Hello again my question being i was in a relationship with these 2 women however the first the mother of my son we filed taxes together but never filed to have common law status relationship lasted about 3 yrs the second women we never ever filed together nor filed for common law status that relationship lasted about 9 yrs do i need a declaration of severance and 2nd how do i get this as i do not speak to the second ex nor do i know the exact dates in which the relationships started or ended or adresses or birth dates ??
They will, most likely (and by a wide margin of likelihood), be recognized as prior common-law relationships, at least sufficiently so that you really need to affirm they terminated prior to the current relationship.
As for lacking dates and other info: You need to give the best information you have and explain why you do not have the information you don't have. The critical information will be that any relationship other than the one the sponsored PR app is based upon was not in existence, that is was terminated, prior to the critical dates in your current relationship . . . terminated prior to the date of marriage if the app is based on a marriage, prior to the beginning date of cohabitation if app is based on common-law (as in at least one full year previous to the date the common-law relationship can be recognized as such for immigration purposes).
I am not sure about the formal "declaration of severance of common-law relationship." I believe, but am not certain, that can be a simple statutory declaration by you (in effect, an affidavit, that is a sworn statement as to the essential facts), again referencing as best you can recall the dates of termination.
Again, the critical thing is to submit affirmative, definitive statements as to the termination of the previous relationships, and if you cannot give precise dates give approximations with something to the effect: ". . . in any event, the relationship was terminated no later than [such n such a date]." And that date should be prior to the commencement of the current relationship.
The thing about not including all the information required is credibility. Failing to include some info, the sort of info an ordinary person would be expected to know, can be an invitation to suspicion. So, the more credible you are otherwise, the more your complete story makes sense and rings true, the less missing details will be a problem. Some information is of course very necessary, and if left out will be problematic (some much more so), but collateral details are not so necessary. But again, if you come across as deliberately not recalling certain information, that can undermine your credibility, and that can be a real problem since a large part of the evidence one submits is basically personal representation of fact and thus its strength depends on having credibility.
mike Wrote:Hello again my question being i was in a relationship with these 2 women however the first the mother of my son we filed taxes together but never filed to have common law status relationship lasted about 3 yrs the second women we never ever filed together nor filed for common law status that relationship lasted about 9 yrs do i need a declaration of severance and 2nd how do i get this as i do not speak to the second ex nor do i know the exact dates in which the relationships started or ended or adresses or birth dates ??
My husband had a previous relationship that would have been considered common-law. Basically what he did was write up a declaration stating the date it ended and also stated they had not tried to reconcile the relationship since that time. He then took it to an attorney's office and had his signature notarized.
He also, wasn't aware of her address in order to put in on the paperwork. So on a separate sheet of paper he listed the question and number and then explained the reason he didn't list her address was because they have not been in contact for quite some time and he doesn't know her whereabouts. He put that piece of paper in behind the sheet of the application that had the question on it. Also, on the application, he stated "please see attached paper for explanation." in the space where her address would have been. That way it was easy for them to find and understand.