Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Relationships Involving Common Law Sponsorship Canada

By Jeffrey Scott


Love does not know of boundaries. The boundaries that this statement is referring to are those due to country partitions or border lines. Because of this, persons who get love from countries other than theirs will definitely want to bring their love closer to them. With the existence of common law sponsorship Canada, this is possible for them.

Anyone therefore from British Columbia, CAN has the right to apply to the government of Canada to be allowed to sponsor their common-law partner. The person should be eighteen years old or more, and give enough proof they have been sharing the same roof with their partner for a duration not under twelve months consecutively, living in a relationship that resembles marriage.

They must have been in a conjugal partnership and therefore able to show, in that period they have been staying together, a very significant level of attachment. The two should not only prove a physical relationship but also one that is mutually independent. There might be times that they were not physically together but it should be very short.

Proving an existence of a common-law relationship can be done in several ways. The two may produce documents that capture signs of bill sharing for example utility bills such as gas, telephone or electricity, rental receipts, bank accounts and credit cards as well as common law partnership statutory declarations. People who are close to them, such as their neighbors, can also act as witnesses to their living together.

The sponsored mate can be either female or male not minding the sex of the sponsor. The person can also decide to stop the common law relationship if he or she does not want it anymore. He or she can also be of a similar citizenship or a different one having not yet attained permanent citizenship. Upon accepting his responsibilities, the sponsor on the other hand signs an undertaking contract with the ministry of citizenship and immigration.

The undertaking contract is a promise by the sponsor that he or she will provide financial assistance for all the basic needs of their partner. These basic needs include food, shelter, clothing, utilities, personal requirements, fuel, household supplies as well as health care. He or she should also prove that they have enough income to provide for these basic needs, should it even include the children of the spouse.

Also, the promise of support is unconditional. This means that the contract will remain in effect no matter how much the financial ability of the sponsor goes down. Separation cannot also terminate the undertaking even though they have the power to stop the relationship. This document therefore is very binding and one will suffer consequences if they default.

In the city British Columbia, CAN, one can be denied sponsorship because of many reasons. The very common reasons among others are said to be, when the applicant, has in the past defaulted in undertaking, cannot be cleared of bankruptcy, undergoes removal order, and has in the past been convicted of a sexual offense or a violent criminal offense. When a sponsorship application is denied, there is a possibility of the fee not being refunded.




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