Hi, I want to go home (Canada) and bring my british common law partner

[comeback]

If I am in the wrong section here, please let me know - just trying to find out what I need to do first to get the process started to go back home to Canada (born and bred Canadian) with my common law partner. I live in the UK, am divorced, have children and am living common law with someone else and we intend to get married before we move home. (have known and lived together for 3 years).

I can go home anytime (I presume?) I have dual Canadian/British citizenship. My partner born in UK and self employed right now. I dont work as I am a stay at home mum.

Where do I start? Sorry for being so dim, there is just so much information on this site! All my family live in Canada still.

(thinking of moving to PEI - any opinions on that?)

many many thanks for any help.

 

[CharlieD10]

Start by reading Leon's first post in the first thread, that gives you an idea of the overall process.

Then go here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/fc.asp and read the guide and the forms involved in sponsoring your spouse. You may apply common-law as you've been living together for more than 12 months, or you can wait until you've married and apply as spouses. I suggest you read the guide and forms together, so you both have an appreciation for what is needed.

You need to start budgeting for the fees: $1,040 Cdn for the processing of the application, including the Right of Permanent Residence Fee (you'll want to pay that upfront and save yourself the time it takes for them to ask you for it). Other fees involved will be for his police records (one for every country he's lived in for 6 months or more since age 18) and his medical exam (it varies from doctor to doctor, must be done by a doctor on the designated medical practitioner list).

You'll have questions (we all did!), so feel free to come back and ask them. Good luck!