visa exempt common law partners soon to be seperated by country

[helps]

Hi,

I am applying for PR through my Canadian common law partner.
At the moment I am in the middle of my studies (will be studying atleast one more year)
We are living together in NZ, have been for 2 years, we have been a couple for 3 (I was in CA on IEC)
My partner is going back to CA to begin studies of his own, he is impatient to get his career started and the cost to study back in CA is obviously allot cheaper than for him to study here in NZ as INT. student and then you need another visa blah blah blah.
Plus we intend on moving to/living in CA anyway.

My question is, is this a problem?
Being from visa exempt country and not living with my partner? Does it matter to apply outland as a commonlaw couple, if we liv in seperate countries? Can we still be classified commonlaw? We have all the supporting evidence to prove we lived together 2+years.

I thought it would be fine but reading some threads have me wondering... will this be an issue?
Any thoughts? Thanks

 

[Landagirl]

To apply common law you have to be living together somewhere, whether it's NZ or Canada it doesn't matter. If you do it outside of Canada though you will need to show intent of moving to Canada when PR is granted.

 

[Aquakitty]

Once you've hit the 1 year mark, you can live separately, within reason. It will be fine in your case.

 

[helps]

Once you've hit the 1 year mark, you can live separately, within reason. It will be fine in your case.

OK fantastic thankyou! At the moment we are at the cusp, he is still here with me now, but will be going back to start his studies soon.

Just for ease and smoothness of the process of all of this, what do you think our best option is right now.
To send in the app just before he goes with his address as being here, and still technically being together at the time of the app being sent in with his intention to move back for school,
Or to wait untill he gets there, with his Canadian address as his address and an explanation as to why I am still in NZ?

Any help or advice is much appreciated, this whole thing is so stressfull.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Just for ease and smoothness of the process of all of this, what do you think our best option is right now.
To send in the app just before he goes with his address as being here, and still technically being together at the time of the app being sent in with his intention to move back for school,
Or to wait untill he gets there, with his Canadian address as his address and an explanation as to why I am still in NZ?

You may as well send the app now instead of delaying it until he goes to Canada. He will need to update his address when he moves to Canada.