Creampop said:amikety, your boyfriend should have reported to CRA as soon as you became common-law, this would also have been good evidence to send in with you application. Immigration and CRA have different rules according to immigration you are a visitor and that is it, to CRA you are a non-resident for tax purposes. This is nothing that a phone call can't fix. No you do not need police clearance from Canada, they run their own background checks.
Would it matter if my husband calls before the year is up or waits until next year? Or would I be able to call myself?