advice for sponsoring long term partner who is a cousin??

[zardoz]

;D Thank you clearing that up, also what is S/O

Significant Other?

 

[Cross Border Couple]

Ahhh I see, thank you for clearing that up

 

[canadianwoman]

I don't think they are or were common-law. The 2 years she spent with him in high school were while she was living at her aunt and uncle's house. This is not going to be counted as a common-law relationship with him.The rest of the time it sounds like you never lived for 12 months continuously together, except maybe in London.Just get married.

 

[Cross Border Couple]

Me and my partner have been together for 10 years. We met in 2003. We have emails/pictures/love/plane tickets all corresponding to these early years since we were together. Alot of proof in that department

I would visit canada as a tourist.
Me and my partner would live together when my visa allowed. We never had joined lease/accounts/finances ect because I thought it would be better to do that once if we eventually got married.
I would always leave on the correct time and come back again as a tourist. (I am visa -exempt as I am an english british citizen)

The only time, I overstayed my visa once and then voluntarilly left because I was anxious being that I had overstayed and wanted to start my application for permanent residence. I came back to the uk and when I returned to canada to visit him, they questioned me at the airport and I ended up admiting to overstaying. They gave me a 1 year ban.

Me and my partner will be getting married this summer after 10 years of being together/
Now, my question is, when applying for permanent residency...Do I mention that we lived together as common -law? I want to be honest about all time we spent living together. However, the only thing that makes me nervours is the fact that we didnt have any joint leases or bank accoungts and such. My partner supported me fully and paid all the bills while i stayed home and took care of the house, cooked and cleaned ect.
Apart from the times I left to exit canada to renew my visa, we have always been together
So, on the application which we will be married that time anyway so applying as spouse sponsorship - should i just explain to them we lived together (and I have freinds in canada that know of this and would be willing to attest to it)
but dont have legal documents to prove this such as joint bills/join accounts ect...


Any advise would be greatly appreiciated.

 

[chakrab]

don't think you need to mention "common-law" if you are legally married. but you can write about living together and knowing each other for a while. letters from friends can be good.

 

[Cross Border Couple]

thank you . Im sure glad to join this forum, its very helpful to read these forums

 

[Ponga]

Me and my partner have been together for 10 years. We met in 2003. We have emails/pictures/love/plane tickets all corresponding to these early years since we were together. Alot of proof in that department

I would visit canada as a tourist.
Me and my partner would live together when my visa allowed. We never had joined lease/accounts/finances ect because I thought it would be better to do that once if we eventually got married.
I would always leave on the correct time and come back again as a tourist. (I am visa -exempt as I am an english british citizen)

The only time, I overstayed my visa once and then voluntarilly left because I was anxious being that I had overstayed and wanted to start my application for permanent residence. I came back to the uk and when I returned to canada to visit him, they questioned me at the airport and I ended up admiting to overstaying. They gave me a 1 year ban.

Me and my partner will be getting married this summer after 10 years of being together/
Now, my question is, when applying for permanent residency...Do I mention that we lived together as common -law? I want to be honest about all time we spent living together. However, the only thing that makes me nervours is the fact that we didnt have any joint leases or bank accoungts and such. My partner supported me fully and paid all the bills while i stayed home and took care of the house, cooked and cleaned ect.
Apart from the times I left to exit canada to renew my visa, we have always been together
So, on the application which we will be married that time anyway so applying as spouse sponsorship - should i just explain to them we lived together (and I have freinds in canada that know of this and would be willing to attest to it)
but dont have legal documents to prove this such as joint bills/join accounts ect...


Any advise would be greatly appreiciated.

There's nothing to be nervous about, because you were NEVER Common-Law, because you did not live together (anywhere) for 1 full year...365 days under the same roof.

Now that you are getting married and therefore applying as a spouse and NOT a common-law partner, the lack of `evidence' that would have been needed for a common-law sponsorship is...not needed!

Good luck!

 

[Cross Border Couple]

thank you ponga,

erm we kind of were common- law when I overstayed my visa though
I overstayed for 15 months in which we lived together every day without me leaving.
I wont apply untill my 1 year ban is up

 

[Ponga]

How could you (or anyone) be `kind of' common-law?

Unless you have proof that you did in fact live together...uninterrupted for 365 days...you were NOT common-law.

But...it doesn't matter because being married trumps common-law.