Mistake in Inland sponsorship forms

[Manpreetkmannu]

My application for Common law sponsorship was submitted on March 14, and I got AOR on April 27, my OWP got approved and received it in my mail in first week of may.
Today only I realised I made a mistake in answering a question in every form because of misunderstanding.

Question: Enter the date (year, month, day) you were married or you entered into your current common-law or conjugal relationship.

Mistakenly in form Generic Application, Open Work Permit Application form, application to sponsor form, I have written the answer as the date when we started living together. (While the answer should be the date when we declared our common law relationship).

Now I don’t know what should be done... can anyone please tell me what should I do now.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

My application for Common law sponsorship was submitted on March 14, and I got AOR on April 27, my OWP got approved and received it in my mail in first week of may.
Today only I realised I made a mistake in answering a question in every form because of misunderstanding.

Question: Enter the date (year, month, day) you were married or you entered into your current common-law or conjugal relationship.

Mistakenly in form Generic Application, Open Work Permit Application form, application to sponsor form, I have written the answer as the date when we started living together. (While the answer should be the date when we declared our common law relationship).

Now I don’t know what should be done... can anyone please tell me what should I do now.

Don't worry. It's a common mistake. IRCC looks at other stuff, like your proofs, to see the dates.

 

[Manpreetkmannu]

Don't worry. It's a common mistake. IRCC looks at other stuff, like your proofs, to see the dates.

Thank you so much for your reply. And are you really sure that it will be considered as a common mistake and not “misrepresentation”.
And for the proofs we have submitted our rental agreement that shows we rented that apartment on sep 1, and that’s when we moved in together. Also for 1 year requirement, we have submitted sooooo many proofs and notarised Common Law union declaration.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Thank you so much for your reply. And are you really sure that it will be considered as a common mistake and not “misrepresentation”.
And for the proofs we have submitted our rental agreement that shows we rented that apartment on sep 1, and that’s when we moved in together. Also for 1 year requirement, we have submitted sooooo many proofs and notarised Common Law union declaration.

Yes, I'm sure. You are certainly not the first to make this mistake. There are many on the forum who did the same thing and had no issues.

 

[Manpreetkmannu]

Yes, I'm sure. You are certainly not the first to make this mistake. There are many on the forum who did the same thing and had no issues.

Alright. Thank you so much for your response. I was freaking out.

 

[Manpreetkmannu]

While you are active, can you please answer one more question of mine???

 

[Manpreetkmannu]

My boyfriend and I are in relationship since October 2013. We met online and fell in love. We both are from same city. And our religion is same. When we first started talking he was in Canada and I was in my home country. I was studying for Bachelors degree. He visited India to meet me once in 2014 and second time in 2016. In 2015 I completed my bachelors and started working. Then I decided to come to Canada for post graduation.

In August 2017, I got my Student visa. As my boyfriend was living in the same city where my college is, he proposed me that we can live together. That way he will be there for me while adjust in new environment.

On Sep 1,2017, I landed and he came to receive me at the airport. Since that day we were living together.
We liked living together so we continued to live together.
After I completed my post graduation certificate, I applied for PGWP and got it.
On Sep 4 2018, we declared our common law relationship.
After few days (in September) I travelled back to India because I wanted to see my family.
I came back 1 day before his birthday (on 13 November) because I wanted to be there for him. I planned his birthday and we celebrated it together.
At this time, In January I was on my PGWP. My partner told me he can sponsor me under Common law sponsorship. So we went for it and applied. In may I got my OWP.

We are still together and we are so much in love. We have provided our photos together and so many other proofs of cohabitation. Also our photos from each time he visited me in India.


The thing for which I wrote message is, I have read your posts and seems like you have good knowledge about immigration. I want to know how my case looks to you.
The thing that “we were in long distance relationship before and starting living together since the day I landed” will be weird for VO.. or it is okie.

 

[Manpreetkmannu]

One more thing... my partner’s younger brother came to Canada in march 2018 and he is also living with us. He also wrote relationship supporting letter for us describing our relationship. We live like a family.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

My boyfriend and I are in relationship since October 2013. We met online and fell in love. We both are from same city. And our religion is same. When we first started talking he was in Canada and I was in my home country. I was studying for Bachelors degree. He visited India to meet me once in 2014 and second time in 2016. In 2015 I completed my bachelors and started working. Then I decided to come to Canada for post graduation.

