What is a Common-Law and Conjugal Partner?
You can sponsor a person as your common-law partner if • that person is of the opposite or same sex, • you and that other person have cohabited in a conjugal relationship for a period of at least one year, and • your relationship with that person is continuing, even though you are temporarily living apart. According to the the application, the Conjugal category is intended for partners of Canadian sponsors who would ordinarily apply as • common-law partners but cannot meet the definition, that is were not able to live together continuously for one year with their sponsor, or • spouses, but marriage to their sponsor is usually not an available option to them, usually because of marital status or sexual orientation, combined with an immigration barrier (for example, rules preventing partner and sponsor of long stays in one anothers countries). There is no provision for fianc(e)s in Canadas immigration legislation. If you are the fianc(e) of a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, you m
