Confused about Address History

[yoloIeltsTopper]

I recently graduated in December 2022 and soon after applying for my Work Permit, I applied for the OINP (PNP-Master's Stream PR pathway). My timeline suggests that I will be invited to apply by the federal government (CIC) in a few weeks.

I have a few concerns about the application:

I have a lease in an apartment in city X upto August 2023. Since I work in city Y I decided to move to my gf's place upto August. I am not a lease holder here.

In the application, it asks me for my residential address, since I still have a lease upto august 2023 in city X, I will be writing that and when I move out from my gf's place in a few months and get my own lease, I shall update CIC about it. Do you guys think thats a good idea?

Another questions is, the form also asks for a 10-year history for the places you stayed (sort of like a background check). Even though, I dont have any agreements here since I shall be staying for roughly 8 months here, I should be mentioning this current address in that background check right?

I just wanted to confirm if this is the right thing I should do.

Thanks

 

[moscatojuices]

I recently graduated in December 2022 and soon after applying for my Work Permit, I applied for the OINP (PNP-Master's Stream PR pathway). My timeline suggests that I will be invited to apply by the federal government (CIC) in a few weeks.

I have a few concerns about the application:

I have a lease in an apartment in city X upto August 2023. Since I work in city Y I decided to move to my gf's place upto August. I am not a lease holder here.

In the application, it asks me for my residential address, since I still have a lease upto august 2023 in city X, I will be writing that and when I move out from my gf's place in a few months and get my own lease, I shall update CIC about it. Do you guys think thats a good idea?

Another questions is, the form also asks for a 10-year history for the places you stayed (sort of like a background check). Even though, I dont have any agreements here since I shall be staying for roughly 8 months here, I should be mentioning this current address in that background check right?

I just wanted to confirm if this is the right thing I should do.

Thanks

I would just keep it to the places you formally leased, owned or lived in by virtue of family property. I mean I practically lived with my girlfriend while living at home with my parents, but that doesn't mean I was on the address of my girlfriend's house.

That being said, how much did you live with your gf? Did you move in permanantely like a married or common-law partner would?

 

[yoloIeltsTopper]

I would just keep it to the places you formally leased, owned or lived in by virtue of family property. I mean I practically lived with my girlfriend while living at home with my parents, but that doesn't mean I was on the address of my girlfriend's house.

That being said, how much did you live with your gf? Did you move in permanantely like a married or common-law partner would?

I am planning to only stay for a total period of 7-8 months so we will not be common law neither do we have any finances mixed.
I will not write that as my residential address but just confused if I should add that as mybackground check history

 

[moscatojuices]

I am planning to only stay for a total period of 7-8 months so we will not be common law neither do we have any finances mixed.
I will not write that as my residential address but just confused if I should add that as mybackground check history

Unless you have permanently moved in with your gf then you should just keep your legally leased address. That being said there is nothing wrong with also putting your girlfriend's address if it gives you peace of mind. It is not going to impact your application in any way. People are entitled to live in 2 places at once. You can include a letter of explanation so that an officer understands the 2 concurrent addresses, they'll appreciate it.

Also, be very careful on how you're interpreting common-law. Just because you don't have finances mixed doesn't mean you're not common-law. All it takes is 1 year of continuous cohabitation to be deemed common-law. So if you cohabit for 7-8 months in one address, and continue cohabitating for another 4-5 months in another address, you're common-law. End of story. Doesn't matter if you don't have a cent mixed together in your bank accounts. Me and my partner don't have a joint bank account but we split bills and buy things for the relationship with our individual money. Non-finance factors are equally as important, including our friends and parents on either side of the relationship knowing us and meeting us. We're legally deemed common-law.

 

[yoloIeltsTopper]

Unless you have permanently moved in with your gf then you should just keep your legally leased address. That being said there is nothing wrong with also putting your girlfriend's address if it gives you peace of mind. It is not going to impact your application in any way. People are entitled to live in 2 places at once.

Also, be careful on how you're interpreting common-law. Just because you don't have finances mixed doesn't mean you're not common-law. All it takes is 1 year of continuous cohabitation to be deemed common-law. So if you cohabit for 7-8 months in one address, and continue cohabitating for another 4-5 months in another address, you're common-law. End of story.

Yes thank you! you are correct, i dont seem to move back in after my current stay at her place. I am aware that living 12 months together is considered common law. Thank you thats a relief.

 

[yoloIeltsTopper]

Unless you have permanently moved in with your gf then you should just keep your legally leased address. That being said there is nothing wrong with also putting your girlfriend's address if it gives you peace of mind. It is not going to impact your application in any way. People are entitled to live in 2 places at once. You can include a letter of explanation so that an officer understands the 2 concurrent addresses, they'll appreciate it.

Also, be very careful on how you're interpreting common-law. Just because you don't have finances mixed doesn't mean you're not common-law. All it takes is 1 year of continuous cohabitation to be deemed common-law. So if you cohabit for 7-8 months in one address, and continue cohabitating for another 4-5 months in another address, you're common-law. End of story. Doesn't matter if you don't have a cent mixed together in your bank accounts. Me and my partner don't have a joint bank account but we split bills and buy things for the relationship with our individual money. Non-finance factors are equally as important, including our friends and parents on either side of the relationship knowing us and meeting us. We're legally deemed common-law.

Hey sorry to bother u again, just a quick question. If i move out within 7-8 months and i have my own and she has her own place, we wont be considered common law right if we just continue to just date each other and see each other just once-twice a week? (without living together + not mixing finances).

 

[moscatojuices]

Hey sorry to bother u again, just a quick question. If i move out within 7-8 months and i have my own and she has her own place, we wont be considered common law right if we just continue to just date each other and see each other just once-twice a week? (without living together + not mixing finances).

I'd encourage you to read the following as your questions are becoming more complex: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/permanent-residence/non-economic-classes/family-class-determining-spouse/assessing-common.html#cohabitation

So if you're moving out and your interdependency is diminishing, I would interpret that to not be a serious relationship or a serious commitment in which case the "common-law" clock would probably stop and you would need to cohabitate for 1 year together again for it to be considered common-law from an immigration perspective.

As a side comment, from the sound of your questions, you look like you're in a relationship of convenience - which is fine as that's your choice. A normal course of a serious relationship is to move in together, pay bills together, clean the house together, cook food for one and other, make trips together etc. The only reason to move out at this stage is due to an unavoidable need to move due to work or joining the Army, but even then the interdependency should be growing and the clock could keep ticking if the relationship in a holistic context remains the same. If you're telling me that you and your partner are suddenly cool to move out and downgrade from living together to just dating casually 1-2 times a week, sounds completely like FWB from Tinder.

I'm making those comments as if you do decide to change your mind on all of this, it would be hard to convince an officer if your relationship is genuine if you ever apply under the family class.