What would be the best way of getting an extension to establish Common Law?

[Jack_Scarlett]

Hello

My fiance is from Ontario and I am a US Citizen. We want to establish common law, but that takes one full year, I am only allowed 6 months at a time. We wanted to save money during the time we are waiting to become common law (to use towards the immigration process) He is under the assumption that around 5 months we can apply for a visitor record (hopefully for a year) But I'm under the assumption that you must already be married or established common law. Since we wont be starting the spousal sponsorship or PR application till after I'm considered common law, (Not sure if that is the best way to go about this) I'm not sure what our options are. Any advice or input would be greatly appreciated. What are all my options? What might be recommended.

Thank you for your time and input

 

[scylla]

Yes - you should apply for an extension from within Canada. When you request the extension, explain that you are working towards becoming common law by living together for 12 months and plan to submit a common sponsorship PR application once you have accumulated enough time living together. A number of member of this forum have used this as a reason for extending a visit and CIC appears to accept this as perfectly reasonable.