PR application with common law partner

[jetoquebec]

Hello seniors and members, asking for a friend. Principal applicant has PR application in process already received initial approval(open work permit received and preaarival services letter). Has common law partner both are in canada. Both of them were previously married in home country. No divorce papers at this moment. Common law relationship is already established, everything is submitted to prove common law relationship. Is there a chance PR will be granted to both of them even without divorce papers from their previous marriage? Thank you very much

 

[k.h.p.]

Common law is not marriage, so I don't know why you think that Canada would require them to be divorced UNLESS they wrote down that they were divorced in the application.

If they wrote that the marriages had ended and/or applied as divorced but in a common-law relationship, then yes, they'll need divorce certificates.

 

[jetoquebec]

Common law is not marriage, so I don't know why you think that Canada would require them to be divorced UNLESS they wrote down that they were divorced in the application.

If they wrote that the marriages had ended and/or applied as divorced but in a common-law relationship, then yes, they'll need divorce certificates.

yes they wrote in their application that they are no longer connected with their previous spouses, but no legal separation or divorce is done yet.

 

[k.h.p.]

yes they wrote in their application that they are no longer connected with their previous spouses, but no legal separation or divorce is done yet.

Depending on how they wrote this (it's a "tick a box" option for single/never married, widowed, divorced, separated, common-law) along with a date that the marriage ended, they may have filled it out incorrectly.