APPLICATION TO SPONSOR, SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT AND UNDERTAKING:

[beatitboss]

Hi There,

I am just about to start the process of sponsoring my common-law partner. We started filling out all the necessary forms in order to give ourselves a clear idea of what’s gonna be required so that we can have enough time to collect all the supporting documents.

Our situation looks like so:

We met back in 2008, our relationship was evolving ever since (evidence available) however we moved together on 15-FEB-2013. There are also legitimate grounds for that as well in case the CIC wants to know why we moved in together that late.

I am the sponsor (citizen) and we’ll be applying outland from Australia.

I have the following questions with regards to our APPLICATION TO SPONSOR, SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT AND UNDERTAKING:

Part 1: APPLICATION TO SPONSOR AND UNDERTAKING SECTION

Box #6 a) Relationship to principal applicant?

Conjugal or common law? I am again a little bit confused as it refers directly to the statement that I’ve posted above.

My bet is conjugal since we effectively live together.

SPONSOR PERSONAL DETAILS SECTION:

Box #6 Status in Canada

I am a dual French - Canadian Citizen.

I was born in Europe to my French Canadian father. My father was French and became Canadian back in the 1970s however he moved back to France for the business reasons shortly before I was born.

Nevertheless he declared my birth as soon as possible and I am a citizen since the very beginning of my life.

Should I declare that I am a citizen by birth or descent? What’s the actual difference between those two?

Again useless to say that I’ve never gave up my citizenship as France (the country where I spent most of my life) allows dual citizenship with Canada.

I also have a valid Canadian passport as well as a Certificate of Citizenship which even has a picture of mine when I was a couple of months old!

Box #8 Common law status?

Here I don’t have the choice between common-law and conjugal. Should I then say common law but input the date when we first moved in together in FEB 2013?

Cheers,

 

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You should definitely apply as "common law" - conjugal is meant only for those persons who are unable to live together due to immigration barriers, discrimination, etc. If you have been living together for more than 12 months, definitely apply common law! And every time it asks your status, relationship to each other, etc, it's always "common law".

As for your citizenship, you are a Canadian from birth. See example 2 on this page: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/rules_2009.asp

"Chelsea is a Canadian citizen at birth and is born in the first generation outside Canada due to her father having been naturalized Canadian before she was born."

Not sure about the date at which you entered into a common law relationship, I don't know if that counts from the date you moved in together, or the date that a year had past since you moved in together. I think we put in the date we moved in together, though now I'm not sure that's what we should have put...

Also just FYI because this was confusing to me, you do not need to fill out "IMM5409E - Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union", that form is only if you AND your common law partner are sponsoring a DIFFERENT relative to come over. Not for you to be sponsoring your common law partner.

 

[PMM]

Hi

You should definitely apply as "common law" - conjugal is meant only for those persons who are unable to live together due to immigration barriers, discrimination, etc. If you have been living together for more than 12 months, definitely apply common law! And every time it asks your status, relationship to each other, etc, it's always "common law".

As for your citizenship, you are a Canadian from birth. See example 2 on this page: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/rules_2009.asp

"Chelsea is a Canadian citizen at birth and is born in the first generation outside Canada due to her father having been naturalized Canadian before she was born."

Not sure about the date at which you entered into a common law relationship, I don't know if that counts from the date you moved in together, or the date that a year had past since you moved in together. I think we put in the date we moved in together, though now I'm not sure that's what we should have put...

Also just FYI because this was confusing to me, you do not need to fill out "IMM5409E - Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union", that form is only if you AND your common law partner are sponsoring a DIFFERENT relative to come over. Not for you to be sponsoring your common law partner.

No, under citizenship "talk" he is a citizen by decent. 1st Generation born abroad.

 

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Oh sorry - I misread "at birth" as "by birth"... thanks for the clarification!

 

[Canadianfairy]

Hi There,

I am just about to start the process of sponsoring my common-law partner. We started filling out all the necessary forms in order to give ourselves a clear idea of what's gonna be required so that we can have enough time to collect all the supporting documents.

Our situation looks like so:

We met back in 2008, our relationship was evolving ever since (evidence available) however we moved together on 15-FEB-2013. There are also legitimate grounds for that as well in case the CIC wants to know why we moved in together that late.

I am the sponsor (citizen) and we'll be applying outland from Australia.

I have the following questions with regards to our APPLICATION TO SPONSOR, SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT AND UNDERTAKING:

Part 1: APPLICATION TO SPONSOR AND UNDERTAKING SECTION

Box #6 a) Relationship to principal applicant? common law partner

Conjugal or common law? I am again a little bit confused as it refers directly to the statement that I've posted above.

My bet is conjugal since we effectively live together.

SPONSOR PERSONAL DETAILS SECTION:

Box #6 Status in Canada canadian citizen

I am a dual French - Canadian Citizen.

I was born in Europe to my French Canadian father. My father was French and became Canadian back in the 1970s however he moved back to France for the business reasons shortly before I was born.

Nevertheless he declared my birth as soon as possible and I am a citizen since the very beginning of my life.

Should I declare that I am a citizen by birth or descent? What's the actual difference between those two? descendant

Again useless to say that I've never gave up my citizenship as France (the country where I spent most of my life) allows dual citizenship with Canada.

I also have a valid Canadian passport as well as a Certificate of Citizenship which even has a picture of mine when I was a couple of months old!

Box #8 Common law status?

Here I don't have the choice between common-law and conjugal. Should I then say common law but input the date when we first moved in together in FEB 2013? yes common law

Cheers,

 

[MilesAway]

For the question about when you entered into the common-law relationship, it's clearly stated in the guide. You put the date you became common-law, which is one year of living together.

 

[beatitboss]

For the question about when you entered into the common-law relationship, it's clearly stated in the guide. You put the date you became common-law, which is one year of living together.

Great, that's cool.

Do you think that it would be important for us to add a piece a paper that would specify that we've know each other for 6 years etc? Do you think that this could add some leverage to our application?

Cheers,

 

[Chevy23]

Great, that's cool.

Do you think that it would be important for us to add a piece a paper that would specify that we've know each other for 6 years etc? Do you think that this could add some leverage to our application?

Cheers,

You will need to fill out the sponsorship questionnaire (from memory that's what its called) its basically where you explain in detail about your relationship and attached evidence

You can write there that you have know each other for 6 years