Common-Law Partnership: A common-law partnership is a couple that has been living together for 12 consecutive months and is not legally married.
Any time spent away from each other was because of valid obligations and was short and temporary.
Same-sex relationships are also included in this definition.
Conjugal Partnership: A conjugal partner is someone who has had a close relationship with you for 1 year but you were not able to live together or get married typically due to immigration or other legal barriers.