I keep looking for information other applicants used to prove their common law relationship.
I have a list of certain papers they all mention. However i cant find specifics, and i was wondering if people want to share more information about exactly how they did this paperwork, how much info they put, how they wrote it or what it actually says.
What papers on this list did you added to your application? Aprox how many pages did you added as proof?
Im doing this list considering that im applying OUTLAND.
Is a lot of information, hopefully someone can help me with my questions and we can keep this post to be useful for others too.
1) A statutory declaration of a common-law union.
( anyone did it even if they had a lot of No answers? no joint lease, no joint bank account, no life insurance beneficiary?) Did anyone that used this was only cause they had a lot of yes?? is it better not to do it if you are only answering no?
Does it always has to be notarized?
2) Proof of cohabitation.
-Residential lease shared.
-Shared ownership of residential property.
-Tenant insurance.
-Letter from landlord attesting you were living together.
-Shared rental receipts.
(In my case i dont have anything but the chance to ask landlord for a letter, did anyone did just this? any advice or details that must be included on letter? i cant sign a lease because im on visitor status, is anyone else in this situation? has anyone ever used a shared rental receipt? was it given by landlord or how to obtain it to be valid?)
3)Proof of shared finances.
-Statements for shared bank accounts.
-Shared credit cards.
(The bank wont accept me on visitor status to open a share account or to get an additional credit card, has anyone been in this situation? what did you do?)
4)Proof of financial support.
-Bills for shared utilities accounts, such as electricity, gas or phone.
-Proof of shared management of household expenses.
-Evidence of shared purchases (especially of household items).
(What papers have anyone used for this? could we send both our statements for past 12 months marking purchases related to household, like groceries shopping...or what other purchases could be valid since a bank statement will just mention the place we bought at, not the items; or anyone has used an actual receipt? how many since we are trying to prove a year, or which ones would be relevant?....im mentioning this since we dont have shared bank accounts nor shared bills, so how we proof we share expenses. would love to hear any ideas)
5) Life insurance.
(What if you get this just before applying for common law? If one partner cant get it because of visitor status will one life insurance be worth to get? Has anyone being able to get one while on visitor status?)
6)Change status with CRA from single to common-law.
(how many of you have actually do this? how you do it? does it has to be the same day you reach
7)Proof of shared address.
-Mail delivered to both of you, going to same address.
-Important documents for both of you showing the same address.
*Obtain a drivers licence.
*Cellphone contract.
(how did you added the mail to application? the actual envelopes? did you scanned them? what kind of documents did you considered important enough? how many did you sent?)
8 )Statutory declarations from close friends. VERY IMPORTANT.
(What exactly should a statutory declaration say? any important points? how long is it? how many did you sent, did you asked friends of both partners? any special advice on how to do this declarations?
Do they have to be notarized, i cant find that request anywhere but some people seem to send them notarized.
Do you send an ID or any other paper or contact information from the person who does the declaration?)
9)Letters of support from parents.
(Any main points? one letter for each partner? in my case very relevant since he hasn't been able to meet my parents but they know about him. has anyone done it in another language? had to add an official translation?)
10)Personal letters (from each the applicant and sponsor).
(what main details did you explained on the letters? what made them relevant to the application? i cant really figure out what to write, are they about explaining our relationship history? showing we are genuine?
11)Proof of travel together.
(travel tickets, hotel reservations, what else?). we travel a lot to see each other before we started living together, will this be relevant? or is it more about the year we are proving we lived together).
12)Photos of relationship.
(how you send them? im planing to put them on word, so i can add the caption and the date and place. is it more about photos with other people? photos of trips? what to consider when selecting photos? how MANY should we send? whats a average number of photos for an application.
13) Evidence showing how you stayed in touch when doing long distance.
(we were separated only by 20 days but we dont have phone bills since we used skype, has anyone had this problem? i guess i can rewrite some of our phone messages, but how many? or how others did this?
Am i missing any other point?
Thank you so much!! I really appreciate if you share information about your common law application or answer some of the questions. I will try to keep updating this post and hopefully we can get to know other common law applicants.
