You are a spouse if you are married to your sponsor and your marriage is legally valid.
If you were married in Canada:
* You must have a marriage certificate issued by the province or territory where the marriage took place.
If you were married outside Canada:
* The marriage must be valid under the law of the country where it took place and under Canadian law.
* A marriage performed in an embassy or consulate must comply with the law of the country where it took place, not the country of nationality of the embassy or consulate.
コモンローの場合Common-law partner
You are a common-law partner―either of the opposite sex or same sex―if:
* you have been living together in a conjugal relationship for at least one year in a continuous 12-month period that was not interrupted. (You are allowed short absences for business travel or family reasons, however.)
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:
* joint bank accounts or credit cards
* joint ownership of a home
* joint residential leases
* joint rental receipts
* joint utilities (electricity, gas, telephone)
* joint management of household expenses
* proof of joint purchases, especially for household items or
* mail addressed to either person or both people at the same address.