Sponsor living temporarily in Australia

[britt_a]

Hi there,

I've been trawling through these forums for the past 12 months as I work on my spousal application and I have a question I can't seem to find answered.

Background: My Canadian common-law partner is currently travelling Australia with me on a working holiday visa (I'm an Aus citizen). She's been here for 12 months with plans to stay another year.

The questions I am unsure about are:
The first is on the document checklist: "Are you the sponsor living outside of Canada?"
The second is found on the sponsor application form and asks: "Do you reside in Canada and no other country?". Following this it reads "If you answer NO, but are a canadian citizen living exclusively outside Canada, you may still be eligible to sponsor".

My partner is temporarily living outside of Canada, but as it is just a working holiday visa it is only temporary and not what I would consider exclusive or permanent. We do of course have an address in Sydney where many of our joint bills etc that we are using as proof of our relationship are being sent, so she is somewhat residing in Australia too.

We have prepared a detailed explanation of our intent to move back to canada once our application is approved, but I am unsure how to answer the above yes/no questions without being misleading.

Thank you for your help!

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hi there,

I've been trawling through these forums for the past 12 months as I work on my spousal application and I have a question I can't seem to find answered.

Background: My Canadian common-law partner is currently travelling Australia with me on a working holiday visa (I'm an Aus citizen). She's been here for 12 months with plans to stay another year.

The questions I am unsure about are:
The first is on the document checklist: "Are you the sponsor living outside of Canada?"
The second is found on the sponsor application form and asks: "Do you reside in Canada and no other country?". Following this it reads "If you answer NO, but are a canadian citizen living exclusively outside Canada, you may still be eligible to sponsor".

My partner is temporarily living outside of Canada, but as it is just a working holiday visa it is only temporary and not what I would consider exclusive or permanent. We do of course have an address in Sydney where many of our joint bills etc that we are using as proof of our relationship are being sent, so she is somewhat residing in Australia too.

We have prepared a detailed explanation of our intent to move back to canada once our application is approved, but I am unsure how to answer the above yes/no questions without being misleading.

Thank you for your help!

She is living outside of Canada. To say that she is residing in Canada would be false.

 

[britt_a]

She is living outside of Canada. To say that she is residing in Canada would be false.

Ok thanks It was the part that said "living exclusively" which was confusing me as she is really only temporarily in Australia.

 

[armoured]

Ok thanks It was the part that said "living exclusively" which was confusing me as she is really only temporarily in Australia.

I have had a bit of the same confusion but don't overthink it, she's not currently residing in Canada, apply as outland.

Note, you can certainly refer in your additional documentation (letter) to the temporary nature of her work permit (working holiday visa) as supporting point that intention is to return to Canada with spouse.