Scanned Letter as Evidence

[cbellyoung]

My wife is going to include a letter from her parents, stating that we are going to live with them when we land in Canada initially.

She has also got a letter from her Canadian Dentist saying that he will take her back and add me to his books when we arrive.

These make up proofs to re-establish, as per Question 11 in IMM 5540.

Her parents have signed the letter, scanned it and emailed it over to us. The Dentist letter is just a scan. I've printed them both out to add to our application. Will this be acceptable or do the letters have to be the originals?

 

[screech339]

I think scanned letters can be used as evidence that they will support you and your spouse while you move back and settle while looking for a job. As long as the forms contain your and your spouse original signatures, the ones that matters most, it should be fine.

 

[Rob_TO]

We used a scanned letter from my parents as part of our general relationship proofs, and it was accepted ok. I think as long as the documents in question aren't specifically required, you should be fine.

Just make sure any letter has full details of the writer i.e. her parents letter should include their full names, address, phone numbers, etc (not that CIC would ever actually contact them).