Hi, I have a job offer in Canada, and my partner has a work permit and is working in Canada already. I am in Canada as a visitor at the moment. According the to CIC, you can apply for a work permit from within Canada if you:
"are currently in Canada and have a valid study or work permit, or your spouse or parents have a study or work permit,"
I think we qualify as common-law partners. Does that count as a spouse or do you have to be married?
Hi, I have a job offer in Canada, and my partner has a work permit and is working in Canada already. I am in Canada as a visitor at the moment. According the to CIC, you can apply for a work permit from within Canada if you:
"are currently in Canada and have a valid study or work permit, or your spouse or parents have a study or work permit,"
I think we qualify as common-law partners. Does that count as a spouse or do you have to be married?
We've lived together for more than two years, however we were long distance for four months earlier in the year when my partner had moved to Canada and I hadn't joined him as a visitor yet.
We've lived together for more than two years, however we were long distance for four months earlier in the year when my partner had moved to Canada and I hadn't joined him as a visitor yet.
The "long periods apart" is referring to time apart during the one year of cohabitation needed to become common-law. Once you are common-law, you can live separately without losing your common-law status provided you can prove the relationship is ongoing.
