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Canada Spouse Visa
Canada is an economy shaped by immigrants from all over the world. The flexible immigration policies of the country have enabled applicants from different corners of the world to live, work and settle in Canada permanently. Those who are settled in Canada permanently and plan to bring their spouse with PR privileges can do so under the Canada Spouse Visa category. The procedure for a Spouse visa for Canadian PR varies and applicants are not restricted to fulfil the stringent language proficiency, work experience or educational requirements.
What Is The Canada Spouse Visa?
Canadian Spouse Visa allows Canadian citizens or permanent residents to sponsor their partner to come to Canada and live permanently. The country understands the importance of families being together and gives priority to spousal sponsorship applications.
Common-Law Sponsorships
Canadian Immigration considers common-law relationships the same as conventional marriages. To be eligible under this category, applicants must prove that they have lived together for a year or longer in a marriage-like relationship as a couple.
Immigration officers may expect you to show the following evidence:
If you can’t provide all of the required documents or as asked by the visa officers, try collecting documents attesting to your common-law status. The final decision of your application is at the sole discretion of the visa officer, but the more documents you can provide the better.
- Relationship Information and Sponsorship Evaluation questionnaire
- Birth certificates or adoption records for any children you and your common-law partner have together
- Photos of you and your common-law partner that demonstrate that you are in a conjugal relationship
- Proof that you have lived together for at least one year
And at least two of the following documents:
- Documents indicating that the applicants are recognized as each other’s common-law partner, like employment or insurance benefits
- Evidence of financial support or shared expenses between the applicant and partner
- Proof that the relationship is recognized by family and friends (letters, emails, social media)
