hello! i'm wondering if anyone might any insight into my current predicament.
in 2010 my boyfriend of [then] 3.5 years and i moved to BC together to attend university. we are both from the Bahamas.
in that time frame we have lived together in a commonlaw capacity, graduated from our respective programs with our degress and have obtained gainful employment. our next step is to obtain permanent residency.
since i graduated first, we agreed that we'd go through the application process with myself as the primary applicant and him as my commonlaw partner. i have since been successful in obtaining a PNP nomination, and plan to submit all of my paperwork by the end of this month.
with certain parts of the application [much like the PNP one] it requires the spouse/commonlaw partner to file their own copy of documentation, so it's no surprise to me that the same is needed for the PR application. so my main question is this: if my commonlaw partner joins onto my application and pays his fees, does he automatically gain PR along with me if my application is approved? if not, what would be the procedure we would have to prep for next?
also, is he required to also take a literacy test if i'm the primary applicant?
thanks in advance!
in 2010 my boyfriend of [then] 3.5 years and i moved to BC together to attend university. we are both from the Bahamas.
in that time frame we have lived together in a commonlaw capacity, graduated from our respective programs with our degress and have obtained gainful employment. our next step is to obtain permanent residency.
since i graduated first, we agreed that we'd go through the application process with myself as the primary applicant and him as my commonlaw partner. i have since been successful in obtaining a PNP nomination, and plan to submit all of my paperwork by the end of this month.
with certain parts of the application [much like the PNP one] it requires the spouse/commonlaw partner to file their own copy of documentation, so it's no surprise to me that the same is needed for the PR application. so my main question is this: if my commonlaw partner joins onto my application and pays his fees, does he automatically gain PR along with me if my application is approved? if not, what would be the procedure we would have to prep for next?
also, is he required to also take a literacy test if i'm the primary applicant?
thanks in advance!