proof of relationship

[spaceraceone]

You guys, I have been reading a lot and realized that we will have a hard time proving that we in a genuine relationship.

We gonna have nothing except the wedding certificate and some pics:

Right now we live (and have been for some time) with my parents - all bills on my parents' names
Cellular services are billable only for businesses in our country - another bummer.

There are no boarding passes because I met my husband back home where we both are now.
Same for the phone or skype or whatever - we live together, so we do not communicate online.

I got two rings from my husband - one of them for the wedding - that's about with the presents.

I cannot imagine what sort of "hardware" we can manage to come up with to qualify as a proof. Any thought on the matter?

Thanks in advance

 

[Sweden]

You guys, I have been reading a lot and realized that we will have a hard time proving that we in a genuine relationship.

We gonna have nothing except the wedding certificate and some pics:

Right now we live (and have been for some time) with my parents - all bills on my parents' names
Cellular services are billable only for businesses in our country - another bummer.

There are no boarding passes because I met my husband back home where we both are now.
Same for the phone or skype or whatever - we live together, so we do not communicate online.

I got two rings from my husband - one of them for the wedding - that's about with the presents.

I cannot imagine what sort of "hardware" we can manage to come up with to qualify as a proof. Any thought on the matter?

Thanks in advance

Get your parents to write a letter saying that you both live together at their place, get letters from friends and family that they know you together. If you go to events ( movies, concerts etc), keep the tickets. Get a join bank account with both name on it. Some people advise to take a cheap "life insurance" policy (that you can cancel later on if you don't want to keep it once the PR is approved) with the other person's name as main beneficiaries.
If you get any kind of mail ( Christmas cards etc) with both your names on it at your parents : keep the envelops and send that with the cards, it will show that you both live at the same address.
Even if you live together, you might still communicate (texts during the day etc, or email about daily things when one is at work - about groceries shopping, evening plans etc ?)...
Holidays taken together? any proofs of that? any purchase of furniture/gifts for other people that you made together?

Basically, anything that can prove that you share a life...
Other people will probably come up with more ideas, but you can already start!
Good luck,
Sweden

 

[Rob_TO]

Easy proofs to include:
- get cheap term life insurance, with each other as sole beneficiary
- one of you get a credit card, and list the other as an authorized user. Both your names will appear on the same account and bill
- change marital status with Canada Revenue Agency to common-law, and print out this page from the online account that shows common-law status, effective date, and first name of partner
- include any pieces of mail for both of you that go to your shared address
- get your parents to write testimonials that you are living together with them and as witness to your marriage/relationship

 

[Remrov]

I think that a wedding certificate is already a good proof. Besides that.........

Do you have letters or mail adressed to you and your husband?
Or maybe healthinsurance policy with your names on it?
Do you have other documentation with your name and your husbands on it, or documentation that can at least proof that you lived on the same address? A letter to you, and a letter to you husband?
Any other insurance with both of your names?
Anything signed by you and your hubby?
Your family and friends can write declarations, get them notarized though.
Are you enlisted at the municipality at the same address together?
Send as many pictures as you can. Maybe your friends and family have pictures which you don't have. You can ask them.
You have maybe a car together? Or bought something else together?
Just find anything with both your names on it.
Maybe you gave each other nice cards for valentines day, or birthdays?
Cards from friends and family with both your names on it.
Card for the wedding that friends and family send to you?

Hope this helps you a little

 

[spaceraceone]

Thanks everyone, very informative

 

[spaceraceone]

What about a magazine or newspaper subscription?

 

[Rob_TO]

What about a magazine or newspaper subscription?

Sure, it won't hurt. However as you're already married you don't really need to provide much proof that you are living together, that is more for common-law couples.

What the CIC is looking for with married couples in terms of "proof", is a measurable committment and dependance on each other. Hence the reason for asking about joint accounts like insurance and financial products. So showing you have a joint chequing or savings account would be much better than showing you share a magazine subscription.

 

[spaceraceone]

Sure, it won't hurt. However as you're already married you don't really need to provide much proof that you are living together, that is more for common-law couples.

What the CIC is looking for with married couples in terms of "proof", is a measurable committment and dependance on each other. Hence the reason for asking about joint accounts like insurance and financial products. So showing you have a joint chequing or savings account would be much better than showing you share a magazine subscription.

thanks again