Opening a joint bank acc before marriage?

[Gauging]

Me (US) and my fiancée (CAD) plan on getting married and filing for spousal sponsor later this year. I plan on visiting this month and was planning on looking into seeing if itd be possible for us to open a joint savings account together to put all the money we’ve both been saving for stuff like wedding, applications, house etc in one place. Would this be a good idea to use in our application as an example of our relationship being real?

 

[MJSPARV]

Me (US) and my fiancée (CAD) plan on getting married and filing for spousal sponsor later this year. I plan on visiting this month and was planning on looking into seeing if itd be possible for us to open a joint savings account together to put all the money we’ve both been saving for stuff like wedding, applications, house etc in one place. Would this be a good idea to use in our application as an example of our relationship being real?

Shared finances are definitely a good thing in the eyes of IRCC. Not completely sure how it'll work with opening the account, but I think it should be straight forward. I (US) opened an account with my husband (Canadian citizen) when I was here as a visitor and it wasn't an issue. I don't recall if I had to show we were married or not. You can always call the bank (recommend calling the local branch) and ask what they want for documentation.

 

[armoured]

Don't know about specific accounts, but it may be possible to have a credit card issued in spouse's name against your own account. (I was able to do when spouse had no connection with Canada)