Conjugal Partners
If you are not married but wish to immigrate with your partner, there are only two categories that might apply: common-law (which will be discussed in future) or conjugal partner.
What is a conjugal partner? The regulations aren't helpful, as they define "conjugal partner" to mean "in relation to a sponsor, a foreign national residing outside Canada who is in a conjugal relationship with the sponsor and has been in that relationship for a period of at least one year."
Essentially, a conjugal relationship is "marriage-like", meaning that there must be a serious commitment to spend your life together in a monogamous relationship.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada look for the following elements to determine if a conjugal relationship exists:
- mutual commitment to a shared life;
- exclusive – cannot be in more than one conjugal relationship at a time;
- intimate – commitment to sexual exclusivity;
- interdependent – physically, emotionally, financially, socially;
- permanent – long-term, genuine and continuing relationship;
- present themselves as a couple;
regarded by others as a couple; - caring for children (if there are children).
posted by Gianpaolo Panusa (Click to Email) @ 9:58 AM
127 Comments
127 Comments:
Thanks - great blog BTW. I'm engaged in the US and we both want to immigrate. The US has a fiance category and I was told that Canada recognizes fiances as well, is this true?
The fiance category was eliminated when the new Immigration and Refugee Protection Act was enacted on June 28, 2002. You and your fiance would have to apply as common law or conjugal partners in order to immigrate together.
hello Mr Panusa
I would like to ask you if once the sponsorship application is submitted (under the conjugal partner), can I visit Canada as a visitor?
thanks,
Jenny
Hi MR Panusa:
I'm engaged in Egypt but I wasn't able to remainded there for economic reason but i like my fiance to came to canada and get married here, Im a Canadian citizen,can this be posible? and how long the process will take?.
Thanks
Vilma
Good day Mr. Panusa, I am a Canadian married to an American. We currently live in the US, but we are thinking of moving to Canada. What do we need to do in order for my husband to work in Canada right away. Your advice would be much appreciated.
Thank you!
In response to Vilma, if your fiance can get a temporary resident visa, you can marry here and apply here. It takes about 6 months, and he can stay past his visa if processing is not complete by the time his visa expires.
In response to the Canadian married to the American, you have 2 choices:
1) Get an HRSDC confirmed job offer (tough to get unless he has specialized skill).
2) Sponsor him for permanent residence and submit an application for an open work permit at the same time (this still takes about 3 months at the earliest).
If you'd like assistance with the process, I'd be pleased to help.
In response to Jenny -- there is nothing preventing you from visiting, however, if a Visa officer is of the opinion that you won't return to your home country at the end of your visit, you will be denied entry. It all depends on the facts of your case.
Hey Mr Panusa,
i am a canadian citizen i have been talking to a girl in fiji for over a year yet i have never lived with her is it possible to bring her as a conjugal partner?
Thank you
Hi I am currently on a visitor visa my girlfriend for 4 and a half years became a permanent resident of canada last june 2005 when her family got approved on their application as immigrants but only arrived april 23, 2006 after our graduation from college. We are planning to get married but we are having a hard time finding a person who does same sex marriage. is it possible for us to apply as conjugal partners? we have check the website but the sponsorship only applies for spouses and common-law partner. I am only allowed to stay 4 mos. we want to be together our home country doesn't allow same sex marriage and our family won't approved it either. Your reply would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Mr Panusa,
I´m desperately looking for some advice. I am a Canadian Permanent resident who is planning to get married with my fiance in Indonesia next year in June after a 1.5 years of long distance relationship.
I am hoping she could come with me to Canada after the wedding and wouldn´t have to be separated again while waiting for the spousal sponsorship application. It is hard enough to be in a long distance relationship for this long already.
Is there anyway we could start applying from now? So hopefully it could be finished by the time we get married or at least not too long after that. Can we be considered as common law or conjugal partner if we don´t live together? I have all the phone bills as proof of our constant communication in the past years, and stamps on my passport of my visits to Indonesia. And I will change beneficiaries of all my insurances as well if that could help.
At first I thought we could just apply for a visitor visa for my wife after the wedding just so she could come to Canada then apply for the spousal sponsorship PR from within, but I just found out that they won´t issue a visa for anyone who plan to come to Canada to live here.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I personally think there is nothing worst than not being able to be with your spouse after your wedding, and that is all I wanted to avoid.
Thank you so much for your advice.
Hard to say if you will qualify as conjugal partners -- you have to start with the factors I mentioned above. In my experience, it is a little tough to qualify as conjugal but it can be done.
Hey , im glad i could find this blog as i need help. i have been in a long distance relationship with my wifey who is a citizen living in canada for a little more than a year now. we are very serious about each other and would like to qualify as conjugal partners because we hate having to be satisfied with short trips to see each other. what kind of evidence would we need exactly to show that we have been serious and intend to remain serious and get married? (airplane ticket stubs, telephone bills maybe)?
You'll need all those and more -- "intermingling of affairs" is good, such as joint bank accounts, joint property, etc. As I said, conjugal is a tough category, so be prepared.
Hello, Mr. Panusa,
I am currently living in China, living together with my fiancee.
In February, I am returning to Canada to visit, and next year I will return to finish my degree.
It makes more sense, financially, for me to just stay in Canada and work full-time from Feb. to August, but I am concerned about how my fiancee can come to Canada for the year and a half I have left on my degree (two years if courses don't schedule smoothly).
We are in a serious, committed relationship, but can only prove that we have been living together since July.
Before July, she was finishing her degree, and lived on campus, so even though she stayed in my apartment every night, her official address is different than mine.
We have been in a serious, committed relationship for over a year, but it looks like proving conjugal status will be too difficult for us.
Also, as she is a recent graduate, she does not have enough work experience to pass the point system for a skilled worker visa.
We know alot of Chinese people who have applied and failed for tourist visas (TRVs) to Canada; most of them claim that they lacked adequate funds, despite having over 30,000 RMB (roughly $4,000 CDN) in the bank.
I am unsure of how TRV applications are assessed, other than the vague information listed on the consulate's site, and even more vague responses given to me by the consulate in Shanghai.
My main concern is that we will not be able to prove that she will return to China when her visa expires, especially if I will be staying in Canada.
Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Blaine
P.S. Sorry for the long post.
Hi, thanks for posting -- long posts are just fine.
TRV's for Chinese citizens are tough to get unless the individual has a solid career in China, some assets (such as property) and family.
You don't have to live together to show conjugal status, but you do have to prove your commitment to a life together. Joint bank accounts, joint property, reciprocal insurance policies, travels together, extended time together -- without these sorts of things you won't likely be successful. On top of that, you need a good reason why you are not married -- I'm not sure that simply being students is good enough, but perhaps her parents want you to complete your schooling or something like that.
In any case, it will be an uphill battle I'm afraid. CIC looks at conjugal applications very carefully.
Hello, this is Blaine again.
First, thanks for your fast response.
As a recent grad, my fiancee does not have a solid career, nor does she or her family have considerable assets.
We do not have joint accounts, nor do we currently own property.
Also, neither of us has an insurance policy.
We have traveled together, and I'm not entirely clear what you mean by "extended time together," but if you mean solid blocks of time on a daily basis that are greater than normal, then it sounds like the only way to prove this is by proving we have traveled together.
Correct?
As for the reason why we're not married, it's two-fold.
