mrsm2016 said:
Hi There. Thanks for your response. You got my info correct. But the thing is, won't it be questioned in the future that I've been in a common law relationship but I never declare on my application. There's a question in the application form asking if you have been in a common law before?
I'm just going to give my opinion / guess on the matter but the way I see it is this: If the Option C indicates your current spouse who you are sponsoring is the same person who was your common-law before your legal marriage, then I don't see why there'd be any problem.
The previous relationships would certainly seem to be intended to uncover and declare relationships with OTHER persons, different from the person you are married to and sponsoring.
If you Option C or other documentation leaves them uncertain as to who your common-law partner was on your Option C, or leads them to think it was a different person than your current spouse who you are sponsoring, then they may well ask for clarification or proof.
Again, this doesn't come from experience, but I'm prepared to suggest they would use common sense if it is clear your current spouse is the person you previously had common-law status with, and it they feel certain about that and have no questions, I doubt they would see it as a problem that you didn't list this same person as a previous relationship. If it's the same person, then it's actually the same relationship, not a prior relationship, you just changed your legal marital status midway through your relationship, from one form of common recognized marriage to the form of a legal registered marriage.
