Outland application question:

[Steeden1]

Hello, hope you're all well.

My Canadian Fiance and i met back in 2013 when I was in Canada under a working visa. After one year my visa (IEC temp work visa) expired and I went back home to the UK (Uk resident) and waited until I reapply for my second IEC visa. While I was home we both continued our relationship long distance.

I retuned to Canada in may 2014 on my second work visa and we have been living together ever since. I plan on extended my stay in Canada as a tourist so we can ensure our common law relationship goes past the consecutive 12 month requirement.

Now we are applying for common law sponsorship outside of Canada (As I will be returning home in June); however, when reading through some of the forms we got quite confused as to whether we were doing this correctly..

In part 2 - Immigration Forms on form IMM5490E - Sponsored spouse/partner questionnaire - Question 28: "Are you currently living with your sponsor?" Yes or No? Our answer will be no as I will be in the Uk and she will in Canada when we submit. The question then asks "If no when did your sponsor move back to Canada?". This is where we get consufsed because my Fiance has never lived outside of Canada and therefore has no return date. Is there something we are not seeing or is this the incorrect form for our situation?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

many thanks.

 

[wowsers]

You have the right form. The secret to answering these forms is to appreciate that they are designed, often unsuccessfully, to apply to many different situations. You will need to answer the question not only with a no but with words inviting the reader to read a supplementary note or statement. Say in that supplementary document that your partner has never lived outside Canada, that you were living together as common law partners for over a year in Canada, that your relationship continues but that you have had to return to the UK because you no longer have a visa to remain in Canada, and whatever else has taken you back to the UK (earning your living for example). Set out your full name, address and date of birth at the top of the document and relate what you say in the document to the question on the form which you are answering.

 

[Steeden1]

That make sense, I ma sure I am not the only one who has stumbled across this issue.

Thank you for your help!

 

[truesmile]

If you complete all the forms, sign and date them before you go back, you could actually answer "yes" to the currently living together question.

We had the same dilemma, re part 2 of your question. With no snarkiness intended, I (the sponsor) put my date of birth.