Hi all
I have received a Procedural Fairness Letter this afternoon stating the following:
This refers to your application for permanent residence in Canada. I am writing you this letter to express my serious concerns regarding your application.
In order to meet the criteria for a common law relationship, you must establish continuous cohabitation for a full year at the time of lock-in date (roughly when your application is received). Your stated commencement of cohabitation was May 4, 2020 and lock-in date was June 15, 2020.
Therefore I am asking you to submit any additional information/documentation that would allay my concerns. You have 30 days from the date of this letter to submit the additional information by using your IRCC secure account within the time frame indicated above.
Note: Your relationship appears valid but it appears that you have simply applied too early. As such you may wish to withdraw your application and reapply after June 15, 2021, as a previous refusal can occasionally raise concerns for future applications.
I am quite confused as the date referred to in the letter, May 4, 2020, is the date we submitted on IMM 1344 form as the date we entered into the common-law relationship. From the guide to completing the form, for common law, this is the date ‘your status officially changed from being single to common-law, not the date you started living together’ i.e. after 12 months of cohabitation.
We submitted joint rental agreement, bills, proof of addresses as evidence we have lived together for a year before May 4, 2020. They comment that our relationship appears valid but we have applied too early. I would appreciate some guidance on what documents we could possibly submit for this letter? Thanks in advance
I have received a Procedural Fairness Letter this afternoon stating the following:
This refers to your application for permanent residence in Canada. I am writing you this letter to express my serious concerns regarding your application.
In order to meet the criteria for a common law relationship, you must establish continuous cohabitation for a full year at the time of lock-in date (roughly when your application is received). Your stated commencement of cohabitation was May 4, 2020 and lock-in date was June 15, 2020.
Therefore I am asking you to submit any additional information/documentation that would allay my concerns. You have 30 days from the date of this letter to submit the additional information by using your IRCC secure account within the time frame indicated above.
Note: Your relationship appears valid but it appears that you have simply applied too early. As such you may wish to withdraw your application and reapply after June 15, 2021, as a previous refusal can occasionally raise concerns for future applications.
I am quite confused as the date referred to in the letter, May 4, 2020, is the date we submitted on IMM 1344 form as the date we entered into the common-law relationship. From the guide to completing the form, for common law, this is the date ‘your status officially changed from being single to common-law, not the date you started living together’ i.e. after 12 months of cohabitation.
We submitted joint rental agreement, bills, proof of addresses as evidence we have lived together for a year before May 4, 2020. They comment that our relationship appears valid but we have applied too early. I would appreciate some guidance on what documents we could possibly submit for this letter? Thanks in advance
