Hello everyone! I have been searching and struggling with how to go about getting my partner to live with my in Canada. We have a unique situation which I haven't been able to find a straight answer about.
To begin: Partner is a New Zealand citizen, who resided in Australia the last few years. He came to Canada in 2017 on a Working Holiday in Alberta (thats how we met). We are both aged 24-25. Partner moved to be with me in Ontario in October 2018. We didn't start officially living with each other until then-October-but lived with my parents for 2 months before moving into our own place in December to get situated (finding jobs, etc). From December onward to May-we have opened a joint bank account, he is was on my car insurance, we have bills we paid, etc. That's not what I am worried about. In May, we moved back IN with my parents to save money as his WHV was coming to an end and we decided that I go to Australia on a WHV so we can still be together. We travelled for the month of June (I have proof of plane tickets, insurance with the dates, pictures) before arriving in AUS in July, and currently living in an AIRBNB in Brisbane and will continue to do so until we find a place to live. Since arriving in Australia, we have a phone plane with both our names on it and opened a joint bank account to continue the one we had in Canada basically. We want to apply for the Common Law sponsorship in October-the time we actually started living together-in October 2019 of this year so it makes 12 months. We would apply as OUTLAND-since I can be in Australia until July 2020. We plan to re-locate to Vancouver, where my brother lives and can support us as proof when we come back and can set my partner up with a driving job as his career is focused on labour/truck driving. We want to get married later on when we are settled and are more financially stable.
I am worried how we can prove we've been together for 1 whole year when we constantly jumped to different addresses, did not pay bills when we lived at home, etc. He has his Canadian driver license with my parents address on it (same with mine) but that is about it. Please, any help would be much appreciated on what they want as proof and how to prove it. It's just confusing with the travelling/different addresses that aren't as straightforward as living in one spot for one year.
Thank you all!
To begin: Partner is a New Zealand citizen, who resided in Australia the last few years. He came to Canada in 2017 on a Working Holiday in Alberta (thats how we met). We are both aged 24-25. Partner moved to be with me in Ontario in October 2018. We didn't start officially living with each other until then-October-but lived with my parents for 2 months before moving into our own place in December to get situated (finding jobs, etc). From December onward to May-we have opened a joint bank account, he is was on my car insurance, we have bills we paid, etc. That's not what I am worried about. In May, we moved back IN with my parents to save money as his WHV was coming to an end and we decided that I go to Australia on a WHV so we can still be together. We travelled for the month of June (I have proof of plane tickets, insurance with the dates, pictures) before arriving in AUS in July, and currently living in an AIRBNB in Brisbane and will continue to do so until we find a place to live. Since arriving in Australia, we have a phone plane with both our names on it and opened a joint bank account to continue the one we had in Canada basically. We want to apply for the Common Law sponsorship in October-the time we actually started living together-in October 2019 of this year so it makes 12 months. We would apply as OUTLAND-since I can be in Australia until July 2020. We plan to re-locate to Vancouver, where my brother lives and can support us as proof when we come back and can set my partner up with a driving job as his career is focused on labour/truck driving. We want to get married later on when we are settled and are more financially stable.
I am worried how we can prove we've been together for 1 whole year when we constantly jumped to different addresses, did not pay bills when we lived at home, etc. He has his Canadian driver license with my parents address on it (same with mine) but that is about it. Please, any help would be much appreciated on what they want as proof and how to prove it. It's just confusing with the travelling/different addresses that aren't as straightforward as living in one spot for one year.
Thank you all!
