As you said, you cannot, as an applicant for permanent residence in Canada, co-sponsor yourself. The family class stream is primarily but not exclusively for spousal category applicants. Therefore, if you are like the many applicants being sponsored by a spouse, your spouse will NOT have a spouse or common-law partner sign the undertaking as 1) you cannot co-sponsor yourself, like already mentioned, and 2) if your spouse had another spouse/CL spouse that would be illegal and invalidate your application. Moreover, there is not much need to have a consigner for a spousal undertaking because there is no income requirement to sponsor someone in this category. People who sponsor another family member, on the other hand, may have their spouse or CL spouse serve as a co-signer on the undertaking- if the latter, they'd obviously need to fill out the Declaration of Common Law Union to prove that relationship.
una said:
Thanks everyone. Of course I want to fill out all the forms Im supposed to, but in the guide (3900) it says:
"This form must be completed and signed by the sponsor and common-law partner, only if the latter is a co-signer on the application."
Since I am not a co-signer on the application then I would assume we would not fill that out?
Perhaps someone can explain to me why some people have a co-singer and others don´t? All I know is that I can´t be a co-signer because Im not a canadian citizen.