IEC Work Holiday - Common Law Partner

[shaunc85]

Hello,

I'm an Australian citizen and currently going through the process to obtain an IEC work/holiday visa. The issue I have is that I want to bring my partner with me, who is a Colombian citizen. From reading information on the CIC website, It states that under the IEC program you can bring your common law partner with you, provided you work in a certain class of job. As I'm a civil engineer, I think I'm covered. However, my question is do I list her as my common law partner on my application? Firstly, I'm not sure what is required to prove that she is my common law partner and secondly I wouldn't want it to effect my application as she could always enter as a student as a fallback option. I want to be upfront with CIC, but don't want to jeopardise the whole process.

What would you suggest would be the best path forward?

Thanks in advance.

Shaun

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hi

Post your query in the Foreign Worker section of the forum. This section is for Canadian citizens/PRs sponsoring their families.

 

[scylla]

Firstly, I'm not sure what is required to prove that she is my common law partner and secondly I wouldn't want it to effect my application as she could always enter as a student as a fallback option.

To list her as your common law partner you must include proof that you have lived together at the same physical address for at least one continuous year (joint leases are best). Ideally you are still living together now. If you no longer are - CIC may no longer consider you to be common law.