Hello,
My girlfriend arrived in Toronto from another country on Visitor Visa (On multiple re-entry till 2018)
Her permit expires on March 25. When she applied for the Visitor visa, she stated civil status as single and did not declare me as her common-law partner because I was living with her in her country. This is because I was nearing the expiration of my PR card and also because we didn't know if we were common-law partner (There is no concept of conjugal or common-law in her country, hence "Single" made more sense)
Anyway, goal is to extend her visitor visa, do IELTS, look for a school and then apply for student permit. After 2 years, I renew my PR card (let's not focus on me because that's a different story) and I can sponsor her as common-law. So my plan was to continue keeping her "Single" throughout the applications and then when time comes for me to sponsor her as common-law, we then declare myself as common-law who met her a year or so ago in Toronto during her studies (which is a lie because truth is we met each far before she came to Canada and me, a PR, met her in her country of birth). This way, in my eyes, I ensure that she gets approved most of the time without any problems and we get everything we want.
Lawyer, on the other hand, says that we need to start coming clean about our original meeting outside Canada and declare me as the conjugal right away to avoid sponsorship complications down the line. My argument is why jeopardize this renewal application for something that will happen after two years and even then, I will claim conjugal only for the immediate past 2 years as if we met in Toronto, not in her country.
Lawyer says they want to be truthful and God bless them - but I think this might harm my girlfriend's approval.
Can someone please chime in? I don't know what to do... and we're trying to file by Friday (21st).
Thanks for reading!
My girlfriend arrived in Toronto from another country on Visitor Visa (On multiple re-entry till 2018)
Her permit expires on March 25. When she applied for the Visitor visa, she stated civil status as single and did not declare me as her common-law partner because I was living with her in her country. This is because I was nearing the expiration of my PR card and also because we didn't know if we were common-law partner (There is no concept of conjugal or common-law in her country, hence "Single" made more sense)
Anyway, goal is to extend her visitor visa, do IELTS, look for a school and then apply for student permit. After 2 years, I renew my PR card (let's not focus on me because that's a different story) and I can sponsor her as common-law. So my plan was to continue keeping her "Single" throughout the applications and then when time comes for me to sponsor her as common-law, we then declare myself as common-law who met her a year or so ago in Toronto during her studies (which is a lie because truth is we met each far before she came to Canada and me, a PR, met her in her country of birth). This way, in my eyes, I ensure that she gets approved most of the time without any problems and we get everything we want.
Lawyer, on the other hand, says that we need to start coming clean about our original meeting outside Canada and declare me as the conjugal right away to avoid sponsorship complications down the line. My argument is why jeopardize this renewal application for something that will happen after two years and even then, I will claim conjugal only for the immediate past 2 years as if we met in Toronto, not in her country.
Lawyer says they want to be truthful and God bless them - but I think this might harm my girlfriend's approval.
Can someone please chime in? I don't know what to do... and we're trying to file by Friday (21st).
Thanks for reading!
