Hi all,
My girlfriend (we are Dutch) has found a job in Canada at the University of Toronto, and I want to come with her under our common-law relationship and get an open work permit.
I moved in with her 3 years ago, but we never paid rent or neither had a morgage because she already paid off the house. However, what we do have is the following list, do you think this will be enough?
- A statement from the city of Amsterdam that I moved in three years ago, and she was living at the same address as well.
- A shared bank account with a letter from the bank.
- Electronic bills (in Dutch) from utilities we paid from our shared bank account and which were registered at our address.
- Shared bought properties for the household (grocery, media system)
- Electronic receipts of all our travels (including 3 with our families)
- Pictures of our relationship, put in a timeline.
- My pay slip with our address
- A shared insurance for the stuff at the house with me registered as partner (in Dutch)
- Facebook and Whatsapp chats since the start of our relationship
- 2 legalised statements from a friend and sister
Will this be enough and can you think of anything else we can give as evidence?
Most of the utilities companies do not provide the bills in English, only in Dutch. Will that be a problem (they can see our names and address), or do we need to get all the documents translated?
Besides this I have one other question: Which date do you give as the date you started the common-law partnership? We started dating in January 2012, began our relationship in April 2012, and moved in May 2013.
Many thanks in advance!
My girlfriend (we are Dutch) has found a job in Canada at the University of Toronto, and I want to come with her under our common-law relationship and get an open work permit.
I moved in with her 3 years ago, but we never paid rent or neither had a morgage because she already paid off the house. However, what we do have is the following list, do you think this will be enough?
- A statement from the city of Amsterdam that I moved in three years ago, and she was living at the same address as well.
- A shared bank account with a letter from the bank.
- Electronic bills (in Dutch) from utilities we paid from our shared bank account and which were registered at our address.
- Shared bought properties for the household (grocery, media system)
- Electronic receipts of all our travels (including 3 with our families)
- Pictures of our relationship, put in a timeline.
- My pay slip with our address
- A shared insurance for the stuff at the house with me registered as partner (in Dutch)
- Facebook and Whatsapp chats since the start of our relationship
- 2 legalised statements from a friend and sister
Will this be enough and can you think of anything else we can give as evidence?
Most of the utilities companies do not provide the bills in English, only in Dutch. Will that be a problem (they can see our names and address), or do we need to get all the documents translated?
Besides this I have one other question: Which date do you give as the date you started the common-law partnership? We started dating in January 2012, began our relationship in April 2012, and moved in May 2013.
Many thanks in advance!
