I said single when I applied for PR, can my boyfriend state common-law when apply for VISA?

[JeffCCCC]

I applied for PR when I was living with my boyfriend (lived together for 2 years), and I write single in my application since he's still in school and waiting for work permit. After I got my PR card in January 2018, my boyfriend holding a work permit now is renewing his VISA. Can he say he's already common law with me or not?
I'm not sure he's going to apply through EE or family class sponsorship when applying PR, but we definitely don't want close either door. My boyfriend just don't want to bring me any trouble since I already said I'm single in last year's PR application. If now he says he's in common-law relationship, CIC will know that.
Any comment would help, thanks.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

I applied for PR when I was living with my boyfriend (lived together for 2 years), and I write single in my application since he's still in school and waiting for work permit. After I got my PR card in January 2018, my boyfriend holding a work permit now is renewing his VISA. Can he say he's already common law with me or not?
I'm not sure he's going to apply through EE or family class sponsorship when applying PR, but we definitely don't want close either door. My boyfriend just don't want to bring me any trouble since I already said I'm single in last year's PR application. If now he says he's in common-law relationship, CIC will know that.
Any comment would help, thanks.

You committed misrepresentation and your partner is forever excluded from the Family Class, so sponsorship will never be an option.

 

[JeffCCCC]

You committed misrepresentation and your partner is forever excluded from the Family Class, so sponsorship will never be an option.

Well I'm not so sure what's the boundary between dating and common-law. Are we in common-law relationship as long as we were living in the same place for over a year???

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Well I'm not so sure what's the boundary between dating and common-law. Are we in common-law relationship as long as we were living in the same place for over a year???

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/glossary.asp#common_law_partner

http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/page-1.html#h-1

 

[scylla]

Well I'm not so sure what's the boundary between dating and common-law. Are we in common-law relationship as long as we were living in the same place for over a year???

Yes - you're common law if you've lived together for a year. You won't be able to sponsor him. He will have to qualify to immigrate on his own through an economic immigration stream like Express Entry.