Hello Members,
I am wondering if you could kindly comment on an immigration question that I have.
I am a Canadian PR and planning to sponsor my girlfriend for permanent residency. I want to know whether or not she is excluded from the family sponsorship program.
We have been dating for severl years now. At the time I applied for express entry, we were NOT living together. We moved in while my application was under process. At the time I landed in Canada, we had been living together (outside Canada) for five months. I did not declare her on my application.
My understanding is that when I became a PR, she was not my common-law partner. Therefore, she did not need to be declared. As a result, she is NOT excluded from family sponsorship.
Is my understanding correct?