Dear all:
I seriously need some help here..... I have been doing some research on the CIC websites, called lawyers and even asking around but I still don't feel comfortable and I don't know what to do or what to tell my friend about coming over to Canada to stay with me.
She is a US citizen living in the New York State and I am a Canadian citizen living in the Niagara Region. Our relationship began January 1st, 2009. It happened when I was in traveling to the US for work. Now I am full time stationed here in Canada again, so it's tough for us to see each other!!!!
I have a stable job in Canada, and she just graduated from Grad School, so we decided to stay in Canada as we really want to be together in one place. We are not ready for marriage yet, at least not ready financially, maybe in a couple of years will do.
We'd like to go through the common-law spouse process in order to make her stay legal by applying the Permanent Resident status, but she has to stay with me and live with me for a year in Canada to become eligible, but the Visitor's Visa expires in 6 months! If she applies for an extension, will that be rejected and she has to go back to the US for another 6 months? We have to wait another 6 months to continue with our 'bottling' up of the balance of the 1 year requirement for common law in the year after??????
What should we do here to extend her Visitor's Visa before it expires 6 months after she crossed the border (to begin the common law process by staying in Canada with me) so we can get the common law status in a year and that allows her to apply for a permanent resident (PR)??????
I am just worried that if she tells the Immigration Officer that she is coming to Canada to be with me and she ended up getting 'vamoose' signal and she could never come back in here!!!!
Also, more questions/concerns. Assume that we have lived together for a year so what needs to be done to legally grab the official title: She is my common-law partner????? Is that already implied the day that we lived together for a year????
Also, can she apply for a temporary SIN number so she can apply for a job once the application for PR is in progress???? I know we have to wait at least 6 months after putting in the application. It's not just money, but she has to do something. She can't just stay home, right???
Some one help!!!!!
Thanks a million if you can help..... Appreciated... ^^
I seriously need some help here..... I have been doing some research on the CIC websites, called lawyers and even asking around but I still don't feel comfortable and I don't know what to do or what to tell my friend about coming over to Canada to stay with me.
She is a US citizen living in the New York State and I am a Canadian citizen living in the Niagara Region. Our relationship began January 1st, 2009. It happened when I was in traveling to the US for work. Now I am full time stationed here in Canada again, so it's tough for us to see each other!!!!
I have a stable job in Canada, and she just graduated from Grad School, so we decided to stay in Canada as we really want to be together in one place. We are not ready for marriage yet, at least not ready financially, maybe in a couple of years will do.
We'd like to go through the common-law spouse process in order to make her stay legal by applying the Permanent Resident status, but she has to stay with me and live with me for a year in Canada to become eligible, but the Visitor's Visa expires in 6 months! If she applies for an extension, will that be rejected and she has to go back to the US for another 6 months? We have to wait another 6 months to continue with our 'bottling' up of the balance of the 1 year requirement for common law in the year after??????
What should we do here to extend her Visitor's Visa before it expires 6 months after she crossed the border (to begin the common law process by staying in Canada with me) so we can get the common law status in a year and that allows her to apply for a permanent resident (PR)??????
I am just worried that if she tells the Immigration Officer that she is coming to Canada to be with me and she ended up getting 'vamoose' signal and she could never come back in here!!!!
Also, more questions/concerns. Assume that we have lived together for a year so what needs to be done to legally grab the official title: She is my common-law partner????? Is that already implied the day that we lived together for a year????
Also, can she apply for a temporary SIN number so she can apply for a job once the application for PR is in progress???? I know we have to wait at least 6 months after putting in the application. It's not just money, but she has to do something. She can't just stay home, right???
Some one help!!!!!
Thanks a million if you can help..... Appreciated... ^^