'Provide the date when you entered into common law' Help!

[christian9536]

Hi Everyone,

I am just double checking my family class common law PR application forms before I send them off and I had a couple of questions:

1. On the IMM 1344 Application to Sponsor agreement undertaking form, there's a section that says 'Provide the date on which you were married or entered into the common law relationship'. In my scenario, would I put the date from which we legally became common law (after a year of cohabiting) or from when we first started 'dating'?

2: I have put the date we legally became common law after a year of cohabiting. If this is not correct, can I cross the date out and pen in a new one next to it?

Thanks in advance!

Christian

 

[Ponga]

Hi Everyone,

I am just double checking my family class common law PR application forms before I send them off and I had a couple of questions:

1. On the IMM 1344 Application to Sponsor agreement undertaking form, there's a section that says 'Provide the date on which you were married or entered into the common law relationship'. In my scenario, would I put the date from which we legally became common law (after a year of cohabiting) or from when we first started 'dating'?

2: I have put the date we legally became common law after a year of cohabiting. If this is not correct, can I cross the date out and pen in a new one next to it?

Thanks in advance!

Christian

You did the right thing; it's one year AFTER you began living together.

 

[christian9536]

thank you for the speedy reply Ponga!

 

[nezya]

Hi Everyone,

I am just double checking my family class common law PR application forms before I send them off and I had a couple of questions:

1. On the IMM 1344 Application to Sponsor agreement undertaking form, there's a section that says 'Provide the date on which you were married or entered into the common law relationship'. In my scenario, would I put the date from which we legally became common law (after a year of cohabiting) or from when we first started 'dating'?

2: I have put the date we legally became common law after a year of cohabiting. If this is not correct, can I cross the date out and pen in a new one next to it?

Thanks in advance!

Christian


The first day you lived together that is the start of your common-law relatiohsip.

 

[rhcohen2014]

The first day you lived together that is the start of your common-law relatiohsip.

no it's not. the 366th day after a couple starts cohabitating is the day the commonlaw relationship starts. a couple can not be commonlaw if they have lived together less than 365 consecutive days, so it's impossible for the first day a couple moves in together to be the start of their commonlaw relationship.

 

[Rob_TO]

The first day you lived together that is the start of your common-law relatiohsip.

Completely wrong.

This is stated very clearly right in the guide: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/3900ETOC.asp

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

Note: This is the date your status officially changed from being single to common-law, not the date you started living together.