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Thanks everyone for the help! We'll be patient.

My partner and I posted off our common-law application and it should have arrived two and a half weeks ago. I'm wondering when you receive a confirmation it was received/has started being processed? Thanks in advance.

Hi all, I'm sponsoring my common-law partner and we're not sure how much I need to prove I can support him. I'm a student and only recently got a full-time job in the summer. The income isn't shown in my Notice of Assessment or Proof of Income (Option C) from the CRA though (the previous year...

We'll be applying outland, since I'll most likely study abroad in spring of 2020. My partner has been in Canada on a Working Holiday visa since September, so I think we'll gather our documents in advance and apply as soon as a year has passed, since he'll only have another year in Canada on the...

This is really helpful - thank you so much! My partner and I are young, and I'm still a student, so many items on your list wouldn't be super feasible for us, but I'll definitely follow a similar method to you and check for proof month by month. Thanks for the words of caution; we'll be extra...

Hi, from what I've read on these threads it seems like to count as common-law, you have to live together for a continuous 12 months. My partner and I have lived 8 months together (and traveled together when we were living apart for 4 months) so I'm assuming we have to wait until we've lived...

Thanks all for the messages! I am indeed a citizen. I have little savings and not much earning potential at the moment since I'm still in school, but my partner does (he's graduated and will soon have a job, although it's short contract). Would that, plus statements of support from our parents...

Hi, I'm a Canadian uni student trying to sponsor my partner under the common-law category; he's from England and is living with me right now on a working holiday visa. I'm applying to go on exchange in China from around Feb-June 2020, which means if we did the visa app very soon and it takes...