Extending visitor visa for common law?

[canuck_in_uk]

So that just brings me back to the question I asked at the beginning of this thread.

Or is a border run deemed different that a three week stint out of the country? I’d do the border run with her.

It is a risk at any point to leave Canada and try to re-enter, whether she has been gone 3 minutes or 3 weeks. There is never a guarantee of re-entry and it is entirely dependent on the CBSA officer. A border run is a much more obvious attempt, hence the higher risk. I personally wouldn't leave at all while trying to establish common-law but that is your choice.

 

[chiefeile]

So that just brings me back to the question I asked at the beginning of this thread.

Or is a border run deemed different that a three week stint out of the country?

It is a risk at any point to leave Canada and try to re-enter, whether she has been gone 3 minutes or 3 weeks. There is never a guarantee of re-entry and it is entirely dependent on the CBSA officer. A border run is a much more obvious attempt, hence the higher risk. I personally wouldn't leave at all while trying to establish common-law but that is your choice.

Yeah, I hear you! I did speak with an immigration agent and they assured me that three weeks outside Canada won’t have any influence on our common law application as we will be together so it still counts. He stated that common law eligibility isn’t solely reliant on remaining in Canada for the entirety of the 12 months.
My only concern is if we leave and she is on implied status still. My parents are getting old and Christmas is the only time I get to see them anymore.

 

[Jnicole45]

Yeah, I hear you! I did speak with an immigration agent and they assured me that three weeks outside Canada won’t have any influence on our common law application as we will be together so it still counts. He stated that common law eligibility isn’t solely possible by remaining in Canada for the entirety of the 12 months.
My only concern is if we leave and she is on implied status still. My parents are getting. Old and Christmas is the only time I get to see them anymore.

If you leave while she is on implied status, the implied status goes away. So reentry is just as normal