Is Common Law possible with 2 different addresses?

[epmarshall]

I would suggest you use the joint bank account for household purchases. Stuff like IKEA, Home Depot, Safeway, etc. Maybe you can even pay your household bills from it? It assures the person processing your application that you have a financial commitment and you're jointly paying for household expenses. They don't need to be mailed, you can print them out online. They're not really that picky, I don't even have a joint bank account and it's just another good form of evidence.

Thanks, that's a good suggestion. We'll get our joint account and start using that for groceries and utilities.

The point of the joint bank account is to demonstrate you have combined your finances, goes towards proving you live in a marriage like relationship.

Okay, got it. Thanks.


Also, another question if anyone can help. If my evidence for the tail end of this year ends up light and I only have solid proof from Jan. 2016 on, then what will the date we entered our common law relationship be?

I entered Canada Sep. 7, 2015. Would I still put September 8, 2016 as the date that the common law relationship began? Or would I put January 2, 2017 (assuming we have evidence for Jan.1 2016 to Jan. 1 2017)? Thanks!

 

[krishnalynn]

I would put the true date. It's a little too close to lying by putting only what you have evidence for in my opinion. As long as you have a solid 12 months of evidence you can always write a letter explaining why the evidence is so little at the beginning.

Also, there's a form called the Schedule A declaration where you have to explain every period of your life since 18, where you were and what you were doing. They'd ask what you were doing the months you got to Canada and you could be caught in a lie.

 

[epmarshall]

I would put the true date. It's a little too close to lying by putting only what you have evidence for in my opinion. As long as you have a solid 12 months of evidence you can always write a letter explaining why the evidence is so little at the beginning.

Also, there's a form called the Schedule A declaration where you have to explain every period of your life since 18, where you were and what you were doing. They'd ask what you were doing the months you got to Canada and you could be caught in a lie.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking as well. I almost forgot that the common law date isn't dependent on the evidence gathering. I will put the true date and maybe provide any light evidence I have for the few months before January while explaining that the real bulk of the evidence is from January on. Thanks!