If your boyfriend is going to remain a student, the only way he can become a permanent resident is by you sponsoring him. You can do so one of two ways:

• marrying him and then sponsoring him
• living with him for at least one year and then sponsoring him.

In both cases, you will have to prove the relationship is genuine. It will not be “ASAP.” The current processing time is 12 months minimum, and that’s what they’re aspiring to.

Your case is really specific, but the government does post a general processing time for humanitarian and compassionate grounds: 39 months. So it will be 39 months from the day you submitted your application. Provided the application is successful, it will then 45 days until your PR Card is mailed to you.

You need to contact a consultant or lawyer, as this situation cannot be fixed easily.

You should contact the Embassy of the Philippines or your nearest consulate.

No you do not have to change your passport when you change your address.

Pardons, technically speaking, do not exist any more; they have been replaced by “record suspensions”. The RCMP should remove the record from the database at the time the record suspension is granted. However, provincial agencies may or may not follow suit. They are not obligated to do so.

Depending on the jurisdiction of the offense, it is likely a statutory offence or misdemeanor, that is, not a criminal offence.

A pardon allows people who have committed a crime in Canada to demonstrate that they are now law-abiding citizens because they have served their sentence, paid any fines associated with their conviction and have not been involved with any other crime.

No. If your criminal record only consists of an absolute or conditional discharge. Absolute discharges are automatically removed from the CPIC computer after a year and conditional discharges after three years. If you obtained a discharge prior to 1992, you should contact the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to remove your record.

No. You must obtain a pardon application form and guide from the Parole Board of Canada. You can do this either by calling the pardon information line on 1-800-874-2652 or download the pack online.