Conjugal Sponsorship to Canada?
My boyfriend and I have been together (long distance) for over a year and a half. We have visited one another quite a few times, and have spent about 6 months together in person, in total. He wants to come to Canada to live with me and work, and we are thinking of trying the conjugal sponsorship forms. I have read everything I can on it but I still want to make sure we qualify to do this... It says we have to have some kind of barrier preventing us from living together or getting married, and that barrier for us is that we live in different countries, but we do not wish to get married yet. Is that enough of a barrier?
I read that I, as the sponsor, have to support him financially here, but elsewhere I found that I do not have to meet the minimum income requirements for this kind of sponsorship.. it's just all very confusing.
I tried phoning CIC but they couldnt help me with qualifications. I just really want some help on this 
So my question is: would we be able to do the conjugal immigration based on our relationship? We love eachother very much, and want to make sure we can live together permanently. What are our chances of getting the permanent residency card, and should we try a different kind of immigration? We do not have a lot of money so we want to make sure that we have a good chance of obtaining the card when we send the forms in the first time.
Thank you very much,
Sasha
Comments
If you don't earn enough to support this person, it isn't going to happen.
If he has work skills, a clean criminal record and good health, he might be eligible for immigration.
There is NO required income levels for Canadian Spouses. As long as you have a job, your income level does not matter,
The conjugal barriers pertain to something outside your control that PREVENTS you from getting married. An example would be where one of you is prevented from leaving their country by the government.
Since you are merely CHOOSING to not get married - and there is NO barrier to prevent you from getting married - you do NOT qualify for conjugal. Since you are not living together you dont qualify for common-law either.
So your only choice to qualify for PR status - is to get married.
You are welcome to email me if you have any questions.
He will need a visa etc
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/spo...