Has anyone sponsored a married filipina as common law spouse.

[heartbreakid]

Conjugal is a difficult road to take because unless you get a very lenient visa officer, you must prove that you have been in a marriage like relationship for 1 year or more and that immigration barriers or law of the land is preventing you from living together to qualify as a common law.

Have you been in a marriage like relationship with this man for more than 12 months? Do you support him or he supports you financially? Do you have joint bank accounts, joint property, insurance policies naming each other as beneficiaries and wills naming each other as heirs?

Could you marry him if you wanted to but choose not to? Could you live with him if you wanted to but choose not to? Are you ready to take financial responsibility for him for 3 years after he comes to Canada? Those are questions you need to know the answer to as well.

As for your PR being safe, if you tell the whole story about the affair and your husband forgiving you etc., they may believe that you were already separated from your husband when you sponsored him to Canada which means he got his PR based on misrepresentation and could lose it. Did you actually sponsor him after you got your PR or did you include him on your own PR application as your dependent? If you got your PR first and then sponsored him, you can not sponsor a new partner until your husband has been a PR for 3 years.

thanks very much for the insight leon, great help, i actually included them in my PR application, so would that mean i can sponsor my boyfriend now and would that complicate our status here? its actually over 3 years now since they arrive here. I cant marry my boyfriend because he is also married in the Philppines, and we dont have divorce in our country. i have lots of evidence to present pictures and documents, but my worry is that we had a child before my husband and my eldest child arrives in Canada im worrying that it would affect our status here, would having my citizzenship (which i expect to have anytime soon) help in anyway in my situation? thanks so much for the reply leon

 

[Leon]

thanks very much for the insight leon, great help, i actually included them in my PR application, so would that mean i can sponsor my boyfriend now and would that complicate our status here? its actually over 3 years now since they arrive here. I cant marry my boyfriend because he is also married in the Philppines, and we dont have divorce in our country. i have lots of evidence to present pictures and documents, but my worry is that we had a child before my husband and my eldest child arrives in Canada im worrying that it would affect our status here, would having my citizzenship (which i expect to have anytime soon) help in anyway in my situation? thanks so much for the reply leon

If you had included your husband in your PR application there is no 3 year bar on you sponsoring another partner and if your husband has been a PR for more than 3 years, even if you had sponsored him, your obligation to him would be over already.

However, like I said, if you want to try to sponsor your boyfriend as your conjugal partner, you would have to show that you have had a marriage like relationship for more than a year. Have you? Even if you can not marry, would it be possible for you to live together? Have you tried to get a visit visa for him to come to Canada? Could you go and live with him in the Philippines? These are all questions you may have to answer.

I don't see how you having citizenship would help.

 

[heartbreakid]

If you had included your husband in your PR application there is no 3 year bar on you sponsoring another partner and if your husband has been a PR for more than 3 years, even if you had sponsored him, your obligation to him would be over already.

However, like I said, if you want to try to sponsor your boyfriend as your conjugal partner, you would have to show that you have had a marriage like relationship for more than a year. Have you? Even if you can not marry, would it be possible for you to live together? Have you tried to get a visit visa for him to come to Canada? Could you go and live with him in the Philippines? These are all questions you may have to answer.

I don't see how you having citizenship would help.

great, your advise has really given me hope amidst despair, one last question though, is there any chance that CIC would tell me that i misrepresented during the time i applied for PR since i already had a child to another man, the same man that i am planning to sponsor? and can i use my youngest child as proof of our genuine relationship since his name is indicated in the birth certificate? and if just in case>our application for conjugal partnership got denied can i reapply it as spouse since were planning to file annulment in the philippines?

 

[Leon]

great, your advise has really given me hope amidst despair, one last question though, is there any chance that CIC would tell me that i misrepresented during the time i applied for PR since i already had a child to another man, the same man that i am planning to sponsor? and can i use my youngest child as proof of our genuine relationship since his name is indicated in the birth certificate? and if just in case>our application for conjugal partnership got denied can i reapply it as spouse since were planning to file annulment in the philippines?

I think you should talk to a lawyer. If they believe that you were already separated from your husband at the time you applied for the PR and included him, that could be seen as misrepresentation for both of you, especially if you had split up soon after him arriving with his PR. I have no idea how likely that is to happen. Best talk to a lawyer about what your strategy should be.

Your child with your boyfriend does not prove that your relationship with him now is genuine. The child shows that you had an affair with your boyfriend at the time but if you mean to say that your relationship was genuine and ongoing after the child was born, then you have just told immigration that you were not serious about your husband at the time you applied for his PR which would mean you misrepresented.

If you do apply as conjugal and get denied, you can apply again if you marry.

 

[heartbreakid]

thank you soo much for your time i appreciate all the insights

 

[trewmenn]

Hello there!
mine was also uncontested at sabi ko nga i got my divorce cert last month...no need the appearance,mind you super dali lang. punta ka sa family law centre sa kung anumang city ka,then ask for help from the people in LINC,sila mismo ang gumawa ng lahat ng papel ko.

@weary-damsil31 how much did you pay for your divorce process??

 

[trewmenn]

@weary-damsil31


how much did you pay for your divorce process??

