As the normal story goes, me and my boyfriend are going to sponsor through common-law. He's born and raised in Quebec Canada and is 21 years old, I am a dual citizen with the USA and the UK. I met him though an online game called World of Warcraft, weither you know what it is or not, its a game where millions of people play and communicate through chat and a system called Ventrilo. We are going to be applying in-land because I have been here a whole year now. I got to know him somewhere around January of 2008 and came over to meet him and his family around June of 2008. It was a bit soon, but I didnt really mind and neither did his family. He lived with his family and I got to know them pretty well.
I got a ticket to stay for a month, but I wanted to stay for longer after knowing them all very quickly. When I came over here, I didnt know all the rules for immigration and I had to pick up on it real quick. I did get an extension, but it was refused the first time, I did it again because my original 6-month visa was still valid and it was approved. There is another extension in the process right now, but I'm not really worried about it.
What I am worried about is what is the next step? We both qualify for common-law because I have been here for a whole year and he is not on any kind of benefits. He is a student right now and well...I'm not doing much of anything over here seeing as I cannot work or study, like the rules imply.
We have already gotten a joint bank account a long while ago, we live in the same house as his mother, father and brother and I know them really well. I have also taken some pictures with his family (grandmother, aunt, uncle, mother, father, cousin).
But my question is..would all of this be enough evidence? I'm worried that we were talking on the internet for 5 months and I came on over and i think that could be a red flag to them. We dont have alot of conversations saved during that 5 months period because the game that we met on is not that kind that you can just save a conversation. I did..however, take some screenshots of the game we played back then. Do you think I should just explain how the game works on the IO and tell them how we met in the first place?
Thank you. Mellisa
I got a ticket to stay for a month, but I wanted to stay for longer after knowing them all very quickly. When I came over here, I didnt know all the rules for immigration and I had to pick up on it real quick. I did get an extension, but it was refused the first time, I did it again because my original 6-month visa was still valid and it was approved. There is another extension in the process right now, but I'm not really worried about it.
What I am worried about is what is the next step? We both qualify for common-law because I have been here for a whole year and he is not on any kind of benefits. He is a student right now and well...I'm not doing much of anything over here seeing as I cannot work or study, like the rules imply.
We have already gotten a joint bank account a long while ago, we live in the same house as his mother, father and brother and I know them really well. I have also taken some pictures with his family (grandmother, aunt, uncle, mother, father, cousin).
But my question is..would all of this be enough evidence? I'm worried that we were talking on the internet for 5 months and I came on over and i think that could be a red flag to them. We dont have alot of conversations saved during that 5 months period because the game that we met on is not that kind that you can just save a conversation. I did..however, take some screenshots of the game we played back then. Do you think I should just explain how the game works on the IO and tell them how we met in the first place?
Thank you. Mellisa