spousal application in Canada

[Caroline-CC]

Hello -- I'm a Brit and I'm newly married to a Russian with permanent Canadian residency since June 2007. We just got married in the UK and are now in Canada. I've been here since August 2007 as a visitor with a few trips out of the country during that time. Before that we were girlfriend and boyfriend in Russia, having met in 2000, got engaged in 2006.
I'm now applying for permanent residency in Quebec.
Could you help with some queries:
In the Application to Sponsor, 1) if you are found ineligible to sponsor... - well we're pretty sure this won't happen, but not sure what box to tick here in any case. Any advice?

8a) it asks for the sponsor's marital status - easy enough, but I'm not sure about 8b) Do you have a conjugal partner? - should my husband enter the date we got together (7 years ago)?

I may well have trouble getting a police certificate from Russia, where I lived for a while. Will be contacting the embassy tomorrow. I guess I'll have to hope they'll accept an explanation letter. Has anyone had any experience with this?

Many thanks!
Caroline

[mr magoo]

There are three categories to sponsor you partner to Canada. Spousal, common law and as a conjugal partner.

As you are married you check off married and the date you got married.

You are in a conjugal relationship but you do not have a conjugal partner. So you answer NO.

As for the sponsorship question I would check off that if you are refused as a sponsor you want to cancel your application. There is no point wasting months if you are not approved as a sponsor. It is better to find out why you were refused, resolve the situation and reapply.

Unless you have a criminal issue, medical problem or are on social assistance this is probably not an issue for you, most sponsors are approved with little problem.

Hope this helps, good luck,

Regards,

mr magoo.