NRSY said:
Anyway.. we are applying as common-law and some people we know have questioned whether or not we have enough supporting documents for our application to prove common-law status. They said its extremely hard to pass as common-law these days, which kind of made us a bit stressed about it (although im not sure they know/fully understand the process, and people are probably always going to say negative things)
Just wanted to run our supporting documents by some of you more experienced people to see if you think it would be enough
Seems like more than enough IMO. In our case we never even had a shared lease (I already owned a home with a mortgage so it was impossible to add my common-law partner until the renewal date), and it was approved no problem. Most common-law apps for visa-exempt applicants go through pretty easy as long as you have a strong application. All combined you seem to have ample proof, I wouldn't worry about it.
1) for IMM 0008 (Generic Application Form For Canada) ... the dependants section says that the common-law partner should be added as a dependant.. Would I put myself for this and fill this out even though I am the sponsor? (No children or anyone else involved.. just my common-law partner (principal applicant) and I (sponsor))
That is for different kinds of family class apps, where the person being sponsored has a common-law partner also being sponsored. In your case you do NOT need to be listed there as a dependent.
Note that section states you only need to add people "who are not already permanent residents or citizens of Canada".
2) IMM 0008 - question 10 current country of residence - Its canada and I put other for WHV, and the dates should I put when his working holiday visa started to the date next year when it finishes ? (living in canada from ___ to ___ .. or would "to" be the date of application?
I would put date to the expiry of WHV.
3) IMM 0008 asks for UCI .. is this something he should have from his working holiday visa? I cant seem to find it anywhere !
He may have one from the WHV, and if so he can certainly include the UCI# in the app. However UCI# is not very important so you can just leave it blank. My wife also have a WHV when we applied, and we just left UCI blank. CIC will assign you a number.