Hello,
We received a request letter from the CIC to provide additional proof to show that I [principal applicant] can be considered the common-law spouse of my sponsor. We were ask to submit the following; Submissions may include but should not be limited to: evidence of shared finances (ie joint bank accounts), insurance policies naming each other as beneficiaries, evidence of shared expenses, evidence of shared decision making in personal matters.
We do not have a joint bank account and an insurance yet. We have been living together for more than four years now and have been sharing all expenses since then. We already submitted our proof of lease agreement with both our names stated, billing statement with same address, photos of us with our family and friends to prove that our relationship is genuine, and our social media accounts proving that our relationship is known to public.
What other evidences should we provide to satisfy them? What do they mean about evidence of shared decision making in personal matters? They also ask my sponsor to provide a documentary evidence of his return to Canada. My sponsor was born and raised in Germany but has a Canadian citizenship. We intend to move to Canada to start our new lives and possibly to build a family there. The CIC would like to see evidence that my sponsor has started to look for housing and jobs in Canada. How can we prove this? It is hard to tell your prospect employers when we do not know yet when we will arrive.
Please share some advice. Thank you very much...I appreciate your time.
Best regards
We received a request letter from the CIC to provide additional proof to show that I [principal applicant] can be considered the common-law spouse of my sponsor. We were ask to submit the following; Submissions may include but should not be limited to: evidence of shared finances (ie joint bank accounts), insurance policies naming each other as beneficiaries, evidence of shared expenses, evidence of shared decision making in personal matters.
We do not have a joint bank account and an insurance yet. We have been living together for more than four years now and have been sharing all expenses since then. We already submitted our proof of lease agreement with both our names stated, billing statement with same address, photos of us with our family and friends to prove that our relationship is genuine, and our social media accounts proving that our relationship is known to public.
What other evidences should we provide to satisfy them? What do they mean about evidence of shared decision making in personal matters? They also ask my sponsor to provide a documentary evidence of his return to Canada. My sponsor was born and raised in Germany but has a Canadian citizenship. We intend to move to Canada to start our new lives and possibly to build a family there. The CIC would like to see evidence that my sponsor has started to look for housing and jobs in Canada. How can we prove this? It is hard to tell your prospect employers when we do not know yet when we will arrive.
Please share some advice. Thank you very much...I appreciate your time.
Best regards