First, Chinese culture looks down on people who get married while they are in school, and I am told that schools (including universities) have the option of expelling students for being married, but I am not sure how reliable (or realistic) that information is.
Second, the custom in my fiancee's hometown is for girls to get married when their age is an odd number.
Last year she was 22.
But I don't think that this falls under "justifiable reason" according to the government, so I am not sure of what our options are.
My being a student is not a problem at all.
Anyway, supposing immigration is not an option, I was wondering if you know anything about the selection process for TRVs, specifically, how likely a recent university grad without many assets is to be given a tourist visa, and if her odds are lower because she is Chinese (quotas, or any other reasons).
Also, is the TRV always a 6-month visa, or are there other time limits?
Thank you.
Hello, this is Blaine again.
First, thanks for your fast response.
As a recent grad, my fiancee does not have a solid career, nor does she or her family have considerable assets.
We do not have joint accounts, nor do we currently own property.
Also, neither of us has an insurance policy.
We have traveled together, and I'm not entirely clear what you mean by "extended time together," but if you mean solid blocks of time on a daily basis that are greater than normal, then it sounds like the only way to prove this is by proving we have traveled together.
Correct?
As for the reason why we're not married, it's two-fold.
First, Chinese culture looks down on people who get married while they are in school, and I am told that schools (including universities) have the option of expelling students for being married, but I am not sure how reliable (or realistic) that information is.
Second, the custom in my fiancee's hometown is for girls to get married when their age is an odd number.
Last year she was 22.
But I don't think that this falls under "justifiable reason" according to the government, so I am not sure of what our options are.
My being a student is not a problem at all.
Anyway, supposing immigration is not an option, I was wondering if you know anything about the selection process for TRVs, specifically, how likely a recent university grad without many assets is to be given a tourist visa, and if her odds are lower because she is Chinese (quotas, or any other reasons).
Also, is the TRV always a 6-month visa, or are there other time limits?
Thank you.
P.S. I should mention that the reason I think a TRV will be difficult is because of the requirement of proving she will leave the country.
Mainly because her job is relatively new, and not very high paying.
P.P.S. Sorry if I am bringing this up on the wrong blog.
I should probably post it on your one about tourist visas, but it's a follow up, so I posted it here.
Hi,
Your blog has been very helpful, and I was wondering if you could help me out. My Girlfriend (Irish citizen)and I met while teaching in Korea, where we lived for 2 years. She is working on getting a one year working visa.
If she gets this, can her visa be extended either by the company she is working for, or wouild I be able to sponsor her. I am currently a student but by the time the 1 year expires I will be finished school and gainfully employed.
Thanks for your help.
Ian
Dear Mr Panusa. sorry to bother you may I ask you some questions please. I have been in a srious committed relationship with a canadian gentleman for about 7 years. And i have visited canada every year as a visitor since 2001. Now I have a renewed visitor visa to canada (applied whe I still worked) But now I quit my job and thinking to take some english course in canada and go there t get married with my man. Do you think immigration will allow me in (given I have not employed and also almost 40 years old old enough to take english course? and also come from developing countries in asia) and what kind of questions they would ask me.
Thank you so much for your time.
Brgds&Thank you.
Dear Mr Panusa, sorry to bother you. May I asked some questions please. I have been in a serious committed relationship with a canadian guy for about 7 years and we want to get married in canada (i live in a developing country in asia). I have a renewed visitor visa to canada (appliyed when I still worked) (I have visited canada every year since 2001). But, now i quit my job and want to take some english courses which last about or less than 6 months in canada so I could get in canada and get married with my man, do you think canada immigration will allow me in given I am almost 40 years old (too old yo take english course?) and should I tell them only that I am coming for study? and what kind of questions they would possibly ask me?
Sorry for a long letter and thank you so much for your time.
Best regards&Thank you
Hello Mr. Panusa,
I'm a Permanent Resident of Canada since May 2006. I have a girlfriend in my home country and I hope I can sponsor her as my conjugal partner. We have our relationship for about 6 years now but it is not known to many people esp. our family and relatives, only to some of our close friends since we are not known to be gay.
I already sent the forms to my gf and hopefully we could accomplish everything at the end of the first quarter.
Do you see any chance in our application to be approved?
And can we submit our application as early as March or April or May of this year? since I've only been here in Canada for about 9 months, would that be a hindrance?
I would appreciate your advice.
I think this blog is really great!
Hello Mr Panusa,
I am a married, though estranged UK citizen and have been in a committed relationship with my canadian citizen girlfriend since may of 2006.
We do not have joint bank accounts but are soon to get a joint lease on an apartment, I also receive billing from my cell provider to her place where I currently reside on a visitor's visa.
I am a qualified multimedia creator, graphic designer, web designer and also have experience with carpentry...but none of these occupations seem sufficient as skilled worker qualifications as my "full-time" experience in any of them is limited by my freelancing in all of those fields over the past 10 years.
My question is this, would a conjugal partner approach have more likelihood of success for us or would I be better to approach it as a skilled worker(and if so, how to convince cic of my skillset where documentation is lacking? references? CV?)
thank you for your time
Mr Barr
Mr. Panusa,
I am a Permanent Resident of Canada since July 2006. My boyfriend, who is American and I have been together for a little over 1year. We are both university students at the same university in Toronto. We have been living together since we started school in September 2006. Since he's American he pays international fees which puts a financial strain on our relationship. Is it possible that I can sponser him since we're in a committed relationship and we have been living together for the past 6months? I would really appreciate your advice.
Thanks, Jane.
Mr Panusa, I am an american citizen, currently a student ,and in love and engaged to an ontario born quebec resident.I am a student now, and he will be studying in the fall also. I intend to hire a lawyer for representation but I wonder, can my fiance sponsor me to to get Quebec residency even though he has a limited amount of funds because he will be living off student loans and part-time employment? I will also be in the same economic situation. Is this a problem? Also, as far as proof of long-distance contact, at what point in the application process will we need to present these documents? I don't think we have alot at this time except for letters, and statements from friends or relatives- not alot of recorded phone stuff, maybe bank statements showing purchase of phone cards for cell-phone is all. Alot of this proof will be accumulated after the marriage and probably after the first steps of the application process. We have managed to stay together for most of our year and a half relationship with just a 1-3 months apart every 4-5 months. How can one prove they have been supporting another?Thank you very much for your time. Hope to hear from you soon. Great site!
Dear Mr. Gianpaolo Panusa,
I would really appreciate if you could give me some advice.
I am originally from the United States, but am a resident of Chile in South America. I have been accepted to graduate school in Canada and need to apply for my student permit. I have a Chilean boyfriend. We have been living together since September of 2005 and have a joint housing lease that we signed.
Based on what I have read, I should be able to apply for a temporary visa for my partner so that he can go with me to Canada.
Here is the catch. I was previously married. I got married in April of 2004 in Chile and separated from my husband in December of 2004. We have been separated since that time but in Chile it is very difficult to get a divorce. I started divorce proceedings in February of 2006, once we had been separated a year, but I had to wait for my estranged husband to finally sign the paperwork. He did sign the paperwork, and I turned it in to the courts, but I am currently in the midst of a lengthy and complicated divorce proceeding. There is no legal "separation" status in Chile so until my divorce goes through so, at least according to Chilean law, I am still married to my ex-husband.
My question is if my partner and I will still qualify as common law partners given the fact that I am still going through divorce proceedings from a previous marriage. I love my boyfriend and I don`t want to go study for two years in Canada without him.
