Obataining Canadian sponsorship for residency?

Question

This is the law....question to follow..

Common-law partner
You are a common-law partner—either of opposite sex or same-sex—if you have been living with your sponsor in a conjugal relationship for at least one year. The year of living together must be a continuous 12-month period and cannot be intermittent periods that add up to one year. However, you are allowed temporary absences for short periods of time for business travel or family reasons.

You will have to provide documents that prove that you and your common-law partner have combined your affairs and have set up your household together in one home.

QUESTION...

If the person being sponsored was a common law spouse for a year IN CANADA, would it be applicable or acceptable to application?

Answer 1

Yes it would. There are two ways to apply through Family Class Immigration regarding common law partner/spousal sponsorship. They include an In Canada Application or an Out of Canada Application.
Read about it under the Spouse or Common-Law Partner in Canada Class @;
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/sponsor/index.html

"You may also sponsor a spouse or common-law partner from within Canada if they have been living with you in Canada. Sponsorship of a spouse or common-law partner includes their dependent children whether inside or outside of Canada."

This applies even if the person is here illegally by overstaying a visa or visitor's record.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/applications/spouse.html

Good luck to you!

Answer 2

Yes, it brings another question thou, you going to apply from within Canada? or outside Canada? If you are going to apply from inside Canada, the person being sponsored must be "In Canada". If the person being sponsored is not living in Canada "NOW", you can only apply from outside Canada. *If it is outside of Canada, you must check up with the local immigration office, because specific rules and regulations might apply due to the local laws*