CSQ for PR (USA to Quebec)?

[malglad4]

Hello all,

My boyfriend (Quebec native) is sponsoring me for PR as a "Conjugal Partner" and our first step is for Canada (CIC) to approve him to be a sponsor. Then the next step is through Quebec immigration (obtain the CSQ- Certificate de Selection de Quebec), then final step to apply completely through Canada (back to CIC).

When we look at the forms to apply for him to be a sponsor, there is a section that requires a CSQ number, or date I applied if I have not already received...but I though I should get the CSQ AFTER he is approved to be a sponsor, not before?

Also, how do I actually begin to apply for my CSQ? Is it on the Arrima portal through Federal Skilled Workers Program, or is there a more simple step to getting my CSQ?

Thanks!
Mallory

 

[timbitpep]

hi mallory,

to the best of my understanding, you might not qualify as conjugal partners. however, I don't know your personal situation. conjugal is very difficult to prove and likely will not apply to the vast majority of Canadian/US couples.

"The key to assessing the conjugal partnership category is that neither common-law partner status nor marriage is possible, usually because of marital status or sexual orientation, combined with an immigration barrier. "

i can relate to your situation in that it leaves you in a bit of a limbo, as it's not really possible to have a common law relationship while living apart (unless for some reason your partner is legally in the country on a different visa). But you can get married without living together.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/permanent-residence/non-economic-classes/family-class-determining-spouse/assessing-conjugal.html

 

[timbitpep]

to further answer your question, they will send a request for the CSQ paperwork after you apply for Spousal Sponsorship PR.

 

[timbitpep]

related thread:
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/conjugal-sponsorship-dilemma.615507/

 

[malglad4]

I guess I have to live here (on visiting visa status) for a whole year, without being able to legally work, in order to have a common law relationship and then apply as common law? Yikes.

Thank you for the information though!

 

[timbitpep]

It's a bummer. I was in a similar situation with my husband.
Couldn't move. Couldn't not work.


I'm sorry.

I guess I have to live here (on visiting visa status) for a whole year, without being able to legally work, in order to have a common law relationship and then apply as common law? Yikes.

Thank you for the information though!

 

[samijade14]

does anyone know for the CSQ on form 0546 - the question "I have cohabited with and lived conjugally with the person I am sponsoring since..." would this be the date 12 months after moving in together? like in the federal IRCC application?