Please let me know if you think I will be able to include him in my application for a student visa as a common law partner.
Thank you so much!!
--Brandee
Dear Mr. Gianpaolo Panusa,
I would really appreciate if you could give me some advice.
I am originally from the United States, but am a resident of Chile in South America. I have been accepted to graduate school in Canada and need to apply for my student permit. I have a Chilean boyfriend. We have been living together since September of 2005 and have a joint housing lease that we signed.
Based on what I have read, I should be able to apply for a temporary visa for my partner so that he can go with me to Canada.
Here is the catch. I was previously married. I got married in April of 2004 in Chile and separated from my husband in December of 2004. We have been separated since that time but in Chile it is very difficult to get a divorce. I started divorce proceedings in February of 2006, once we had been separated a year, but I had to wait for my estranged husband to finally sign the paperwork. He did sign the paperwork, and I turned it in to the courts, but I am currently in the midst of a lengthy and complicated divorce proceeding. There is no legal "separation" status in Chile so until my divorce goes through so, at least according to Chilean law, I am still married to my ex-husband.
My question is if my partner and I will still qualify as common law partners given the fact that I am still going through divorce proceedings from a previous marriage. I love my boyfriend and I don`t want to go study for two years in Canada without him.
Please let me know if you think I will be able to include him in my application for a student visa as a common law partner.
Thank you so much!!
--Brandee
Mr. Panusa,
My wife want to sponsor her father, I will be co-sponsor of the application. We have two kids living with us. All of us are permenant residents of Canada. We want to know how much should be our total income to be eligible to sponsor ?
Dear Mr. Panusa
My wife want to sponsor her father. I am a co-signer on this application. We have two kids living with us. All of us are Canadian Permanent Residents. Wanted to know what is the minimum income we should have to sponsor?
Hi there,
We are filling out a restoration of status form my boyfriend who was here on a work permit and tried to have it extended, however the labour opinion was negative (more than once) so it was not extended. Now he wants to change to visitors and restore status(his visa ran out Dec 15/06).
What is the best course of action. We want to get married in June or July but wonder if it is advisable to use this as the reason to extend? We have paid for the official receipt ($200.00) and have had photos taken, but just need guidance regarding reason for restoration.
As well, if you help with this, is there an appeal process if his temp visa is denied, or any other course of action we can take at that point, if that were to happen?
Hi Mr Panusa,
Great blog.
Need your advice please. My brother in the Philippines has been legally separated for 4 years and wants to apply as skilled worker for Canada. His two children ( ages 17 and 18) live with him. Is it necessary for him to file a ANNULLMENT ( no divorce in the Philippines) or a letter from the ex spouse stating that she is allowing them to migrate to Canada sufficient? Would there be problems if only a letter is presented to immigration?
Thanks
My current fiance lives in Canada and I live in America. My fiance wants to sponsor me so we can be together before the wedding, but he is legally divorcing someone else he has sponsored for two years. They have been seperated for a little over a year and that's how long we have both been dating each other. I have stayed in Canada for most of the time, but no more than six months due to Canadian visiting laws.
We want to be together before our wedding, but it seems we are not able to right now due to the divorce. He is finalizing the divorce after he visits me in America with his vacation time so he can be in Canada through the divorce and figure out how he can sponsor me.
So my general questions would be:
Will this previous marriage affect us in any way at all?
Is there any way I could live up there when he's divorced, but we're still waiting till 3 years have gone by since she became a resident?
This has been a great stress on both of our minds for a long time and any other points would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much for reading.
Hello I am a canadian citizen and have been in a long term 3 year relationship with an amarican, We have never lived together due to the immigration laws on both ends.
We Talk every day most of the day more often then most people who live together... I can not move down there as I have three children one who is an adult who would not be able to come with me.. With bringing him up here would we be able to go for Conjugal partner.. Or would it be better to get married first?
Thank you for your help =)
Dear Mr. Panusa,
I'm a canadian citizen who is currently studying in America but my fiance is a Pakistani citizen living in England. We were wondering if he had to get his temporary resident visa issued from Pakistan or is it possible that the visa can be issued from England?
Thank you
Reem
Hello Mr.Panusa, thanks for the information. My Names Justin and my girlfriend lives in america (colorado) and we love each other more than anything and know that we want to be together for the rest of our days. But my question for you is how can i prove that to immigration. See in september it will be a year, and we plan on applying for the conjugal partner application right away. In the past we havent had enough money to move her up here with me, but now things are turning around and by august we should both be financially set to move her up here. So basically i just want everything to go smoothly as possible it would really suck to put nearly 500 dollars into an application and have some official tell me our relationship isnt 'legit'. I was thinking of attaching some of my phone bills to it to show the length of time that we talk and that we stay in contact every single day, whether through talking or texting. Not to mention all conversations have been through cell phones which have greatly put me in debt, but doesnt really bother me.... Also I was wondering what other forms/applications we'd need to fill out to ensure she could get a job asap, i'm a university student so supporting the two of us would be difficult. Finally I live in Alberta and i once read that the albertan government is accepting a higher amount of immigrants due to the immense amount of jobs there are here. Thanks for your time and help, I look forward to hearing your response
~Justin
Hello Mr Panusa
I am an Australian and have been in a serious relationship and co-habiting with an Canadian for at least one year. We wish to go allpy for a PR under on common law grounds, but we do not have a lease that dates back 1 year ago. Is it necessary to have such documentation from a year ago (merely because we waited for the current lease to expire)? We have friends that can verify our cohabitation. To put it another way, have you known of any cases where a PR application has been approved without that documentation?
Yes, there have been applications approved without a joint lease, but carefully crafted affidavits are essential, as well as any other evidence of cohabitation.
Hi Panusa,
I am a permanent resident of Canada. I have been living seperately with my wife since one and half year in Canada but i do not have any seperation agreement. We have verbal agreement only. We have some issues so that we can not process for divorce. I have my conjugal partner in overseas and i have spent 6 months time with her and our conjugal relationship is known by all, like her parents, friends, my parents and all our relatives. We have a joint bank account back in my home country and joint property, joint credit cards. We have emails correspondents and we have chat correspondents as well and she is carrying my baby as well. Now i am in Canada and she is in overseas. Can i qualify to sponsor her as a conjugal partner. Pls help me.
Thank you.
Dear Mr. Panusa,
I am a gay filipino from Philippines and i have american boyfriend but now he work already in canada.
My boyfriend is now working in Canada and we want we can get married there in Canada then we can live together there. I just want to ask if what should we do so that i can come there in Canada and get married to my american boyfriend? can i apply fiancee visa at canadian embassy Philippines even if were a same sex relationship?
Thanks,
Fred
I am a divorced mother of three dependent children, a UK citizen who has a hairdressing business. I have been in a relationship with a canadian citizen since 2002 which consist of me going over to Canada every year, sometimes twice a year. I now want to migrate [with the children]to Canada to be with my partner and do not know how to tackle this. Can you offer some advice. We do not have a joint account/insurance or joint property. Help!!
