Hi, I am applying for a PhD in Vancouver starting September 2010. I want to bring my partner with me. There are two questions I have.
1) We will have been living together a year in August, however, I need to apply for a student visa before this. Do you have to be living together a year on the date you apply or on the date you want the visa to begin?
2) Is my partner better off applying for a temporary worker visa for a year or taking the chance of being rejected as a common law partner? Will he be able to extend this if he gets a job, or will he be able to change his status to my common law partner on my student visa after this first year?
Thanks you in advance.
1) We will have been living together a year in August, however, I need to apply for a student visa before this. Do you have to be living together a year on the date you apply or on the date you want the visa to begin?
2) Is my partner better off applying for a temporary worker visa for a year or taking the chance of being rejected as a common law partner? Will he be able to extend this if he gets a job, or will he be able to change his status to my common law partner on my student visa after this first year?
Thanks you in advance.
