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Visitor applying for civil partnership

zod

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Aug 29, 2011
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Hi! I hope someone can help me with this (hopefully simple) question.

I have been in Canada with a temporary work permit since October last year, and I have been living with my boyfriend here since March of this year. My visa runs out this October but I am hoping to take a six month course, which I believe I can do as a visitor here. When March 2012 rolls around, I'd like to apply for permanent residency, since my boyfriend and I will have been living together a year. But, as I would have been a visitor for several of those months, will I still be eligible?
 

ashokcan

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Apr 28, 2011
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zod said:
Hi! I hope someone can help me with this (hopefully simple) question.

I have been in Canada with a temporary work permit since October last year, and I have been living with my boyfriend here since March of this year. My visa runs out this October but I am hoping to take a six month course, which I believe I can do as a visitor here. When March 2012 rolls around, I'd like to apply for permanent residency, since my boyfriend and I will have been living together a year. But, as I would have been a visitor for several of those months, will I still be eligible?
Hi zod,
No one answered to help you with hopefully simple question as you wrote. First you have to tell me your Citizenship .
 

PMM

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Jun 30, 2005
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zod said:
Hi! I hope someone can help me with this (hopefully simple) question.

I have been in Canada with a temporary work permit since October last year, and I have been living with my boyfriend here since March of this year. My visa runs out this October but I am hoping to take a six month course, which I believe I can do as a visitor here. When March 2012 rolls around, I'd like to apply for permanent residency, since my boyfriend and I will have been living together a year. But, as I would have been a visitor for several of those months, will I still be eligible?
1. Yes, if you meet the definition of Common/law. It is not just living together for a year, you have to merge your lives.