Engineering and 23y old. I...

You have been so helpful, thank you so much! I've tried calling the canadian immigration 6 times over the last few days and it keeps telling me they are too busy to take my call. May I ask where you got this information to confirm that traveling counts as cohabitation?

Okay one more question that may screw things up. I have dual citizenship (Canadian and Polish.. I was born in Canada) and I'd be using my polish passport in South america since it doesnt require visas for the countries we will be visiting. Is that an issue when submitting proof of passport...

We will be MOSTLY camping though in the wild.. we won't have any receipts from hotels for proof. How do we document that? Will just pictures suffice? To put some context into this... we are cycling across Canada and will be wild camping and then backpacking across south america.

My boyfriend and I will be traveling together for 6 months before having a permanent address for another 6 months. In order for me to sponsor him as a common-law sponsorship... we must cohabit together for 12 consecutive months. Define cohabit. Does traveling count? We would basically be...

Thank you, I've been trying to call the immigration office but it keeps telling me they are too busy and cannot transfer my call. My other question is... does traveling together count as cohabitation? We want to travel for 6 months.

I was talking with a friend who said she married her spouse only because she'd have to live together with her partner for 3 years before being able to sponsor him as common-law. I haven't seen that anywhere... I've only read "12 consecutive months". Can anyone clarify? Thank you. Btw we are two...

Okay perfect, that will do for us. Its one thing to not be able to work, its something else to have to pay round trip to Canada again only for waiting until the application is validated.

Hey all, We are currently figuring out how my Canadian girlfriend can sponsor me to get PR in Canada. We decided to go with a working holiday visa which works for Belgians. In this time we'll live together to have 12 months of cohabiting which will be enough to get an application for common law...

Thanks for clearing that up. He will only be visiting for 3 months. After the 3 months we'll fly out for another 3 months and then come back so we'll have to pass immigration again for activating the IEC.

My boyfriend (Belgian citizenship) wants to get a working holiday visa for Canada starting in December 2018. However he wants to visit Canada in July 2018 for a few months BEFORE starting his working holiday visa. Is there any way to prevent it from starting the 12 months that he would get to...

Correct - he speaks Dutch/Flemish. So we've come to a conclusion that he will come here on a 12 month working holiday visa in which we will live together for 12 months. Then he will apply for PR with me as his common law sponsor with inland application so that he can get an open work permit...

Thank you. If he came here as a tourist (eligible to stay for 6 months at a time), could he then apply for an open work permit with inland application? How long would the open work permit be valid for? And would we then have to wait 12 months before applying as common law sponsorship for his PR?