Help me please. Ok this is my situation. My fiance is canadian. I am american. We have been together for a year and spent almost 9 months together out of that year. We both want to marry and I need help in going about that. I want to immigrate to Canada and live with her and have a happy life. Man it kills me when I talk to her and cant be with her due to the whole 6 month crap that goes on. Is there anyway she can sponsor me and if we get married does that automatically promise me permanant residence to canada? I'm so lost and everyone I've talked to hasn't really been able to help me. I've searched and searched the net and dont know what to do. I dont want to lose her and I know she does not want to lose me. its breaking our hearts everytime we cant be close to each other. Please help me.. I mean is there a sponsorship program. I'm not the richest person in the world and neither is she but we need help. can you please help!!!! for instance if there is a sponsorship program how much does it cost things like that. Please let me know. I really need help. I hear so many horror stories about canadian american relationships and how i see that we are not the only ones struggling with this. But we need help. Even the embassy in my country and her country could not help. PLEASE HELP.
I am A British Citizen Who came to Canada on a one year Visitors Visa, I over stayed by Two years. I have A Canadian partner who wants to marry me and sponsor me is this legal? or will she be i trouble? thank you
Paul
Hi, I'm a Canadian Citizen living in Rwanda. I will be getting married to a Rwandan in December and was told that we could apply for permanent residence and a temporary visa at the same time so that we can go back to Canada after the wedding and wait for the permanent residence... is this true? Thanks!
Hi and thanks for your online help. I am British and have met my Canadian boyfriend online sometime ago. I have just spent 3 amazing weeks in Ontario and would now love to move to Canada to be with my boyfriend. I am going back for 2 weeks in November and he is planning on spending time over here in the spring. Please can you tell me what would be the better route to take allowing me to live with him in Canada. We do plan to marry at a later date. Thank you
Hi Panusa:
I am a graduate student her in Canada. I just completed my 2 year post grad work permit, and was denied a renewal. I did apply for permanent residence about 2 year ago. I am in a relationship with a Canadian Citizen, who is looking to sponsor me under the conjugal relationship aspect. Would you suggest i wait an extra 2 years for a confirmation of my permanent residence or should proceed with conjugal sponsorship. Many thanks
Hi there,
I hope I can get an answer from you as all this immigration stuff is really confusing! So here is my situation: I am a Canadian Citizen who is currently studying in England. I started my studies in September 2006 and met my boyfriend (who's English) in October 2006. We are both studying at the same university, and will both graduate in May 2008. We are planning to move to Canada next summer, as I miss my country and my boyfriend, who came with me to visit my family last summer, really liked it overthere. We want to move to Toronto, and there find a job in our field of study. We have been living together since April, but we live with his parents so we don't have any contract to prove it, though the same address appears on payslips from my job and stuff from uni. Anyways, we want to eventually get married and are planning on spending the rest of our life together, but for that we need to stay in the same country.
So my question is: what would be the best option (and the cheapest) for us? Should we get married now (in the UK i mean; would it be valid when we're back in Canada?) or should I sponsor him ? It might be useful to know that I am from Quebec and I am currently in England on a student visa that will expire in October 2008.
Thanks for your help,
Vicky
I had exceed my stay in this country due to being misinformed at the Immigration office. I now have 90 days to apply for restoration. I have read there are no guaranties on being accepted. I check with Immigration so I would be 100% sure on my stay. I like would like to know how good are the chances due to this mistake. Thank you.
my name is franklin from one of the west African countries called, GHANA, where CAN 2008 will be hosted. I have completed my second cycle institution and currently working with KIA RANA MOTORS in Ghana.I want to further my study and work in Canada but i don't have all the facilities or the document required, not even a financial suport to enable me. How can you help me to further my careerwilth your suport even if i have to pay back after am employed.
thanks alot for having time to reead my comment.
Stay BLESSDE ALL THE TIME> AMEN<
Hi, I am a British citizen writing from Malaysia- with no help from this country or the embassies here!
Firstly- wow, how lucky I stumbled on this page, secondly, how wonderful to see someone altruisticly using their training for good use!
My situation: My partner of 6 months and I are moving to Vancouver in December. He will study (1 year course). Initially he will be on a study visa.
I am British but have been living in Kuala Lumpur the past 8 months performing in a show and teaching English (I have been a self employed performing artist for over 2 years and hold an MA from UK).
My partner's parents will be granted Canadian PR sometime between the end of 2008-2009 as investors of canada, and will move out to join us then.
I am fluent in french, educated to MA level, and want to pursue my acting career in Canada while building a life with my partner.
I looked at Self-employed PR (lengthy wait and costly), and also unsure if I actually need a visa as a performing artist? If a company really wants me will they apply on my behalf once I am there or will no-one hire me?! The only reason I am going to Canada and not back to London is to be with my Partner, who along with his family will be calling Canada home.
Please please help- I'm driving myself crazy searching on the net and getting mixed information!
What do you suggest..?
Thanks, I'll await your response.x
Hello Mr. Panusa
I have married a man from Guyana, He came to Canada on a vistor visa for one year, When we doing the permant residents application, by accident I checked off that i am sponsoring him outside of the country, therefor his interview with immigration was in Guyana, He attends the interview and they take away his passport and his visa, So now he cant return back to Canada without a passport, They told him they would give it back to him by Feb. 2008. Is there anything I can as his wife, to get him back to Canada. Are they allowed to do such things.
Please Help
Thanking you in advance.
Chrissy
Chrissy -- I'm not sure you've given the entire story here. The In-Canada and Out of Canada are completely separate applications, with different forms and different offices that process each of them (it is not a matter of checking a box). Also, CIC does not have the authority to seize a foreign national's passport in a different country. So I'm at a loss with regard to your question I'm afraid.
Hi Mr. Panusa,
I completed my 3 year degree from Windsor Univ. in June 2006.After which I got a 1 yr post graduate work permit till Oct 2, 2007. I have been offered employment by an employer in Kitchener. My question is: Am I eligible to apply for 1 more year of post graduate work permit keeping in to mind I have worked for 1 year in GTA.I havent finished the 90 day period and am in restoration status.
hi i have a question for anyone .i live in the us and my boyfriend for a year lives in canada.we have a saving account together.i want to move there with him.we have a place picked out.can we just move in together and then apply for conjugal?i moved from minnesota to michigan to see how it went and it has been great so now he wants me to move in with him.can he be a sponcer? thanks for your time please help me .
Greetings, sorry to bother you I was wondering if you could give some advice. I've asked everywhere and no one will answer me.
I'm a Canadian citizen my boyfriend of 3 years is an America citizen.
He doesn't have a skilled trade, but we are trying to move him to Canada and I don't know how to go about this. What would we need to do?
Please and Thank You!
I am canadian and live in canada and am dating a mexican girl that lives in mexico. We visit each other frequently. She is educated and could qualify as a "skilled worker" yet she is also my girlfriend. Is it better for her to apply as a "conjugal partner" or a "skilled worker"? and what takes the shortest amount of time? and can you begin to work immediately after receiving for SIN under both categories? THANKS
Hi. Mr. Panusa,
I am a registered nurse living in the US. I have been in a long distance relationship with a Canadian for almost 3 years now. I travel to Canada approximately every 3 months of the year to get to spend time with him. We have wanted to get married since the winter of 2005, but we are not formally engaged. I was very naive about this from the beginning (July 2005), and thought it was just a matter of me applying for a job, filing a paper or two with the Canadian government and moving across the border. I have been working really hard to gather all of the necessary materials to migrate to Canada in the skilled worker class. We have a shared bank account (as of December) and he has been the primary benefactor on my life insurance policy for the past two years. Is it quicker to apply as a skilled worker or have him sponsor me as a conjugal partner? As a registered nurse, I know there is a licensing body (College of Nurses of Ontario), and I was told by them that I had to be a citizen or permanent resident to write the exam. I really love and want to live with this man for the rest of my life, and there are just so many bureaucratic (and I reluctantly say necessary?) barriers keeping us apart.
