Conjugal Visa UK to Canada - Advice / Help

[Marksewell94]

Hi Guys,

(Quite lengthy but i want to provide a much detail as possible)

I am currently in the process of providing additional evidence to immigration regarding a Conjugal visa (I am from the UK and my partner is Canadian). After doing some further research recently it seems that we chose the most difficult Visa type... although perhaps more naive at the time, we didn't feel our circumstances allowed for any other Visa.

To give some context here is the situation:

I am a UK citizen who has been sponsored by my partner who is from Quebec. For a period of 2.5 years we visited each other numerous times, met each others families etc and have provided substantial evidence of this, family statements, photographs, documentation etc. However we now realise the strictness of not being Married due to any legal barriers. We thought that not having any visa that permitted us to live in each other countries were the 'barrier' as to why we weren't common law, although we now realise this isn't necessarily the case.

Heres where we would like some advice - In December 2018 I moved to Montreal on the IEC Working Holiday Visa and live in Montreal. We currently live together and are providing the following documentation:

- Joint Lease agreement
- Joint Bank Account
- Phone Bill
- Joint Home insurance policy
- Named beneficiary on life insurance at work
- Statements from friends / colleagues who recognise our relationship

Now because I have technically made the move to Canada, overcoming a 'Barrier' (or not), does this work in favour of a conjugal visa or against? We fear that this may actually not be a good thing in terms of the conjugal definition.

I have also received a Certificat de selection du Quebec, however the federal government are yet to make a decision on my PR. Does receiving this certificate bode well? or not make any kind of difference?

Also any further suggestion on evidence we could provide would be appreciated. If we absolutely do not qualify for this, what other steps can we take going forward?


Looking forward to your advice. Thanks in advance.

 

[kcward7]

Hi Guys,

(Quite lengthy but i want to provide a much detail as possible)

I am currently in the process of providing additional evidence to immigration regarding a Conjugal visa (I am from the UK and my partner is Canadian). After doing some further research recently it seems that we chose the most difficult Visa type... although perhaps more naive at the time, we didn't feel our circumstances allowed for any other Visa.

To give some context here is the situation:

I am a UK citizen who has been sponsored by my partner who is from Quebec. For a period of 2.5 years we visited each other numerous times, met each others families etc and have provided substantial evidence of this, family statements, photographs, documentation etc. However we now realise the strictness of not being Married due to any legal barriers. We thought that not having any visa that permitted us to live in each other countries were the 'barrier' as to why we weren't common law, although we now realise this isn't necessarily the case.

Heres where we would like some advice - In December 2018 I moved to Montreal on the IEC Working Holiday Visa and live in Montreal. We currently live together and are providing the following documentation:

- Joint Lease agreement
- Joint Bank Account
- Phone Bill
- Joint Home insurance policy
- Named beneficiary on life insurance at work
- Statements from friends / colleagues who recognise our relationship

Now because I have technically made the move to Canada, overcoming a 'Barrier' (or not), does this work in favour of a conjugal visa or against? We fear that this may actually not be a good thing in terms of the conjugal definition.

I have also received a Certificat de selection du Quebec, however the federal government are yet to make a decision on my PR. Does receiving this certificate bode well? or not make any kind of difference?

Also any further suggestion on evidence we could provide would be appreciated. If we absolutely do not qualify for this, what other steps can we take going forward?


Looking forward to your advice. Thanks in advance.

You don't qualify for conjugal. You need to establish common law or marry to apply.

To qualify you have to have real immigration or legal barriers to either of these options, of which you have none especially given that you currently live together.

 

[canuck78]

You probably never qualified for conjugal being a UK citizen.

 

[scylla]

Agreed. You don't meet the requirements for conjugal.

You face no barriers to common law and/or marriage.

 

[Marksewell94]

Thanks for the quick responses, although they have confirmed our fears.

Would the most logical step be to live together for 1 year (in Canada or otherwise) and then re-apply for Common Law ? Or if we were to get Married should we still be applying for Common Law?

 

[np08]

Thanks for the quick responses, although they have confirmed our fears.

Would the most logical step be to live together for 1 year (in Canada or otherwise) and then re-apply for Common Law ? Or if we were to get Married should we still be applying for Common Law?

If you're common law, apply common law. If you're married, apply as married. They're two different categories. One for common law couples, one for married ones.

 

[garbimba]

Thanks for the quick responses, although they have confirmed our fears.

Would the most logical step be to live together for 1 year (in Canada or otherwise) and then re-apply for Common Law ? Or if we were to get Married should we still be applying for Common Law?

If you want to avoid headaches, get married and apply as such. Makes life easier.