Hi,
I'm new to posting but have been reading through forum threads for weeks trying to assess where to start with our application.
I am a Canadian citizen and my boyfriend is working in same province under a TFV, LMO. His 2yr visa expires this month and he's applied for an extension. He also has another LMO app for a new place just sent in on Friday. He is hoping to get a new visa in order to live in my area (Calgary area) so that we can live together.
Originally, we were going to apply for sponsorship under conjugal but after 2 calls to CIC and reading on here, our situation doesn't fall under the conjugal status as we first thought it did. He can't live with me due to immigrational barriers - that is accurate! But not the immigration barriers CIC is referring to...
-Anyway, its (disappointingly) okay if his extension is approved, we can still see each other living 6 hrs apart, however we can't qualify as common-law partners to proceed with the sponsorship.
-If his new LMO is approved, we can live together and then proceed with sponsorship after 6 mos or so (correct?)
-And if both are denied, he has to move back to NZ, and then we still don't qualify as conjugal partners under the definition given to me this morning because technically I could move THERE even though we want to live HERE! Please excuse the frustration coming out in my post...
So my question is, since we won't qualify as conjugals if he has to return to NZ, can we marry in Canada with him being a TFW, and what will that do to our options of applying?
(I think at this point, waiting to see if the new LMO will come in, and then proceeding as common-laws is our best option... I don't want to marry for the purpose of being able to live together. Is this naive thinking now that I'm committed to a foreigner? LOL)
Any advice would be appreciated, thank you.
I'm new to posting but have been reading through forum threads for weeks trying to assess where to start with our application.
I am a Canadian citizen and my boyfriend is working in same province under a TFV, LMO. His 2yr visa expires this month and he's applied for an extension. He also has another LMO app for a new place just sent in on Friday. He is hoping to get a new visa in order to live in my area (Calgary area) so that we can live together.
Originally, we were going to apply for sponsorship under conjugal but after 2 calls to CIC and reading on here, our situation doesn't fall under the conjugal status as we first thought it did. He can't live with me due to immigrational barriers - that is accurate! But not the immigration barriers CIC is referring to...
-Anyway, its (disappointingly) okay if his extension is approved, we can still see each other living 6 hrs apart, however we can't qualify as common-law partners to proceed with the sponsorship.
-If his new LMO is approved, we can live together and then proceed with sponsorship after 6 mos or so (correct?)
-And if both are denied, he has to move back to NZ, and then we still don't qualify as conjugal partners under the definition given to me this morning because technically I could move THERE even though we want to live HERE! Please excuse the frustration coming out in my post...
So my question is, since we won't qualify as conjugals if he has to return to NZ, can we marry in Canada with him being a TFW, and what will that do to our options of applying?
(I think at this point, waiting to see if the new LMO will come in, and then proceeding as common-laws is our best option... I don't want to marry for the purpose of being able to live together. Is this naive thinking now that I'm committed to a foreigner? LOL)
Any advice would be appreciated, thank you.