Have you and your sponsor lived together?

[Sneakydriver]

Hello,

This question is tricky because we have lived together for short periods of times that ranged from 1 week to 1 month. But I live in usa, we have not lived together permanently. I'm not sure if I want to say no, and explain that we did live together when we visited each other but not permanently since I had to come back to the states to continue my obligations here as a student and she is a student in canada.

The other option is to say yes and just give them all the days we visited each other but this would be redundant since there is a question that asks the same thing.

Anyone went through a similar situation or have any insights?

Thank you.

 

[Neenvin]

We put yes for that question and wrote the duration after. Even though we only lived together from january to april (time of visit)

 

[Stevin]

Hello,

This question is tricky because we have lived together for short periods of times that ranged from 1 week to 1 month. But I live in usa, we have not lived together permanently. I'm not sure if I want to say no, and explain that we did live together when we visited each other but not permanently since I had to come back to the states to continue my obligations here as a student and she is a student in canada.

The other option is to say yes and just give them all the days we visited each other but this would be redundant since there is a question that asks the same thing.

Anyone went through a similar situation or have any insights?

Thank you.

Maybe I'm interpreting this wrong but I took it that you were supposed to be cohabitating continuously for at least a year before applying. My partner arrived in Canada Aug 3/15 and we opened a joint bank account the next day so to prove that we had been living together for 12 months. We applied on Aig 3/16 and the letter from the bank supported that we had been living together for 12 minths.

Just letting you know what we did.

All the best.

 

[Sous02]

Hello,

This question is tricky because we have lived together for short periods of times that ranged from 1 week to 1 month. But I live in usa, we have not lived together permanently. I'm not sure if I want to say no, and explain that we did live together when we visited each other but not permanently since I had to come back to the states to continue my obligations here as a student and she is a student in canada.

The other option is to say yes and just give them all the days we visited each other but this would be redundant since there is a question that asks the same thing.

Anyone went through a similar situation or have any insights?

Thank you.

Are you married? It changes your application if you are not married

 

[Sneakydriver]

Are you married? It changes your application if you are not married

We are married yes

 

[canadianwoman]

This question is not asking about the kind of cohabitation that leads to common-law status. I would put down every time you stayed with each other, even if it was just for a short time. There is a lot of case law on this question where the judges clearly thought the couple should have put down 'yes' even for stays as short as one week.