(5)Conjugal Partner Sponsorship:
A conjugal partnership is a relationship between two people who are in a marriage-like relationship but are not married and cannot live together due to circumstances beyond their control, To qualify for a conjugal partner sponsorship application the relationship should have been for at least one year before submission of conjugal partner sponsorship. A conjugal partner is someone with whom you have a sexual or physical partnership, but the sexual or physical relationship is not the only qualifying criteria, several other factors can play a vital role in defining a conjugal relationship. You can only qualify under this category if you have not been able to live with your partner due to circumstances beyond your and your partner’s control. The IRCC has considered the conjugal partnership as an exceptional category applicable only in special cases thus you will not be considered for a conjugal partnership if you and your partner could have qualified as a common-law union. A conjugal partner can be sponsored if there is evidence of a mutually interdependent relationship showing legitimate intimacy and attachment between both partners or have been in a legitimate relationship for the past 12 months but were unable to cohabit due to genuine barriers such as religious reasons, sexual orientation, cultural differences.