Definitions
• 1 (1) The definitions in this subsection apply in the Act and in these Regulations.
common-law partner means, in relation to a person, an individual who is cohabiting with the person in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year.
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So, you would like to sponsor your partner who Is it foreign national. Your relationship is genuine, and you have been living together continuously for more than one year. Are we eligible for a common law partnership Sponsorship or do we first have to get married and then Sponsor? Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, IRCC, requires in a family sponsorship, that the relationship be genuine. For a common law partnership this is more difficult to prove than for a married couple. Questions, how can you prove that you have lived in a marriage like relationship for a year?
1. We lived in the same apartment
2. We lived together for more than 12 months continuously
3. Both our names are on the lease agreement
4. We share a bank account
5. We both are listed on the automobile insurance policy