Good day,
My fiance came to Canada from Ireland in late December of 2006. We met and fell in love on January 5th 2007 and really have not spent much time apart since then. She moved in with me in March of 2007 and we lived together up until her working holiday Visa was over in december of 2007. I am a Canadaian Citizen and she is an Irish citizen. I have met her family in Ireland on holiday for 2 weeks in Dec/Jan of 07/08. We are now engaged and making arrangements for a wedding in Spain for Sept 2008. Being apart is simply awful and I am desperately trying to find other ways to get her sponsorship here other than waiting until we are married and then applying for spousal sponsorship. This process might be finalized 18 months from this date. She is the beneficary of my RSP accounts, we lived together, are engaged. We are monogamous, intimate and dependent on each other for many things. In your opinion should we apply for this conjugal sponsorship and how do we get started if so?
Jeff M.
Hi! I just wonder - is it possible to marry someone ín Canada without actually living there yet? We've met on the Internet and want to get married and live together in Canada.
/Rosita
What's the diffrence between "common-law" and conjugal partners"?
"Sponsor him for permanent residence and submit an application for an open work permit at the same time (this still takes about 3 months at the earliest)."
Where can I get information on this? Does this mean my partner can sponsor me temporarily and I can find work as well?
Mr. Panusa,
I have been dating my boyfriend since April 2005. He is a candain and i am an american. We plan on getting married sometime soon, in the near future.
I have been going to college in the states and I graduate this May17th. I would like to move in with my boyfriend ASAP after i graduate.
I have lived with him for 3 months or more at a time. I stay with him through all of my college breaks and go see him every weekend. I have been doing this for 3 years. He currently lives 2.5 hours away!
We also talk on the phone everyday several times a day when i aqm not there.
He is getting an apartment soon- it is attatched to his moms new house that she is moving in to. I would like to move in with him right after i graduate. I would also like to pay for half of the bills. I need to get a job in canada to do that.
what can i do to leagally move in to canada and get a job?
Can he sponser me?
My dad has cousins and an Aunt that live in Canada, along with some distant relatives on my moms side, can they sponser me?
Thank you for your time,
Meagan
Dear Mr. Panusa-
My boyfriend and I have been dating for the past 4 years long distance San Francisco, CA to Halifax, Nova Scotia. It has finally come time that I have decided to move to Halifax. We are hoping to be able to qualify as conjugal partners. Our glich is that he has just started the police academy. With that he will have no steady income until September when he will become a full time police officer. He is eligible to collect unemployment but we are curious if that will effect our ability to apply. I don't plan on moving until December but we would like to start the application process asap. Any help or suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated. Even if it is just to take the plunge and get married.
thank you.
-Jana
hello Mr Panusa
i just wanna know i am a Canadian citizen just come here in pakistan for marriage can i sponcer my wife from Pakistan coz i wanna bring her with me and all of my brother and my mom live in Canada with me
I have a question about this whole process. I recently purchased online the skilled worker visa. I am currently a student with an expected graduation date of June 2008. So, my fiance is from Bradford Ontario which is outside of Toronto. So, what is the best option. The skilled worker visa could take up to 25 months. That isn't going to work. I already paid the $400 but I don't want to continue dishing out money if I'm going to have to start over anyway if I want to get up there quicker. I am really stressed out and aggravated all at the same time. If you could help me out it would be great. All of the migration sites that I have tried are all automated phone calls and you can only talk to them for so long, and then reply to your emails a couple days later. Its a real hassle and I wish this was easy but I hope you can give me a direction to go at least. Thanks Much
I am a PR, living outside canada at the mean time in my home contry. I'll be getting married soon and want to know:
1- to sponser my husband do I have to be resident in canada to submit my application? can I go to canada submit the forms then come back to my home country or I have to stay in canada till the end of the proceduers?
2- is there any qualifications to sponser my husband such as owning a house in canada or money in the back or have a job?
Hi Sir,
My boyfriend of 1 1/2 years was married here in the Philippines. We had been living together whenever he comes for a visit (maximum 2 months in a year). Both he and his wife became Canadians but they are now separated (not living in one house) for more than 2 years. Can my boyfriend divorce his wife and can we get married in a country where divorce is accepted (i.e. Hongkong). I am single. Or can we get married even if he has not divorced his wife? Thank you very much.
Hi, thanks for your website, just a couple of quick questions that i need answers to badly. I moved from canada to australia in october 2006 where I met my partner. Since then, I returned to canada to visit in october 07 as my visa was expiring shortly (working holiday visa.)My partner came to canada for a month over christmas and I returned over here on a tourist visa as of January. We were planning on returning to canada in December but are now looking to return in august. We have joint bank accounts and a joint lease on an apartment here but have not been living together for 12 full months without seperation (not that we weren't continually committed to one another, but were not able to live together in the beginning as I was working as an Au pair and required to live with the family that I worked for). As of February 14th we have been engaged and would like to have the wedding in canada in june 2009 as i am very close with my family and friends in canada. Now, since there is no longer the fiance visa applications and we have no life insurance policies which indicate one another as beneficiaries, would we still qualify for a conjugal partner visa?!? or common law partner visa?!?!?
Thank you so much in advance,
I was able to find the link in internet about the E-LMO application process; however, I have some specific questions:
1. Can a person that is under a visitor visa in Canada apply for an E-LMO?
2. Does the person need to leave Canada and apply from outside?
3. What happened if the visitor status has expired? Can the person request a restoration of status and E-LMO simultaneously, since there are 90 days of grace?
4. If the person needs to leave Canada because the visitor status is expired, what are the chances that a new E-LMO will be rejected because the person stayed in Canada without status? The reason for staying longer than allowed is waiting for a response for a previous LMO.
Thanks a lot
I would like to move from Lynden, Washington to White Rock BC to be with my girlfriend. I have a good job and don"t wish to work in canada. I will cumute back and forth from home in canada to wotk in the US. So what do I need to do to move up to canada to live with my girlfriend.
good day mr. panusa me and my fiance we're both contract worker here in canada,and we want to get married here in canada is that possible?
CIC asking me the status of my relationship with the mother of my daughter that born in Canada this may 2008 since when i aplied for the permanent resident she was received the denied claim for refugee claim, she return to her country but in short future i WOULD LIKE TO BRING HER. QUESTION what status that i have to asnwer conjugal patner
Hi, I am a 16 years old, I plan to be married in February, And I want my Wife to live here, she is from Norway, and I was wondering if my Mother, her "Mother-In-Law" is able to Sponsor her, due to the fact i am not Of age (18), ANy feedback you can give me is deeply appreciated it!
hi im 25 from england i met my boyfriend here he is in the marienes but is living in november. going back home to canada toronto i have a boy of 2he is not my partners child but i am now pregnunt with his child we want to b together as a family and bring the children up together i would like to know how i go about moving to canada or if im able to as im carring his child please help ive tried everthing tanya hacking.tanya@yahoo.co.uk
Hello Mr, Panusa
I'm a Ladyboy from Philippines and I have a boyfriend from US. He wanted me to get a visa going to Canada and he wanted to marry me there. But we don't know what kind of Visa we are getting. Will you please tell me what kind of visa is best for me to get??
