canadian permanent residency in Ireland

abel1:

If you have already landed as a PR I suggest you contact a reputable Canadian immigration lawyer (a lawyer, not a consultant) very soon, and definitely prior to taking any further action relative to your own residency or sponsoring your partner, and generally the sooner the better.

It is impossible to discern to what extent CIC may infer there has been a common-law relationship in existence, or what is the effective date of such a relationship, but your circumstances evoke the need to proceed cautiously, very cautiously. If CIC infers you were in a common-law relationship prior to the date you landed, and you did not disclose the existence of that relationship prior to landing, the consequences can be severe: (1) you would be barred from ever sponsoring your partner, and (2) your own PR status could be in jeopardy for misrepresentation (by omission).

This is about appearances and inferences as much, if not more, than how the two of you viewed your relationship. If it is very clear that you did NOT share the same household, there is little likelihood of this becoming a problem. However, if you shared the same household prior to your landing in Canada, or if it appears you shared the same household, there is indeed a very significant risk of inferences being made over and above your representations or assertions to the contrary . . . of course what may be inferred depends on the totality of all the circumstances but the nature and severity of the potential consequences warrant paying close attention to this in your situation.   

Hi everyone,