rax

Hi,

Im an Indian in the US on an H1 visa till 2006.
My partner is Bulgarian, but was in the US, and his visa expires next month.

So, he will be moving back to Bulgaria, and I am panicking at the thought of being away from him.

I am planning to apply for PR in canada. My company has a branch in Toronto, and my manager has agreed to allow me to work remotely from there.

Even without the job, I pass the 67 point criteria for skilled worker. He doesnt (on-the-borderline).

My question is :
Should we apply as common-law or conjugal. We were living together for a few months (not a full year) but I have known him for over a year and I have chat transcripts for almost every day when we were apart (but not a lot of phonecall bills). We also have a joint account, but the home-lease does not have his name on it. Also, considering that he will be in Bulgaria during this process, would conjugal be appropriate. Does he need fingerprinting from US for police clearance? If so, We will get this done before he leaves (next month).
And he can get Bulgarian Police Clearance once he is there.

Will it be difficult to prove a conjugal relationship?

Should we make a trip to Canada to get married? (wouldnt want to do that as it sounds like we are marrying for PR and not because of love. We dont want to marry forcibly)

Any other suggestions are much appreciated. I am dreading the day he leaves. I dont know how I will live without him.

Thankyou for your help.

regards,
rax

contiv

I think the best option is to get married and apply as a family, it's probably the easiest aveanue, let's say you get your PR it will still take another 6 months to sponsor him so add the numbers you are looking at a long, long period of time being apart.
contiv

rax

Thanks Contiv,

Thats about 3 years of being apart. Dont know if I can survive it.

Thanks for your help.

prodigy346

You can try and get a canadian work permit (temporary), in which case your spouse (common law) can be included in the app and will have work rights in canada. Once you are there you can collectively apply for PR. Act now. You will need to get your employer to act on your behalf.