Is there a visa for same sex?
Izzy
hi
i am in relationship with a canadian girl more then 3 years rigth now we couldt get married we are in lovewe are happy this way i would like if we can apply as partner conjugal , one more thing we will have a babie soon together please help me
thank you
hello. i am a american and i have a boyfriend in canada...we have not seen one another face to face yet...we been talking on the phone and chatting through messager online everyday for almost a year now...i am planing to visiting him the end of this mouth or the ending of next mouth....i now it is true that i can visit him as a visitor for 6mouths...
my quetion is if i visit him for the 6 mouths and have to leave because my time is up....how long do i have to stay out of canada to re-enter into canada...
do i need a round trip ticket of proof that i will leave canada or can i have proof of finance that i will be able to leave when my time is almost up...
or as long as i leave and on the other side of the border in the u.s ...is that ok...
is it that a 6 mouths at a time that i can visit canada as a visitor as long as i leave at the end of my stay...
i was told that i will need sanifficent cash for my entering-visiting there of 2,000.00 but i want to now of the time of allowance is it counts as amount for the whole 6 mouths...or how much do i need of proof for the 6 mouths of my stay...
can i stay in canada while we do any paper work if need too...
as i am there visiting and decide to marry after being with eachother can i stay in canada well papers are being pross...(i was told that i would be able to stay in canada while my protion if being pross...
i also was told that it is better for me to go there as a visitor and astablish a physial relationship with him...as it will be better in the long run before we marry and do paper work...being we have not been together...
so if i go to canada to visit i do not need a visiter visa as a u.s and can visit canada for 6 mouths as long as i have a pass port...
i hope to hear from you soon...thank you for taking the time in helping me....
Hello Mr GP, I am really happy i have found your blog i think it's fantastic and it is exactly what i need.
My situation is I'm Canadian citizen and i have been dating Philippine women for almost two years. I have visited her 3 times and we were engaged in April 07. I tried to bring her to Canada as a visitor but I was told it's difficult because I’m not related to her. She was married and couldn't get a divorce in the Philippines, as a result i am compelled to move to the Philippines by November of 2009 to live with her for more than a year in order to qualify us as a conjugal partners, my question is would i lose my citizenship or would my citizenship status be damaged if i stayed outside Canada for over a year and how certain will it be for us to come back to Canada as conjugal partners? I would appreciate to discuss any further details about my situation with an immigration expert such as you if that’s possible.
Thanks. AC from Windsor On.
I am from the US and engaged to an Canadian. i have a son from a previous married. I want to know if my ex will lose his rights if i move there with my him?
Panusa
I am a Canadian citizen and have been in a serious long distant relation with my now fiance for over 3 years now. I have 2 years left of college and her 1. At the end of this year and upon graduating we are planning to have her move here, Nova Scotia Canada.
In regards to Canadian citizenship, permanent residence and visas;
Would it be better to have an official marriage here in Canada or the US?
Would it be better to have the marriage before or after she moves here?
In which order do we apply for visas, permanent residence or citizenship and before or after the move/wedding?
And estimated times that we have to wait for each process.
If it helps the plan is for her to move here in June of 2009.
Thank you greatly, this is the rest of my life you are helping with. - Kyle and Evan
Hello Mr. Panusa
I am a us citizen married to a canadian . We already sent the application for a work permit and for permanent resident.Now, what would happen if i go back to the us and work there at least while the work permit is processed? and if get it come back to canada, would i be in trouble?
Mr. Panusa,
I'm very happy to have found your blog.. I hope you can answer a few questions for me.
I am a natural Canadian Citizen and I want to marry a natural American Citizen. We have been in love for quite some time and spent some of the most enjoyable times of my life together, and now we're looking to take things to the next step. I've not had any problems crossing the border to visit her, which has been what has satisfied us up to this point, but now we want to spend the rest of our lives together in Canada.
If she comes here to visit, and we get married and apply for sponsorship and permanent residence, can she be forced to leave? Futhermore, were she to need to return to the USA for anything at all, would she be permitted re-entry?
Thanks so much.
Rob
i have a qusetion. I have known my love for a year. and we want to be together but for me to get there I have to be married to them so I thought of applying for a conjugal partnership. I havent met them yet but email them and ims form msn. and talking about our families etc. so I buy a lot of phone cards lol. what could I do in my case cause I want to move there. but I cant move there right now I would do the marriage later. as well I heard that canada it is ok to do phone marriage if I can prove conjugal . any help for me ? thank you for any help you may give .
My husband and I are have applied for PR, the application is not processing yet. We need to go to the UK to attend a legal appt. We can get verification of this. Will it be difficult to reenter Canada after being in the UK for 5 days? Thanks.
hi Mr Panusa im a lady from Philippines. Im glad i found this blog site of yours i was bothering my question. i have a Canadian boyfriend we have meet in the internet only he plan to get me or invite me to his country we have a 5 months long distance relationship, he will sponsor me all the expenses while im staying in his home town Canada. Should this approve if i apply for a visit visa? give me some advice also what we should do.
tnx lady from philippines
hi i'm engaged to a french canadian
man and we've been in contact by mail and by phone and e-mail and he is planning to come to milwaukee wisconsion so we can get married and i was just woundering can i move back with him once we are married and i do have a child
by my ex-boyfriend and he never was their for his daughter and my daughter calls my fiance daddy can i move to canada with him and my daughter because i really do want to move to a diffrent place to raise my daughter and i really want to be with my husband can you give me you'r opinon because I really want to move to canada once i get married.
Hi Mr Panusa,
I am a canadian citizen living in Canada and plan to marry a guy from England. Is it better for me marry him there and then bring him in as my spouse? or what other advice do you have/...Jill
Hi
I am a canadian citizen residing in Canada, I am going to marry an English guywho is not a Canadian. Would I be better off to marry this guy in England and then bring him in as a spouse? Your advice woul be welcomed.....Jill
Hello Mr. Panusa,
I have known my bride-to-be for over a year. She lives in Malaysia and I am a naturalized Canadian citizen.
We were wondering if we could apply now as conjugal partners, and when she comes here next year on a visitor visa, we get married, and then from here apply as spouse. Or would we amend the first application.
I am divorced, she will be mid next year at which time we could apply for spousal sponsorship.
We have a great deal of documentation of time we spend on the phone, online, photos and video of trips together.
Thank you for this blog. It's a great resource.
Hello, I found this post on conjugal partners quite helpful. I was in the process of figuring out which application I'm supposed to fill out for residency in Canada, and I wasn't sure if I applied as a "conjugal partner".
Could you possibly clear it up for me? I just want to know if I have the right forms to be filling out or not.
It's an application to sponsor a member of the family class, family class being defined as "a sponsor’s spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner; a dependent child of the sponsor; the sponsor’s mother or father; a person the sponsor intends to adopt; and other relatives of the sponsor as defined by regulation."
Currently, I'm living with my boyfriend of two years (we recently had an anniversary) in Alberta. I'm a U.S. citizen, he is a Canadian citizen. His parents live with us, who are also both Canadian citizens. My boyfriend and I are both only 18.
Now, I have two dilemmas. Who should be my sponsor, my boyfriend or his parents?
Second, do I have the right forms at all? Do I fall into any of the "family class" categories?
