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Common-law partner

You are a common-law partner—either of the opposite sex or the same sex—if:

you have been living together in a conjugal relationship for at least one year in an ongoing 12-month period (you are allowed short absences for business travel or family reasons).

You will need proof that you and your common-law partner have combined your affairs and set up a household together. This can be in the form of proof of:

-joint bank accounts or credit cards.
-joint ownership of a home.
-joint residential leases.
-joint rental receipts,
-joint registration or payment of utilities (electricity, gas, telephone),
-joint management of household expenses,
-joint purchases, especially of household items, or
-mail addressed to either person or both people at the same address.

-did not meet the terms of a sponsorship agreement in the past,
-did not pay alimony or child support even though a court ordered it,
-get government financial help for reasons other than being disabled,
-were convicted of
-an offence of a sexual nature,
-a violent crime,
-an offence against a relative that resulted in bodily harm or
-an attempt or threat to commit any such offences, depending on the detailss of the case, such as
-the type of offence,
-how long ago it occurred and
-whether a record suspension was issued (see Sponsorship bar for violent crime below),
-were sponsored as a spouse, common-law or conjugal partner in the past and became a permanent resident of Canada less than five years ago
-did not pay back an immigration loan, made late payments or missed payments,
-are in prison or
-have declared bankruptcy and have not been released from it yet.

Other things not on this list may stop you from being able to sponsor a relative.

To get the CCTB, you must meet all of the following conditions:

- You must live with the child, and the child must be under 18 years of age.
- You must be the person primarily responsible for the care and upbringing of the child.

You can email your request with an explaination why you're making the request (much like the one that you've given to us) and include:

-The dates requested
-passport numbers
-Date of birth
-full name
-current mailing address
-telephone number

They only have records that date back to 2000 but will stipulate this in their response and this should be accepted and satisfy Service Canada's request for information.

Alberta-Canada Immigration - This website is run by the government of Alberta.

Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies (AAISA) - AAISA member agencies provide settlement programs and services for immigrants and refugees in Alberta.

Inform Alberta - Alberta's province-wide on-line directory. The site contains general info about community, health, social, and government services across the province. Find a list immigrant settlement services in Alberta.

When you sponsor one of these relatives to become permanent residents of Canada, you must support them financially. This means you have to meet certain income guidelines.

If you have sponsored relatives to come to Canada in the past, and they have later asked the government for financial help, you may not be allowed to sponsor another person. Sponsorship is a big commitment, so you must take it seriously.

To be a sponsor you must:

agree in writing to give financial support to your relative, if they need it
for a spouse or partner, this lasts for three years from the date they become a permanent resident, and
for a dependent child, this lasts for 10 years, or until the child turns 25, whichever comes first.
Your relative must also agree to try to support themselves.

You may not be eligible to be a sponsor if you:

-did not meet the terms of a sponsorship agreement in the past,
-did not pay alimony or child support even though a court ordered it,
-get government financial help for reasons other than being disabled,
-were convicted of an offence of a sexual nature, a violent crime, an offence against a relative that resulted in bodily harm or
-an attempt or threat to commit any such offences, depending on the detailss of the case, such as: the type of offence, how long ago it occurred and whether a record suspension was issued,
-were sponsored as a spouse, common-law or conjugal partner in the past and became a permanent resident of Canada less than five years ago
did not pay back an immigration loan, made late payments or missed payments,
-are in prison or
-have declared bankruptcy and have not been released from it yet.

Other things not on this list may stop you from being able to sponsor a relative.

Effective December 22, 2014, eligible spouses or common-law partners have the opportunity to work in Canada while they wait for their application for permanent residence to be processed. Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will issue open work permits to certain spouses or common-law partners who are applying for permanent residence from inside Canada, before the approval in principle decision on their application is made.

Open work permit holders may be eligible for Ontario health insurance coverage provided they are employed full-time for an employer in Ontario for a minimum of six months, have a valid work permit during this time, and they:
-maintain their primary place of residence in Ontario; and are
-physically present in Ontario for at least 153 days in any 12-month period; and are
-physically present in Ontario for 153 of the first 183 days immediately after establishing residency in the province.