I have a list of certain papers they all mention. However i cant find specifics, and i was wondering if people want to share more information about exactly how they did this paperwork, how much info they put, how they wrote it or what it actually says.
What papers on this list did you added to your application? Aprox how many pages did you added as proof?
Im doing this list considering that im applying OUTLAND.
Is a lot of information, hopefully someone can help me with my questions and we can keep this post to be useful for others too.
1) A statutory declaration of a common-law union.
( anyone did it even if they had a lot of No answers? no joint lease, no joint bank account, no life insurance beneficiary?) Did anyone that used this was only cause they had a lot of yes?? is it better not to do it if you are only answering no?
Does it always has to be notarized?
2) Proof of cohabitation.
-Residential lease shared.
-Shared ownership of residential property.
-Tenant insurance.
-Letter from landlord attesting you were living together.
-Shared rental receipts.
(In my case i dont have anything but the chance to ask landlord for a letter, did anyone did just this? any advice or details that must be included on letter? i cant sign a lease because im on visitor status, is anyone else in this situation? has anyone ever used a shared rental receipt? was it given by landlord or how to obtain it to be valid?)
3)Proof of shared finances.
-Statements for shared bank accounts.
-Shared credit cards.
(The bank wont accept me on visitor status to open a share account or to get an additional credit card, has anyone been in this situation? what did you do?)
4)Proof of financial support.
-Bills for shared utilities accounts, such as electricity, gas or phone.
-Proof of shared management of household expenses.
-Evidence of shared purchases (especially of household items).
(What papers have anyone used for this? could we send both our statements for past 12 months marking purchases related to household, like groceries shopping...or what other purchases could be valid since a bank statement will just mention the place we bought at, not the items; or anyone has used an actual receipt? how many since we are trying to prove a year, or which ones would be relevant?....im mentioning this since we dont have shared bank accounts nor shared bills, so how we proof we share expenses. would love to hear any ideas)
5) Life insurance.
(What if you get this just before applying for common law? If one partner cant get it because of visitor status will one life insurance be worth to get? Has anyone being able to get one while on visitor status?)
6)Change status with CRA from single to common-law.
(how many of you have actually do this? how you do it? does it has to be the same day you reach
7)Proof of shared address.
-Mail delivered to both of you, going to same address.
-Important documents for both of you showing the same address.
*Obtain a drivers licence.
*Cellphone contract.
(how did you added the mail to application? the actual envelopes? did you scanned them? what kind of documents did you considered important enough? how many did you sent?)
8 )Statutory declarations from close friends. VERY IMPORTANT.
(What exactly should a statutory declaration say? any important points? how long is it? how many did you sent, did you asked friends of both partners? any special advice on how to do this declarations?
Do they have to be notarized, i cant find that request anywhere but some people seem to send them notarized.
Do you send an ID or any other paper or contact information from the person who does the declaration?)
9)Letters of support from parents.
(Any main points? one letter for each partner? in my case very relevant since he hasn't been able to meet my parents but they know about him. has anyone done it in another language? had to add an official translation?)
10)Personal letters (from each the applicant and sponsor).
(what main details did you explained on the letters? what made them relevant to the application? i cant really figure out what to write, are they about explaining our relationship history? showing we are genuine?
11)Proof of travel together.
(travel tickets, hotel reservations, what else?). we travel a lot to see each other before we started living together, will this be relevant? or is it more about the year we are proving we lived together).
12)Photos of relationship.
(how you send them? im planing to put them on word, so i can add the caption and the date and place. is it more about photos with other people? photos of trips? what to consider when selecting photos? how MANY should we send? whats a average number of photos for an application.
13) Evidence showing how you stayed in touch when doing long distance.
(we were separated only by 20 days but we dont have phone bills since we used skype, has anyone had this problem? i guess i can rewrite some of our phone messages, but how many? or how others did this?
Am i missing any other point?
Thank you so much!! I really appreciate if you share information about your common law application or answer some of the questions. I will try to keep updating this post and hopefully we can get to know other common law applicants.