This entire process is incredibly confusing for me. I've tried multiple times to find the right forms over the past 6 months, and each time I get thrown back to this website, even when I visit a government building for information. They just give me a paper with the same information on it! It doesn't help. I need an actual person to tell me if I'm doing this right or not. I don't want to go through all the trouble only to find out I have the wrong forms.
If you can get back to me it would be incredibly appreciated. I see many other people are asking questions as well, so I figured you would be a good person to ask this sort of thing.
I'm going to sift through your blog some more - it is probably the best resource for immigration I've found yet.
Thanks, keep up the good work.
-Casey
I was told that Canada Immigration hardly ever approves Conjugal Partners, is this true? Thanks
Dear Mr. Panusa
My boyfriend for more than 5 years is now working in Canada for almost 1 year and i am here in dubai for 8months. We are planning to lived together in Canada and eventually get married there. My question is : Can he sponsor me knowing that he was there for less than a year? Can a conjugal partner or common law partnership apply to our situation. We sont have any proof that we lived together on the same roof but out relationship is strong for more than 5 years..
What do we need to do to be able to live together in Canada. And what are the requirements?
Please help us.
Regards,
jayrhon
hello
i am a new immigrater, I book a flight from hong kong to New York, then fly to Halifax. It is that Ok to flight by enter by. because i am a new immigrater.
hello i am a caregiver here in vancouver and i found an employer who can sponsor my brother who is a caregiver also.since the visa processing in the philippines is very slow,can he go to malaysia or singapore to apply in a canadian embassy for visa processing?
im engaded to a guy that is in shanghai china at the moment on a working visa
he was bron in ghana africa we wanna get married and start a family how do we get him here and what do we need to do
ty
nikki
Hi Mr. Panusa, I hve a question: Can my boyfriend and I qualify for a conjugal visa. I am a nurse here in Canada for less than a year...We have been together for 3 years now although we cant get married back home in the Philippines since he was married before and divorce is not recognized in our country. Will it be possible for me to sponsor him under conjugal visa? Thank You.
Hi Mr. Panusa,
I'm very happy that I found your blog.
I have a question for you and I hope you can help me. I'm kind of lost thinking what to do. I am a PR residence here in Canada for 3years already and devorced and I'm planning to sponsor my single girl friend back home the Philippines we been together for almost 4years and we already have a 3 years old child. Do I need to annul my first marrage back home the Philippines first? Philippines don't recognized divorce and annulment takes forever and needs tons of money. Is the immigration will ask my annulment so that I'll be qualified to sponsor my GF as my conjugal partner?
Please help..
All openions from the readers are very much welcome...
Thanks in advance!
PinoyBoy
Hi Mr. Panusa,
I'm very happy that I found your blog.
I have a question for you and I hope you can help me this big question mark in my mind I'm kind of lost thinking what to do. I am a PR residence here in Canada for 3years already and devorced and I'm planning to sponsor my single girl friend back home the Philippines we been together for almost 4years and we already have a 3 years old son. Do I need to annul my first marrage back home the Philippines first? Philippines don't recognized divorce and the annument takes forver and needs alot of money. Is the immigration will ask my annulment so that I'll be qualified to sponsor my GF as my conjugal partner?
Please help..
Openion from the readers are very much welcome!
Thanks in advance!
PinoyBoy
halllo..i have question..i canadien from montreal..i have relationship 1 year with my bf..he live usa now,,but he really exp stay from usa,,but he visa exp 2010,,can i bring him to canada from usa?
Most everything I read is a bit over my head so I'm hoping for a simpler answer. In short, my girlfriend was born and lives in Canada, I'm in US and would like to know what exactly it takes for us to be together in Canada. We're 19 so it's new to us but any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Hi Mr. Panusa,
this blog is super helpful but I just have a couple questions for you.
I'm a Permanent Resident since 1996 and I have been in a serious relationship with my boyfriend for almost 1 year. We have a baby on the way and we are planning on getting married at a later date. He is from the UK and is here on a Holiday/Work Visa. Would we be able to apply as "conjugal Partners"? Would I be able to talk to you further about this and other possible options for us? Thank you for your quick response.
-Tanya
WOW!! So many questions, but I'll add another that's specific to myself, but many people might wonder. I'm in a long term and very real internet relationship with a girl in Turkey, we've met, and I'd like her to come live here in Canada. Is there a grey area in the conjugal definition that would prevent couples like us from getting together? Thank so much for your time, great blog!!!
Ok, to those in internet relationships. A conjugal relationship requires that sexual intimacy has occured.
Hi Mr. Panusa,
I'm a canadian citizen my fiance is currently working in uk with a student-working visa we are planning to get married here in canada any posibilities. What do we need to do?
Thanks,
Ghie
Hello,
I was wondering if you would be able to provide me some advise. My boyfriend and I have been together for 6yrs i'm a Permanent Resident of Canada and he's a US citizen. We do visit one another very often and I know the Customs border has record of all of our trips back & forth. We do not have joint bank accounts as i don't believe its possible to put his name on any of my accounts if he's not a resident. Basically we want to live together in Toronto first before taking the step to marriage. I've read up alot on "conjula partners" but i wanted some more info as to whether we would be good candidates to apply for this? What would be require to present? How long does the process take? And what does an immigration lawyer charge for this type of application? I'd really appreciate your reply. Thank you
Hi there. My boyfriend and I have been together for a year now. I am a Canadian citizen, he is an American citizen. We wont be able to get married for several more months due to the fact that I can't get my divorce finalized until custody issues are done with (Ive been seperated for almost 2 years now from my exhusband). So since I cant marry my boyfriend, I assume the best route to go would be the conjual partner way since we dont qualify for common-law.
Three months ago I found out Im pregnant , and my boyfriend and I are ecstatic'd about it. We would love to finally be living together before the baby is born so we do not have to be apart.
How difficult would it be to prove conjual? With a baby on the way, we have 2 joint bank accounts started 3 months ago, and plenty of family and friends willing to write affidavit's stating we are in a genuine loving committed relationship, phone records of talking approximately 2 hours a day, vacationed together driving from Utah to Florida, etc?
Would he be able to stay with me in Canada while this is processing? Right now we are in the US together (Im on a visitor 'visa') but I heard that it can be difficult for the Canada Border patrol to let him through since he doesnt have much ties to the US (he lives with his parents since he just got out of the US Air Force and is still unemployed).
Another concern is Im unemployed. I have been a stay at home Mother to my kids living off child support and child tax benefit. Do they waive the income requirements for conjual, or only spousal?
Thanks in advance for any insight you can give.
I would appreciate any advice you can offer. I am an american citizen. I am married to a canadian citizen. We were married may 23rd 2008 and i haven't been back to the states yet. my husband is my bestfriend. we depend on eachother for a lot. We cannot be seperated. please tell me what the best coarse of action for us to take would be. I don't want to leave Canada and visit home in fear that they won't let me back in the country to be with my husband.
I am a Canadian citizen, currently visiting Poland (2 wks left). I have just become engaged to a Polish woman with a son. We would like to get married in Canada and live there. We will have spent 2.5 months together. What are the best options for us? I would like to do everything by the book.
Joshua
I'm from Sri Lanka and my partner is in Canada. next month we are getting married. but i thought of doing medical before our wedding commencement and in my application form i had mentioned as conjugal partner. can you please let me know whether it's wrong and how can i resolve this issue?
