'Sponsorship Questionnaire' question

[dream99]

What if I can't remember information like:

-What day I started and quit every job
-What day my spouse met my family members or friends? (I'm sure most people do not remember these kinds of things lol)

Thanks!

[awor]

I believe for jobs, it asks month/year - spend time getting these correct. Call old employers, look at tax records to jog your memory, whatever it takes to get it right.

For friends/family, you can estimate the day, but include a letter of explanation stating you are doing so, and why.

[canadianwoman]

Yes, just get the answers as close as possible. For people I met 10 years ago, my husband and I just put the month (if we even knew that) and the year, with an explanation that the months were guesses.

[dream99]

Canadianwoman,

how about for jobs? I mean I guess it is possible to do some deep researching and find out the exact dates of when I started the job and quit... but can we do as you said with the people we met(only stated the month and year and write an explanation)?

[can_usa_97]

I only entered a month when I was not sure of the date. We've been married 14 years in October -it's impossible to be positive of the date that long ago... you'll be OK. I'm sure that it's more a general scope of your history.

[canadianwoman]

Yes, try to get the exact date, but if it was a long time ago the visa officer will not be surprised or suspicious if you don't know the exact date. Just put the month and year, and explain.

[Maid_Marian]

One thing that really helped us with the section about meeting friends/family was emails and photos. We found emails from friends setting up dinner dates etc, and all the photos we take were time-stamped automatically, so it was a case of sifting through old photos to find those from when we met each others friends.

As for jobs, I used my CV/resume to make sure I didn't miss anything. But that assumes that you've written a CV at some point, which some people haven't.

I agree, it's a tough section!