Conjugal Sponsorships and Canada Immigration
This is a big topic on which I've written in the past. I would like to address one question I get from so many people: "Why does Citizenship and Immigration Canada approve so few conjugal applications?"
There are some people who think that CIC targets conjugal applications for rejection. That is not true.
The reality is that most people attempting to apply through the conjugal category are simply dating. Sponsorship is reserved for people who are in a life long committed and exclusive relationship.
If you are not married, and have not lived together for at least one year, or have not even tried to live together for whatever time period you can, you have to ask yourself: are we in a life long relationship?
If you are not married, and have not lived together for at least one year, or have not even tried to live together for whatever time period you can, you have to ask yourself: are we in a life long relationship?
There are people who come to me looking for advice. They have no joint assets.
They have made no real efforts to be together other than a few weeks traveling together. They haven't even met each other's families. Objectively speaking, there is no way these people can be seen as being in a relationship that is equivalent to marriage for immigration purposes.
They have made no real efforts to be together other than a few weeks traveling together. They haven't even met each other's families. Objectively speaking, there is no way these people can be seen as being in a relationship that is equivalent to marriage for immigration purposes.
There are circumstances for which the conjugal application is appropriate, and I'll address those in the weeks to come.
posted by Gianpaolo Panusa (Click to Email) @ 11:37 AM
6 Comments
6 Comments:
Good stuff ... I like it .. keep it up, very useful.
Nabil
I understand what has been said, what happens if your partner wants to get married in Canada and both partners have met eachothers families and have been visiting eachother within 2 months apart for almost 1 year and they are ready to live and get merried?...Would that give them a chance for the conjugal sponsorship?
Kathy
I have a question about conjugal sponsorship. My boyfriend and I are currently working on our paperwork to have him come from France to Canada as my conjugal partner. We met in March 2008 and went back and forth for about six months visiting one another but then decided to have me move to France and join him there. I have dual citizenship: Canadian and UK. I was able to live in France and work. I did so for over 8 months but with my lack of French and finding only part time english teaching work, I just couldn't stay any longer. I have sinced moved back to Canada and am now trying to get him approved as my conjugal partner to come and live/work in Canada. We do have proof of living together in France (joint bank accounts, photos, mail in my name to his home there, pictures, etc.). He has been to Canada and met my entire family and friends, as have I with his family in France. Other then just the required information that we see on the canadian immigration website, is there anything else we can add to help our stance with this? Do you think we have a shot at getting him approved? He was going to apply as a skilled worker but that takes up to 3 years for the paper work to get approved. So we felt that this would be the faster option for us. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Amanda :)
I have a few questions.
I met my Girlfriend back in February 2006, I was deported from Canada on August 31, 2006. Since then she has visited me several times here in the USA, one of those times, her mother, father, brother also came and stayed for a week.
We have pictures, receipts, fly tickets, anything you can think of, but we have not lived together because i can't go back to Canada since i don't have a visa, and she can't live here becasue of her school.
We both go to Universities, I go here in the USA, she goes there in Quebec.
Do you think we qualify?
I am in a "border" relationship -- I am in Niagara Falls Canada and my long-term girlfriend is in Buffalo NY. We see each other every weekend and often during the work week. (We both have Nexus passes to help ease the border delay)
She would like to move in with me in Canada and continue working in the US.
Do you think this would be appropriate for a conjugal sponsorship?
Thanks so much, and my compliments for a great website and blog.
It could be but remember a conjugal relationship must look like a marriage -- there must be intertwined affairs (finances, etc) and exclusivity. The conjugal application is the toughest sponsorship application to make.
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