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10 letters from the family & relatives would be enough? Spousal sponsorship.

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Hi,

As per the below requirement from the checklist, I am just providing 10 letters from my family and relatives. Is it enough? Also, should it be notarized?

One (1) document from three (3) of the following sets of options:
• Joint ownership of residential property or joint residential leases or joint rental agreements listing both the sponsor and the principal applicant; (Minimum 1 document).
• Proof of joint utilities accounts (electricity, gas, telephone); (Minimum 1 document).
• Important documents for you and your sponsor showing the same address, such as copies of Government issued identification
documents: driver's licenses, insurance policies, etc.
• Important documents for you or your sponsor showing that you are recognized as each other's spouse (such as employment or
insurance benefits). (Minimum 1 document).
• Documentary evidence of financial support between your sponsor and yourself.
• Other proof that your relationship is recognized by your friends and/or family (e.g. Letters, social media information showing a
public relationship, etc.)


Thanks friends.
 

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iSuperman said:
Hi,

As per the below requirement from the checklist, I am just providing 10 letters from my family and relatives. Is it enough? Also, should it be notarized?

One (1) document from three (3) of the following sets of options:
• Joint ownership of residential property or joint residential leases or joint rental agreements listing both the sponsor and the principal applicant; (Minimum 1 document).
• Proof of joint utilities accounts (electricity, gas, telephone); (Minimum 1 document).
• Important documents for you and your sponsor showing the same address, such as copies of Government issued identification
documents: driver's licenses, insurance policies, etc.
• Important documents for you or your sponsor showing that you are recognized as each other's spouse (such as employment or
insurance benefits). (Minimum 1 document).
• Documentary evidence of financial support between your sponsor and yourself.
• Other proof that your relationship is recognized by your friends and/or family (e.g. Letters, social media information showing a
public relationship, etc.)


Thanks friends.
I think 10 is excessive. We (common law) included one from my daughter, one from his best friend and 2 more from my friends. We also did a letter outlining our relationship from when we met to now.
 

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DollyM said:
I think 10 is excessive. We (common law) included one from my daughter, one from his best friend and 2 more from my friends. We also did a letter outlining our relationship from when we met to now.
Letter outlining your relationship in how many pages?

I collected 10 because we do not have any fb interactions on our WALLS as didn't want to socialise it in random strangers. This was the thought of grtting 10 letters from immediate & extended family.
 

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iSuperman said:
Hi,

As per the below requirement from the checklist, I am just providing 10 letters from my family and relatives. Is it enough? Also, should it be notarized?

One (1) document from three (3) of the following sets of options:
...
• Other proof that your relationship is recognized by your friends and/or family (e.g. Letters, social media information showing a
public relationship, etc.)
Ten is probably WAY too many.

Check your country specific guidelines for how many you should have for your relationship type, and notorisation requirements (eg western Europe pack says 2 letters for common law, which must be notarised).
 

DollyM

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iSuperman said:
Letter outlining your relationship in how many pages?

I collected 10 because we do not have any fb interactions on our WALLS as didn't want to socialise it in random strangers. This was the thought of grtting 10 letters from immediate & extended family.
My partner and I didn't include anything from Facebook or anything like that. We're in our 50s, so our relationship didn't play out publicly.

My letter was about 2.5 pages and his was 1 :D. Typical man couldn't think of what to write! Mine said how I was overseas visiting family when he first contacted me, how we chatted online for a few weeks then arranged to meet when I got home. Where we met, how we went back to the same place on the 16th of each month for the first 18 months or so. How and when I first met his children and how and where he first met mine. I wrote about how we decided to move in together, the housewarming party we had with our friends, Christmas with his children and grandchildren, what we did for my birthday, our trip to Canada to meet my mother and siblings and how we decided to emigrate to Canada and leave Australia to be closer to my family. It was mostly an outline of our time together and why we're a couple.
 

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Bcboundboy said:
Ten is probably WAY too many.

Check your country specific guidelines for how many you should have for your relationship type, and notorisation requirements (eg western Europe pack says 2 letters for common law, which must be notarised).
Does it say 2 for Europe. I am from India and I just copy pasted the exact requirement. It has no where any limit defined, now what?
 

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DollyM said:
My partner and I didn't include anything from Facebook or anything like that. We're in our 50s, so our relationship didn't play out publicly.

My letter was about 2.5 pages and his was 1 :D. Typical man couldn't think of what to write! Mine said how I was overseas visiting family when he first contacted me, how we chatted online for a few weeks then arranged to meet when I got home. Where we met, how we went back to the same place on the 16th of each month for the first 18 months or so. How and when I first met his children and how and where he first met mine. I wrote about how we decided to move in together, the housewarming party we had with our friends, Christmas with his children and grandchildren, what we did for my birthday, our trip to Canada to meet my mother and siblings and how we decided to emigrate to Canada and leave Australia to be closer to my family. It was mostly an outline of our time together and why we're a couple.
1 page. Hahahah..
i wrote 12 pages and that still in a compact way.
 

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Other proof that your relationship is recognized by your friends and/or family (e.g. Letters from friends

can this include cards or letters during our wedding? or a christmas card from my sister?