Sponsorship trough Common-Law

[ItalianStallion]

Hello to everybody,
I have a question for you people. I am gonna apply or common law on april(INLAND APPLICATION), i am Italian and my girlfriend is Canadian.
So the problem is that when i came on april of last year i cosigned our condo agreement, but then i had to go back to my country(Italy) from may the 1 to July 28th(Almost 3 months). Is that period too long, or is it still ok for the "year living together" period?
Thank you for helping guys

 

[Ponga]

Unfortunately, that's too long. You'll need to determine your eligibility date starting from the day that you returned to Canada. You'll be able to submit the application after the one year anniversary of whatever date that is.

If you had lived together (anywhere in the world) for at least one year prior to May 1st, and had sufficient proof, the 3 month break would not have been an issue.


Good luck!

 

[Rob_TO]

Hello to everybody,
I have a question for you people. I am gonna apply or common law on april(INLAND APPLICATION), i am Italian and my girlfriend is Canadian.
So the problem is that when i came on april of last year i cosigned our condo agreement, but then i had to go back to my country(Italy) from may the 1 to July 28th(Almost 3 months). Is that period too long, or is it still ok for the "year living together" period?
Thank you for helping guys

It's too long a break. Any visa officer will state your cohabitation ended. Even trips of 3-4 weeks apart could end the continuous cohabitation and cause you to start over again.

So your time to start counting days of cohabitation for common-law qualifying, is July 28th.

 

[ItalianStallion]

Ok thank you guys
Another question,then:
I am currently on a working visa. If i still try to apply, will i have my work permit extended on april(since i am applying for common law), even if they will decide to deny my sponsorship application?
Thank you again

 

[Ponga]

Ok thank you guys
Another question,then:
I am currently on a working visa. If i still try to apply, will i have my work permit extended on april(since i am applying for common law), even if they will decide to deny my sponsorship application?
Thank you again

Well...it's not suppose to work that way, but it has for at least one person.

The OWP that is issued because of an Inland application should be deemed void if the Inland application is refused. At least one person here was able to keep theirs even after a refusal on the PR application.
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/owp-and-implied-status-t396463.0.html;msg4951831#msg4951831


But...do you really want to go through this, knowing that there's a very good chance that the PR application will be refused? You wouldn't know that it had been refused for ~ 18 months, because that's how long it takes to reach a stage 1 approval (known as AIP) for an Inland applicant. You'd then have to start all over again.

Is it that important to have an OWP before you truly qualify for one?

 

[ItalianStallion]

So i will get my OWP anyway and i would be able to work and live with her, for at least 18 months?
Well then yes it is worth! Because if i will have to go back to my country prior a year of living together, then i will have to start over again.