Confused about the date to put for entering in a common law relationship!!

[kb07]

Hello everyone,

I have yet another question for the the lovely common law application. On the form for sponsor, sponsorship agreement and undertaking...question number 8 asks about the date on which we entered into a commonlaw relationship. My boyfriend and I have already been together for almost 2 years but by the time we apply will have only lived together in Canada for 1 year. Is the date I am supposed to put supposed to be when we first started living together or is it when our full year is complete?

Thanks for your help in advance!!

 

[tink23]

The date you hit one full year of living together is when you became common law.

 

[Swede]

Hello everyone,

I have yet another question for the the lovely common law application. On the form for sponsor, sponsorship agreement and undertaking...question number 8 asks about the date on which we entered into a commonlaw relationship. My boyfriend and I have already been together for almost 2 years but by the time we apply will have only lived together in Canada for 1 year. Is the date I am supposed to put supposed to be when we first started living together or is it when our full year is complete?

Thanks for your help in advance!!

The date I put down there was the date when my sponsor and I moved in together.

The sponsored spouse/partner questionnaire has a question about when you and your sponsor first met and entered a relationship.

 

[Rob_TO]

This is answered in Guide 3900 on the CIC site! http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/3900ETOC.asp

"Question 8
b.Enter the date (year, month, day) you were married or you entered into your current common-law relationship.

Note: This is the date your status officially changed from being single to common-law, not the date you started living together."

 

[Swede]

This is answered in Guide 3900 on the CIC site! http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/3900ETOC.asp

"Question 8
b.Enter the date (year, month, day) you were married or you entered into your current common-law relationship.

Note: This is the date your status officially changed from being single to common-law, not the date you started living together."

I stand corrected.

I still put down the date when my sponsor and I moved in together on our application...

 

[tink23]

The date I put down there was the date when my sponsor and I moved in together.

The sponsored spouse/partner questionnaire has a question about when you and your sponsor first met and entered a relationship.

The date asked for is when did they become common law. That would be the date after living together 1 year, not when they moved in together and not when they began their relationship.

 

[kb07]

Thank you thank you thank you. Man all these details are confusing!! I am sure I will have more questions on the way!!! Cheers!

 

[Rob_TO]

Thank you thank you thank you. Man all these details are confusing!! I am sure I will have more questions on the way!!! Cheers!

Read the guides supplied on the CIC website. The 3900 one i linked to helps answer specific inquiries like this with easy to understand side notes on the questions. I know they're long and tons of info... but worth it to browse through!

 

[aerogurl87]

I put the day that was exactly one year after we moved into our first apartment together.

 

[katester]

How are you living in Canada with him? I want to move with my boyfriend but he is in the Army and doesnt make enough for me to go without a job. Is that how you are there for a year? Or are you working there?

 

[kb07]

My boyfriend is living with me in Canada because he is from Belgium and was able to get a Holiday working visa so we could live together for a year in Canada and he could work here is well. Since that is only temporary though he now has to go back to Belgium while I sponsor him. Hope that helps katester.