outland common law sponsorship

[reynold21]

hello everyone,

my common law and i lived in one roof for only 10 months in the philippines and i had to come back here in canada to work, we already have a baby in she's here in canada too, i always read that if you did not live together for 12 continious months you are not considered as common law,so what are the options do we have? should i go back to the philippines and live together for 12 months just to prove that our relationship is genuine?it doesn't make sense to me.. it means i have to sell everything i have here in canada and quit my job and settle for less in the philippines.or... can we continue our application? can i explain my situation to immigration officer? i need your opinions or suggestions. thank you!

 

[SchnookoLoly]

To qualify as common-law, you have to live together 12 months, unbroken, no exceptions.

If you are not able to live together for 12 months, then your next option is to get married. You could have done 10 months in the Philippines and then gone to Canada together, as long as you continue living together the location doesn't matter, but if you are living separately then you will not qualify for common-law. CIC will not make exceptions.

 

[Aquakitty]

If she can get a visa (work, visitor, student) you can live together in Canada for the 12 months legally and still apply via outland. Otherwise as SchnookoLoly said you can avoid that by getting hitched.