Hi there... this is only to share that i just recently send my tourists visa application to be with my partner in Canada for his 50th birthday and at the same time 55th anniversary celebration of my in-laws this May of 2011. Hoping to stay for 1 month as it is only i was allowed by my employer. I will be travelling with our 16th mo. old baby girl who is a canadian by descent. My canadian partner and I didnt live yet for a year... but we fill-out the declaration of common law as we have a child that binds us together, and along with my TRV applications are proof of 2 years long distance relationship, evidence that the relationship was known by both our sides of the family and in public... such as birthday, valentines, christmas cards, phone bills, everyday chat log, emails from my partner and his family in Edmonton, various hotel bills with our names from his recent visit, our joint account in Canada where he sends money for support to my baby, pictures since we met up to present, courier receipts from packages we sent from each other, letters from relatives in Edmonton.... and more.