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coxykates

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Mar 20, 2013
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Hello everyone!

I am a Canadian citizen currently living in Ireland. My partner and I have been together 4 years, and living together for 3. We are starting to apply for a common-law visa, as we intend to move to Canada by the end of the year (fingers crossed!). I know I’ll have to show intent to move to Canada, which I have covered, but I’ve stumbled a bit on the proof of income section.

I am filling out the section about income, and am a bit confused by the Option-C printout of your last Notice of Assessment. If I have not been living in Canada, and have only been working in Ireland, do I need to produce this? Is Proof of Income only applicable if I am living in Canada? It says I need to get a letter from my employer stating my period of employment, but I’m not sure if I have to do this if I’ve been working only in Ireland.

Any help is much appreciated and good luck to everyone!
 
I'm not sure that your employment in Ireland will make much of a difference but I would just go ahead and do it with your current employer. Best thing to do when you are in question about whether or not you need to do something is to just do it. I made a mistake in thinking that I wouldn't need an Australian police certificate because I was there as a visitor for a while then found employment, went home for a month and then worked for less than six months there. All in all, I was there about 9 months but since they were two different visas and I was gone for a month in the middle I assumed I wasn't a resident there for six months.

Well, Saturday I received my ppr but along with it was a request for Australian Police certificates. Lesson learned, and hopefully you can learn from my mistake. I probably would have landed in April now it looks like it will be late May.
 
They want to know what you are earning right now... if you are in Canada it will be an Option-C, for those of us who have been living outside of Canada, it is a letter (on company letterhead) from your employer, copies of paystubs, tax confirmation documents from you current country of residence. If you aren't working right now, or have unusually low income, give evidence from the year before...show what you have made in the past. You need to prove that you can support yourselves and not be on welfare. A letter from a relative in Canada that you can live with them until you get established, also helps prove you will not end up on the public system.
 
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