HELP! Pregnant Canadian Citizen and American partner

[Socloseyetsofar]

Zero chance at conjugal.

Either one of you can go to the other's country and stay as a visitor to become common-law. Or you can go there for 6 months and he can then come here for 6 months as a visitor. It is a sacrifice that many people make in order to apply for sponsorship.

If you aren't prepared to do that, then you need to get married.


There is absolutely no immigration barrier.


Incorrect. The applicant does not need to prove they are moving to Canada and most certainly does not need a job offer from a Canadian company. The requirement for proof to come to Canada is only for sponsors living abroad.


Also incorrect. A PR can live in Canada and commute to the US every day to work. Many people do this.

Thank you for the info. If we were to attempt to do the 6 months in each others country wouldn't we still have to combine bank accounts and bills and what not? Whike we have no issue doing this if possible I don't think we can do that by just being visitors? Also would he need some kind of visa or something to be able to come back an forth accross the border for work during the 6 months and vice versa for me when in America? or is our only option to stay in Canada/America for 6 months each with no re-entry?

 

[Socloseyetsofar]

what many people have been successful doing is:
1) the us person enters canada as a visitor, worker or student and lives with their significant other. if a person enters as a visitor, they can apply to exend their stay as a visitor online and request to stay 12+ months to receive commonlaw status. many, many people are approved extensions for this reason. if the us person is a visitor, they can NOT legally work in Canada while they are there as a visitor. They can either work remotely for a us employer or choose to not work.

Where online can we apply for extention? Also will he still be able to go back and forth for work while living in Canada as a visitor?

 

[CDNPR2014]

Also will he still be able to go back and forth for work while living in Canada as a visitor?

that is up to the border agents who greets him at every entry. it is risky, however many people do get away with doing this prior to becoming pr.

 

[Rob_TO]

Thank you for the info. If we were to attempt to do the 6 months in each others country wouldn't we still have to combine bank accounts and bills and what not? Whike we have no issue doing this if possible I don't think we can do that by just being visitors? Also would he need some kind of visa or something to be able to come back an forth accross the border for work during the 6 months and vice versa for me when in America? or is our only option to stay in Canada/America for 6 months each with no re-entry?

Americans are visa-exempt to Canada, hence there is no visa to apply for. Visitor status is given upon each entry, at discretion of the CBSA officer. To leave Canada for work in US and re-enter Canada every single day, will eventually lead to problems as technically a visitor can't "live" here. Visitors here are expected to maintain a US home address. The longer this goes on, the more chance there is a CBSA officer will deny him entry (or all in reverse if it's you trying to do this in the US).

If you don't think it will be possible to reach common-law status or that it will be too risky, then your only other option is to get married.

 

[Socloseyetsofar]

Americans are visa-exempt to Canada, hence there is no visa to apply for. Visitor status is given upon each entry, at discretion of the CBSA officer. To leave Canada for work in US and re-enter Canada every single day, will eventually lead to problems as technically a visitor can't "live" here. Visitors here are expected to maintain a US home address. The longer this goes on, the more chance there is a CBSA officer will deny him entry (or all in reverse if it's you trying to do this in the US).

If you don't think it will be possible to reach common-law status or that it will be too risky, then your only other option is to get married.

That was part of one of my previous questions... how can we establish common law if we are both required to maintain a US/CDN home address while visiting each others countries? and if somehow we managed to do this how do we prove common law relationship without being on each others leases? I own my home here in canada and live with my father so it would basically be my word while he rents in the US

 

[CDNPR2014]

That was part of one of my previous questions... how can we establish common law if we are both required to maintain a US/CDN home address while visiting each others countries? and if somehow we managed to do this how do we prove common law relationship without being on each others leases? I own my home here in canada and live with my father so it would basically be my word while he rents in the US

as stated above, you can apply to extend your stays (at least in canada you can). try googling "extend your stay in canada" or search for "extending stay" on the IRCC website.

there are many ways to prove residency without a lease/mortgage
1) letters/affidavids from people who know you are living together and can attest to how long you have been living there
2) showing mail delivered to each of you at the same address
3) driver's licenses in the same address (in ontario, a visitor can obtain a driver's license)
4) proof the canadian citizen changed their status to commonlaw with the CRA
5) putting bills in each of your names and showing proof of address from that (if both names can't be on the same bill, then split the bills up)


many people do this successfully.

 

[Rob_TO]

That was part of one of my previous questions... how can we establish common law if we are both required to maintain a US/CDN home address while visiting each others countries? and if somehow we managed to do this how do we prove common law relationship without being on each others leases? I own my home here in canada and live with my father so it would basically be my word while he rents in the US

He could live at your home, and you can write up a simple rental agreement. Show mail to him coming to your address. He can get a joint bank account with you as a visitor, get life insurance on each other, etc.

Staying in Canada is not the problem, it's the leaving/re-entering every single day that may be a problem. And continuing to work in the US is seen as a personal choice, not a true legal/immigration barrier.

As I said if you think common-law will be too difficult, then get married.

 

[CDNPR2014]

also, if his job allows for remote work, he can be in canada as a visitor and work remotely for his us company with no issue.

 

[Elanigana]

Don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can apply for conjugal partnership.

Money/Job is not a reason for you to not try and live together...

I have two kids with my Canadian boyfriend. Currently I am on a visitor status to obtain common-law so we can apply Outland.

One of you has to move and make the jump. So start applying for visitor status for a year to obtain common-law.

 

[Elanigana]

I also agree with getting married. It takes a year to become common-law. If you get married you could potentially have status on 4-6 months with an Outland sponsorship.