Thanks
i am not (us citizen)but lives here for number of years, My husband is canadian citizen and we want to how do we go about applying for resident for me. do we apply from my country of birth or i live in the US.
THANK U
First of all, thank you for running this blog.
My question concerns my partner and my decision whether to apply as a common law couple or a conjugal partnership. We have lived continuously together in a conjugal relationship for just over a year with the exception of a 3 week visit he took to see his family back in England. We have letters confirming our cohabitance from landlords/family we have lived with but no legal lease. We have had a joint bank account for almost a year (11 months).
So...do we qualify as a common law couple despite that one month separation or because of that time apart should we apply as conjugal?
thanks in advance for your time :)
S
Hi...
I'm Grace, and i'm a Permanent resident of Canada with two kids from my previous common-law partner. now i'm dating again with a permanent resident from USA and now we've decided to live together. In order for him to become a permanent resident of CANADA (also) .. what's a necessary step we should do?
Hi Mr. Panusa
May be this is a special case.
I am a Canadian Citizen. I want to sponsor my girlfriend here under any category. Catch is, I am a married person with another woman and having two kids, I don't want to separate from my current wife. She does not mind if I sponsor my girl friend. My girlfriend does not qualify for any thing other than sponsorship. Please give me the suggestion. Thank you
Dingi
Wow Dingi, that is different! In theory one may be able to sponsor a conjugal or common law spouse while married. However, in your circumstances I don't think you would be successful. You have to show a lifetime commitment to your conjugal partner, you can't do that if you have not been separated from your legal wife for years and years. Conjugal applications are tough, and I can safely predict CIC would reject this one.
Hi Mr. Panusa, I agree, very useful blog with explicit explanation of a lot of immigration terms! I'm a Hong Kong citizen, dated my canadian bf for 1.5 year and came to canada to live with him for about a year, as a visitor in this country. We want to apply immigration under conjugal partner canada class, that is In-Canada Application For Permanent Resident Status. I have two questions: 1. Can they process my case here? I will also apply for extension of stay as a visitor. 2. As a visitor, i do not have any utility bills to prove that i live here, and no joint lease or anything because my bf owns his property. All we can do is put me under his insurance beneficiary. We do have vacation pictures, travel receipts, phone bills, emails etc. Do we qualify as conjugal partner and what is my chance here? Any information will be useful. Thanks a lot in advance.
Hi, I ahve been in a long distance relationship with an gentleman who has dual citizenship with both the United States and England. He owns property in both countries and does not want to sell any of them. He is finaincially secure. He also has a 22 year old daughter who is a graduation of the Oxford University in London, England. We have plans of getting married. What would they need to do to be able to live and work here in Canada?
Mr.Panusa,
My conjugal partner that lives in England would like to visit , he ahs been here before and I would like to know if i were to write an invitation letter where would i send it and to whom ?
Tahnk you
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hi..i am a foreign worker from the philippines. i quit my job for some personal reasons. i am marrying a canadian next month. my work permit and visa will expire next september 2010. can i still stay in canada.
Hello Mr. Panusa,
I would like to sponsor my boyfriend from the Dominican Republic. We have been in a serious relationship for about 2.5 years and I am just wondering how I would go about doing that. We have proof that we are in a serious relationship such as many plane tickets, stacks of calling cards, pictures and phone bills but I am just wondering if this will be enough considering you stated that conjugal partners should own things together. We do not own anything together will that be a problem even though we have all of that other proof?
Thanks in advance,
Ana
Hi iam an indian cititzen living & working in Dubai. We got married in India & got a church marriage certificate. Is that valid for application filing. We have all the proof such as wedding card, photos etc. of marriage. my wife is a PR of canada. Can you please help. Thanks a lot
Dear Mr. Panusa
i am an canadian citizan a year and a half ago i went to jamaica for vacation and i met my fiancae down there and we have been together and strong ever since but now that i no that he is my one we want to start doing the prosses of him comin to canada but i just dont no where to start he does not really have a steady job he gets paid under the table to load transit bus's in witch that money only amounts for him to eat for the day we plan on getting married and start a family but we just dont want to have any kids yet till he is in canada i go down twice a year to see him so we are very sirious an real about this so what kind of visa should i appy for and what should i beable to provide so that i have a better chance of him coming to canada and spending our life togethaer
Hi,
I’m a Canadian citizen looking for some assistance regarding getting visa or PR for my boyfriend. He’s an Iranian citizen.
We know each other for over 12years, currently I’m 27 and he’s 29. We would like to start a life together soon but unfortunately we keep hitting road blocks. I can’t go to Iran as its very unstable there, which would leave him the option of coming here.
Is there any chance or way he would be able to get visa, or some method of entry to Canada? We need my parents consent to get engaged or married and that would require him to come here first.
Any assistance would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Neda
Hi,
I was born in Philippines and acquired a Canadian citizen 8 years ago. How long am I allowed to stay in Philippines without loss my Canadian citizenship.Is it true that I'm allowed only to stay for 6 months and then go back to Canada immediately. Otherwise it losses my Canadian citizenship.
Thanks,
Nick
Mr. Panusa,
I've been in a long term relationship with my partner for over 3 1/2 years now. He is a 20 year old citizen of Canada, and I am an 18 year old U.S. citizen. In 2008, he flew down to California and lived with me for 8 months but had to go back. 3 months ago, I flew up here to live with him. Currently, we have a visitor visa extension processing, but I want to apply for a visa that will give me residency and the ability to work. I've been thinking of applying for a conjugal partnership because I'm sure our relationship would be recognized as such by the government. We've been together for nearly 4 years, in total we've lived together for eleven, we present ourselves as partners, we're known as partners, we're interdependent in every way... Your input would be most helpful and appreciated.
Hello Mr. Panusa,
I have a problem - my girlfriend is a contract worker and now her visa is expired. She has now used up her grace period because of a bad employer and now I can't think of another way to have her stay. We are both in a pinch and I need some advice..if possible some help. Me and her have been together since she got here over a year ago. What options do I have? and where can I goto to complain so the employers will prevent from doing something like this?
I hope to hear from you soon. You can email me at harvey.nick@yahoo.com
Thank you.
Dear Mr Panusa,
I don't know where to look for help and I sorry to bother you but I've been in a committed relationship for 1yr come this April with the man I want to spend the rest of my life with the problem is due to the fact that we met online and he lives in India it has been via email and web cam through skype that we talk on a daily basis how do we go about getting him a visa to Canada so we can met in person. He just wants to come and met my parents not to immigrant here. Chances are I will be moving to India if things progress down the road. If anyone could direct me where to go to obtain this information I would be internally grateful. just4friends2010@hotmail.com
Hello,
I am from the Philippines and been on a relationship with my Canadian bf for 2 years now. He already visited me 2x and the 2nd time, he stayed for more than 2 months. Due to religion belief that my parents want him to convert to my religion which I grew up too but in my part I do not want to base the relationship in that. Plus the restriction of the family code here that we are not allowed to get divorce. we wanted to try the conjugal sponshorship. We both believe that marriage is not the the solution for couple to be happy together and live. He helped me with finances. We both help each other like a married couple and people both our side knows it but due to we wanted to our relationship not to be base on religion or whatnot..we would like to try an apply. I know this is tough category but we wanted to try. Please give me some light about this issue. Does religion can play a vital part in helping my case. We just want to be together in harmony which we are now..
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