Hi to everyone!
I'm PR living outside canada. In two months time, I will be back at canada together with my partner. We are from Philippines and visa is required to enter canada. My partner has single entry. We're living for two years now here in our country. We're now preparing all the documents for the applications. Once we're in canada, we will file inland sponsorship. Please help me with my inquiries so we could prepare.
1. He has kids on previous marriage. We will include them on application as non-accompanied dependent. Do we need to submit a passport copy for them?
2. Can we get the statutory declaration of common-law here in our country?
3. I've worked in Canada on year 2006. Can I submit 2006 T4 as proof on income?
Thanks.
Going backwards:
for the sponsor --they want your last year's income and your last five years work history. If you do not have or cannot obtain an Option C for the previous year, you explain why you do not have the option C and provide most current information about employment . . . spousal sponsorship does not require a minimum income.
Statutory declaration can be done anywhere . . . but it needs to be done by people with personal knowledge that you have cohabitated for the full year. Of course each of you can attest to that. Who else can? If you have strong, convincing evidence of the full year of cohabitation, you may not need statutory declarations from others, but they would of course help. But, again, they must have personal knowledge that you cohabited in an exclusive conjugal relationship for at least a full year, and must submit a sworn statement to that effect.
I do not recal the specifics about what documentation must be submitted for non-accompanying dependents . . . I do know they need to be examined. He probably does not want to fudge on this, but rather read the guide and checklists and follow them explicitly. Should cause no problems if he does, other than the inconvenience.
Just a note - if you are talking about
IMM 5409 Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union that has to be notarized by someone who's legally capable of doing so.
In Canada that could be a commissioner of oaths, a notary public - in the US it's a notary - I don't know what the equivalent in the Philippines would be.
If you're looking for letters from friends & family - then as dpenabill suggests - just wanted to clarify
dpenabill Wrote:Going backwards:
for the sponsor --they want your last year's income and your last five years work history. If you do not have or cannot obtain an Option C for the previous year, you explain why you do not have the option C and provide most current information about employment . . . spousal sponsorship does not require a minimum income.
Statutory declaration can be done anywhere . . . but it needs to be done by people with personal knowledge that you have cohabitated for the full year. Of course each of you can attest to that. Who else can? If you have strong, convincing evidence of the full year of cohabitation, you may not need statutory declarations from others, but they would of course help. But, again, they must have personal knowledge that you cohabited in an exclusive conjugal relationship for at least a full year, and must submit a sworn statement to that effect.
I do not recal the specifics about what documentation must be submitted for non-accompanying dependents . . . I do know they need to be examined. He probably does not want to fudge on this, but rather read the guide and checklists and follow them explicitly. Should cause no problems if he does, other than the inconvenience.
Thank you guys for all the help. We will start doing the documents.