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We just went through this -- we had our own place for 10.5 months before applying, but had lived together at my mother's for 4 months prior to that. We had no lease/utilities in our names while we lived with my mother, so it was a bit difficult to prove that we were living together. We...

Hi everyone. I'm sponsoring my SO and submitted our common-law sponsorship application in August 2016. We've received requests for additional information, fingerprints, medical, and have submitted everything that's been asked of us. Our initial package contained letters from family and friends...

We didn't have much in both our names other than our apartment lease when we applied. I sifted through 6 year's worth of Facebook messages, texts, and emails and provided them with some that reflected our real-life moments. Nothing says 'we're legit' than multiple emails asking each other when...

Hmmmm.. Interesting. We never thought of that. Thanks! He applied for the balance of his PGWP, which he had been told he could get following his MBA graduation, within the 90 days. By the time we heard back it was beyond that, so we started moving on the sponsorship app.

A year.

Yes, he was out of status when our application was submitted. That's the reason they've given us for the 16 month delay. I've looked at the spreadsheet on these forums and see that people are getting OWPs after just a few months, and wonder if we'll actually fall into that category as well. So...

My boyfriend of six years is currently out of status. He completed his BBA in Canada in 2012, and, in order to keep his status while he awaited his acceptance to an MBA program, was advised to apply for his PGWP. He wasn't informed at the time that this would be the only time he would be able to...