Have you previously been married or in a common-law relationship?
May 8th 2009, 1:06 pm
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Have you previously been married or in a common-law relationship?
Another question about filling out my wife’s PR application. My wife and her daughter are applying and we all live in the UK.
Q10 of IMM0008 is “Have you previously been married or in a common-law relationship?”
She was living with a man in the UK for 12 years, and they had a daughter together (who is also on the PR application). There are not really “common law” relationships under UK law.
Should we answer “no” since the relationship was not a “common law” one under UK law where they lived? Or should we answer “yes”, as it would have been under Canadian law if they had been living in Canada?
What have other people done?
Q10 of IMM0008 is “Have you previously been married or in a common-law relationship?”
She was living with a man in the UK for 12 years, and they had a daughter together (who is also on the PR application). There are not really “common law” relationships under UK law.
Should we answer “no” since the relationship was not a “common law” one under UK law where they lived? Or should we answer “yes”, as it would have been under Canadian law if they had been living in Canada?
What have other people done?
May 8th 2009, 1:45 pm
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Re: Have you previously been married or in a common-law relationship?
The honest answer is yes.
May 8th 2009, 1:56 pm
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Re: Have you previously been married or in a common-law relationship?
Thanks for the quick answer, though it makes me wonder. The answer is definitely yes if the question is asking about common-man understanding. And clearly no in a UK legal sense.
Any idea what the intent of the question is? In what form is a previous common-law or married relationship relevant to a PR decision?
Any idea what the intent of the question is? In what form is a previous common-law or married relationship relevant to a PR decision?
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May 8th 2009, 3:23 pm
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Re: Have you previously been married or in a common-law relationship?
I guess the UK version would be similar to -> Cohabitation in a conjugal relationship. Something daft like that.
I'd definitely put a big fat YES in the box
I'd definitely put a big fat YES in the box