In August 2017, I got my Student visa. As my boyfriend was living in the same city where my college is, he proposed me that we can live together. That way he will be there for me while adjust in new environment.

On Sep 1,2017, I landed and he came to receive me at the airport. Since that day we were living together.
We liked living together so we continued to live together.
After I completed my post graduation certificate, I applied for PGWP and got it.
On Sep 4 2018, we declared our common law relationship.
After few days (in September) I travelled back to India because I wanted to see my family.
I came back 1 day before his birthday (on 13 November) because I wanted to be there for him. I planned his birthday and we celebrated it together.
At this time, In January I was on my PGWP. My partner told me he can sponsor me under Common law sponsorship. So we went for it and applied. In may I got my OWP.

We are still together and we are so much in love. We have provided our photos together and so many other proofs of cohabitation. Also our photos from each time he visited me in India.


The thing for which I wrote message is, I have read your posts and seems like you have good knowledge about immigration. I want to know how my case looks to you.
The thing that “we were in long distance relationship before and starting living together since the day I landed” will be weird for VO.. or it is okie.

It's fine to have a long-distance relationship before living together.

The potential issue that I see for you is that it is very uncommon for people from India to live together before marriage. Did you address that in your app?

 

[Manpreetkmannu]

It's fine to have a long-distance relationship before living together.

The potential issue that I see for you is that it is very uncommon for people from India to live together before marriage. Did you address that in your app?

How does that affect application???

 

[canuck_in_uk]

How does that affect application???

IRCC may ask for further information about the situation.

 

[Manpreetkmannu]

IRCC may ask for further information about the situation.

We didn’t address anything about this in our application. Nowadays it is not that uncommon. I know few people in our friends circle who has applied for common law, and got PR, also Indians.
I think all that matters is we have provided all that is asked and required. Everything required to prove our relationship. And our relationship is public.

Rest all depends on the Visa Officer. I really appreciate your reply. Thank you so much. This forum needs more people like you.

 

[StephanH]

It's fine to have a long-distance relationship before living together.

The potential issue that I see for you is that it is very uncommon for people from India to live together before marriage. Did you address that in your app?

They are not living in India now, common-law is recognized in Canada. It does not matter if they are Indians or other places that don't recognize it.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

They are not living in India now, common-law is recognized in Canada. It does not matter if they are Indians or other places that don't recognize it.

Read the post. I said nothing about India recognizing common-law. It is against the general cultural norms of India for couples to cohabit before marriage. IRCC most certainly DOES look at cultural norms when evaluating relationships, hence why many apps with civil marriages from such countries are refused.

 

[Manpreetkmannu]

Read the post. I said nothing about India recognizing common-law. It is against the general cultural norms of India for couples to cohabit before marriage. IRCC most certainly DOES look at cultural norms when evaluating relationships, hence why many apps with civil marriages from such countries are refused.

Yeah I completely understand your opinion on this.
I myself am studying Immigration law. And I have read all the operational manuals regarding processing and assessment of Common law sponsorship.
If our relationship was declared common law in another country (like a country where it is not allowed) then it would have been a issue. But we started our common law and declared it in Canada (a country where it is allowed and practiced).
Like this thing I am taught:
It’s not for common law but still talks about the same issue...
Some marriages may not be legal where they occurred, e.g., defect in capacity (who can marry whom), marriage in embassy not recognized by host country, religious prohibitions, form of ceremony not permitted, etc., but the marriage would be otherwise recognized in Canada. Officers should explain to the applicant that they do not qualify as a spouse because their marriage is not legal where they married, but that they might qualify if they marry in another jurisdiction where their marriage would be legal.
If re-marriage in another jurisdiction is not feasible, and if the relationship between sponsor and applicant is genuine and the relationship meets the requirements of either common-law partner or conjugal partner, they may be processed as such. To qualify as common-law partners and conjugal partners, they must have maintained a conjugal relationship (have combined their affairs, be mutually interdependent, have a sexual relationship, etc.) for at least one year and, in the case of common-law partners, must have lived together for at least one year. Applicants should be consulted before they are processed in another category.