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• You cannot combine your personal exemptions with another person's or transfer them to someone else.

Can the sponsored spouse leave Canada to travel while waiting?

If a spouse or partner sponsored you under the Spouse or Common-law Partner in Canada (SCLPC) class while you were living in Canada:You may want to re-apply to be sponsored from outside Canada as a member of the Family class if:

• you do not plan to live in Canada with your sponsor while we process your application
• you left and cannot return to Canada

If you need to re-apply from outside Canada to be sponsored as a member of the Family class, you should:

• withdraw your SCLPC application, and
• submit a new application

Can a dependent child be sponsored to immigrate under 'In Canada' class together with the sponsored parent?

If yes, can he/she go school while waiting?

6.2 Canadian business

The definition applies to both large and small businesses, and includes:

• federally or provincially incorporated businesses which have an ongoing operation in Canada;
• other enterprises that have an ongoing operation in Canada, are capable of generating revenue, are carried out in anticipation of profit and in which a majority of voting or ownership interests is held by Canadian citizens, permanent residents or Canadian businesses;
• enterprises which have been created by the laws of Canada or a province.

Note: It does not include businesses that have been created primarily for the purpose of allowing a permanent resident to satisfy his or her residency obligation while residing outside of Canada R61(2).

Time spent outside Canada does not count towards the physical presence requirement except in certain circumstances.

You can count time spent outside Canada toward the physical presence requirement for citizenship if you:

• Were a permanent resident employed in or with the Canadian Armed Forces, federal public administration, or public service of a province or territory; or
• Resided outside Canada with your:
  • Canadian spouse or common-law partner, or
  • permanent resident spouse, common-law partner, or parent
  who was employed in or with the Canadian Armed Forces, federal public administration, or public service of a province or territory.

Employment as a locally engaged person is not included.
Only time after becoming a permanent resident counts towards the physical presence requirement.
Residence with a common-law partner can be calculated from the time the common-law relationship began.

Use the online physical presence calculator. Complete and submit the CIT 0177 Residence Outside Canada form when you apply. Citizenship and Immigration Canada will decide whether the time you lived outside Canada is eligible to be counted.

There may be a three-month waiting period for your OHIP coverage.

Generally speaking, if you are a newcomer to Ontario, or a former resident returning here to live after being out of the country for more than seven months, the waiting period begins on the date you establish or re-establish residence in Ontario. You may also be required to be present in Ontario for 153 days of the first 183 days immediately following the date residence is established in Ontario (you cannot be absent for more than 30 days during the first 6 months of residence).

My tenant is breaking the lease. Does she have to find me a new tenant?

If a tenant terminates a tenancy before the end of the rental term, the tenant is not required to find a new tenant for the rental unit. The landlord is obligated to mitigate their losses from the early termination and re-rent the unit as soon as possible. A landlord can then make a claim against the former tenant in Small Claims Court for the the cost of advertising and loss of rent the landlord incurred.