 

[heartbreakid]

I am a married Filipina too but we have seperated for almost 2 years now me and my new partner applied for conjugal partnership we tried to apply for trv twice but was denied maybe because I am a nurse. So we applied for conjugal I made a self affidavit and had it notarized. My ex is not cooperating in any way. We are waiting for results with our application we hope that everything will go smooth we gave them tons of letters from my family and relative and we have a lot of pictures too, we also have a joint account and I am a beneficiary to his insurance. We submitted our app last September. And we are hoping and praying that we'll be together soon. It's really difficult to be far from the person u love.

just read your post, we are actually on the same boat, just want to know what happened to your application? are you already in canada? your reply would be much appreciated

 

[emrn]

just read your post, we are actually on the same boat, just want to know what happened to your application? are you already in canada? your reply would be much appreciated

Hi, we'll we just got a letter from CEM asking for more proofs and explanation letter to convince them that our relationship is "marriage-like" I'm working on it right now I can't sleep cus this is the final shot it will make or break or app. But I do hope that we can convince them. Are you in Canada?

 

[heartbreakid]

Hi, we'll we just got a letter from CEM asking for more proofs and explanation letter to convince them that our relationship is "marriage-like" I'm working on it right now I can't sleep cus this is the final shot it will make or break or app. But I do hope that we can convince them. Are you in Canada?

yeah, and we are also planning to take the same route, because my boyfriend is a married guy in the philippines. can you share to us how you started your application and things that you have undertaken, your reply would be very much appreciated.

i was just wondering, he already filed an annulment case and it seems that its going to take a lot of time, i was wondering if its better for us to not to mention it on our application, im worried that cic would advise us to wait for the result instead? any opinion?

 

[weary-damsil31]

@ weary-damsil31


how much did you pay for your divorce process??

Sorry for the late reply, i am not here all the time now after we submitted our application kasi mapapraning ako sa kababasa sa mga stories dito and hubby has been telling me to stop hahaha.. i only pay $210. goodluck kabayan.

 

[heartbreakid]

Yes im in Canada now on Visitor visa. Kaka extend ko lng ng visa ko. alam mo ba 3x ako dineny for tourist visa beforebut we dont stop appying until we get it... ngaun this is my 2nd time na punta dito as tourist...and yes my partner will sponsor me kaso nid ko pa divorce papers kaht man lang daw proof na nag file ako ng divorce or annulment... so divorce muna sa tingin namin ...un na lang need ko na papers and custody papers ng kids ko para maka pag submit na rin ako.....inform mo ko ha what is ur result...

hey, im interested with what you have said that at least a proof that you filed divorce or annulment, are you planning to take the conjugal partners route or is it enough for a common law or for him to marry you in canada? please enlighthen me thanks very much

 

[dj_kubes]

Hi newbie lang sa forum na to,ung GF ko kc is married in the phillipines,bale inapply ko cia sa employer,pag nag fill out ba cia ng application for work permit anu po ang dapat nyang ilagay sa Marital Staus nya?kasi pag nilagay nia married kelangan ilagay name ng spouse nia...any advice namn po sa mga nkakaalam.thank you
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ano na nangyari sa gf mo?ano marital status na ginawa niya?kasi pareho kami ng case problema ka yang ganyan..tnxt

 

[trewmenn]

Sorry for the late reply, i am not here all the time now after we submitted our application kasi mapapraning ako sa kababasa sa mga stories dito and hubby has been telling me to stop hahaha.. i only pay $210. goodluck kabayan.

Taga-Alberta ka ba...??? Do you know any immigration Lawyer??

 

[trewmenn]

I am a married Filipina too but we have seperated for almost 2 years now me and my new partner applied for conjugal partnership we tried to apply for trv twice but was denied maybe because I am a nurse. So we applied for conjugal I made a self affidavit and had it notarized. My ex is not cooperating in any way. We are waiting for results with our application we hope that everything will go smooth we gave them tons of letters from my family and relative and we have a lot of pictures too, we also have a joint account and I am a beneficiary to his insurance. We submitted our app last September. And we are hoping and praying that we'll be together soon. It's really difficult to be far from the person u love.

hello emrn,

can you tell me about your situation regarding how did you qualify as conjugal partner it seem you were approved and waiting for the visa..

see my time line

My Girlfriend is a PR but next year will be a citizen in Canada. She sponsored me as common law under conjugal relation-partner. I lived in the Philippines, single. I have know her since January 2010 when I was in Bahrain and she visited me in the Philippines on March 2011 when I came home and return back to Canada in April the same year. After a year we applied for this Sponsorship Conjugal Partner. Can we apply for this route?

here is our facts:

1. She was married before separated 12 years but have separation agreement notorized.
2. We only live each other for 1 month March-April 2011 at same address.
3. We have continuous communication like emails, chat,(yahoomail, Messenger and Skype) card, letters. Beneficiary both our names, will of testaments of both, photos of both of us and with both of our family members, letter of Two Statutory Declarations from friends/family including her employer, Income Tax included my name and sending me money monthly thru money transfer,
4. She had a divorce application in alberta waiting for approval\decision.
5. We can not get married because there is no divorce in the Philippines, she had no means to apply for annulment. She didn't know where his whereabouts to fill it
6. I can't go to Canada as well TRV will be refused because of lack of fund in my accounts but I have a land which was inherited to my parents which I reside till now.
7. She can't live with me in the Philippines because of her employer and she mortgage car and cannot left Canada for long because of her PR-Citizen requirement.


Are these are grounds that we applied for conjugal partner sponsorship? Any suggestion??