Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR), Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada can sponsor the following members of their family: spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner (opposite or same-sex), dependent children, parents, grand-parents, children adopted from abroad, and under specific circumstances, other relatives. Members of the family class must meet all of the following requirements.
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A foreign national meets the membership requirements of the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class [R124] if all of the following apply:
if they are the spouse or common-law partner of a sponsor (as defined in R130) and cohabit with that sponsor in Canada (Common-law partners must have cohabited for at least one year [R1(1)]
if they have temporary resident status
If an application is subject to R117 (9)(c)(i), can H & C grounds be considered? My understanding is that unless the second marriage is dissolved, H&C or Common Law or Conjugal relationship cannot be considered.
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