Can you sponsor Common Law spouse if you are on a tourist visa?

[raycrawford]

I was reading a thread where a Canadian is in Korea on a tourist visa and asked can I sponsor my partner as a PR to Canada.

This was his answer?

1. No. Your status in the country can't be "tourist" if you're sponsoring your partner under the "common-law" category.

I don't understand this? I am sponsoring my common law spouse and have been in the Philippines on tourist visa for 15 months.

Any shed any light on this?

Regards,

Raymond.

 

[ariell]

Sounds to me like whoever answered had misunderstood the question. So, you can't come to Canada under a tourist visa and apply to sponsor your spouse/partner, obviously. I think that's what the person that answered was thinking. But of course you can be a Canadian citizen living in another country on a tourist visa and apply to sponsor your spouse/partner. How else would you be living together???? Can you post the link where you saw the question?

 

[Leon]

Link to the answer. The other posters situation might have been different from yours, also possible that the answer he got was incorrect.