Common low proof for a study permit

[zebra1990]

Hello
I am planning to study at Seneca college in Toronto starting from september 2019 and my boyfriend wants to get a work permit. We have lived together for almost a year and then decided to live apart in order to save some money, so during the last year and a half, we lived in our parents' house. We don't share any residential property, we don't rent an apartment together and we don't have a shared bank account. Is it enough to show only a common law certificate in order to get a work permit?

Thank you in advance

 

[selvakk]

Hello
I am planning to study at Seneca college in Toronto starting from september 2019 and my boyfriend wants to get a work permit. We have lived together for almost a year and then decided to live apart in order to save some money, so during the last year and a half, we lived in our parents' house. We don't share any residential property, we don't rent an apartment together and we don't have a shared bank account. Is it enough to show only a common law certificate in order to get a work permit?

Thank you in advance

Hi, According to the information provided CIC would not consider you as a common law partners as they have this following requirement-


has been living with you for at least 12 consecutive months, meaning:

• you’ve been living together continuously for one year, without any long periods apart
• if either of you left your home it was for:
  • family obligations
  • work or business travel
• any time spent away from each other must have been:
  • short
• temporary
  
  
  Also, there is no mention of a common law certificate in the list of documents required. It is a must that you should be living together for 12 months. Otherwise you are just boyfriend and girlfriend/boyfriend. Once you live for 12 months you need to submit the following proof.
  
  Items that can be used as proof of a common-law relationship include:
  
  • shared ownership of residential property
  • joint leases or rental agreements
  • bills for shared utility accounts, such as:
    • gas
    • electricity
    • telephone
    • joint utility accounts
  • important documents for both of you showing the same address, such as:
    • driver’s licenses
    • insurance policies
  • identification documents
    
    Source
    http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=346&top=14
    http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=347&top=14