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Of all of the thought that goes into my decisions on the matter.. "speed" is not one of them. I don't care if it takes 6 months, or 6 years. It doesn't matter to me if it's faster going through one office or another, so long as it's in process. I'm here anyway. I'm out of status, anyway. I'm...

I have found no reason which implies that inland is a better choice for me. Outland seems to be a no-brainer, unless something significant happens to make me change my mind before the paperwork is actually submitted.

Thanks for the concern gang. I didn't intentionally ignore anyone's emails, I just end up busy sometimes and I see them in my inbox and mentally note to reply when I get a chance, then.. well, time passes and I forget about it. My partner has returned from her deployment, and we're still...

Trivial. Maybe. Sometimes due to circumstances it doesn't work out that way. And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack And you may find yourself in another part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful...

right. Thank you Scylla. Before I came to this forum, I knew about the different options for applying from the CIC website. My first thought was to apply outland, from inland if this was legal. With the benefits of faster processing times, the right of appeal, and the application doesn't...

Thank you very much for your thoughts and opinions Canuck. I think I'm going to do more research to convince myself that this is the case. If it is, I have nothing to lose by applying outland, really. (nothing more than I have to lose by applying inland). I don't mind going to the U.S. if and...

Oh my... I just about went into full blow freak out mode. You would not believe my week. I about had a heart attack there. Thanks for clarifying :)

We've been living together and sleeping in the same bed for close to 20 years now! We're more a couple than pretty much any 'married' people we know who have not been together anywhere near that long. It seems inconcievable to me that because she had to go work (she is the canadian citizen...

reading through these forums and listening to other people's stories, I've seen a couple of other threads now where people are asking things like "Do I apply for common law... " and the answer is (and makes sense to be) "You have to show that you've lived together for 1 full year (not 364...

So if that was the case, I could apply outland, while still being inland? and only leave if they ask me for an interview? (which hopefully I've have enough of a well built package that they'd not have any doubt as to our relationship, and not ask for one). That would be really good news. I'll...

Thanks Bruce. We're not really overly social, and don't have our lives spilled out all over youtube and facebook and such. (we don't even have facebook accounts). occasionally a picture may get taken here or there, but... we don't even have smartphones, and when we go places we tend to take...

Thanks Ponga, you've been great! Sent you PM.

She doesn't have a landlord. She is the ownwer of this place we live. I have my bank accounts with this address on them (both U.S and Canadian, both current and closed accounts now) My checks from my U.S. checking account have this address printed on them. I get mail from the veteran's...

No. Other than one of the times when I was getting my work permit renewed.. I had to step on american soil. They gave me a piece of paper which told me to leave canada so that I could turn right around and come back. They told me to just go to a border to do it, stop at the canadian side first...

I am aware of the CIC position (and posted it in my original post), and now with the addition info provided by you, Ponga, and others, I am leaning toward not leaving, and just working on the application while my partner is away. Thank you very much for your thoughts and advice. If I leave...

Thank you Scylla. This is a very busy, very hectic week as I need to prepare to leave, as if I'm going with her, (shots, insurance, physical, etc) and at the same time, may end up not going at the last minute if we determine that my staying here would be in the best interest of my eventually...

Is the interview you're talking about ... is this the interview they give you if they doubt the relationship? or are there other interviews? If it's THAT interview.. that's usually near the end of the process, isn't it? So if they call me in for an interview, could I not just go to it and...

I understand, thank you for explaning it. With me being out of status, the only way to legally do that would be for me to leave, and by some miracle be permitted back into the country on a visitor's visa, and then by some double miracle, have them allow me to extend it to a year. This seems to...

Thank you for taking the time to reply. I was trying to be factual and to the point, as opposed to my usual rambling, so I may have not been very clear, although I did say I have NOT worked or studied in Canada, after my work visa expired. After that, I was on a normal visitor visa, which.. I've...

I am a U.S. Citizen. I came to Canada originally when I was hired by a Canadian company. I lived and worked in Canada legally for several years. I met a girl in Canada, fell in love and we started living together. Time passed. A lot of time. As a result, I'm still in Canada, and now well out...