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12 Months of Cohabitation Proof

sunnamont

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Nov 12, 2019
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It may be a silly question, but it is something I've been thinking about a couple of days now and I really don't want to mess up our process.
Do we need to provide 12 month worth of proof (proof for every month) or 12 month OLD proof (proof of the month we started to live as common law) ?
 

canuck78

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Jun 18, 2017
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It may be a silly question, but it is something I've been thinking about a couple of days now and I really don't want to mess up our process.
Do we need to provide 12 month worth of proof (proof for every month) or 12 month OLD proof (proof of the month we started to live as common law) ?
Would make sure you have some proof at the beginning of cohabitation. More than just a lease and then proof throughout the 1 year but not monthly.
 

sunnamont

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Nov 12, 2019
52
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Sherbrooke, Quebec
Category........
FAM
Would make sure you have some proof at the beginning of cohabitation. More than just a lease and then proof throughout the 1 year but not monthly.
Yes, what I mean is for example
  • We provide a joint bank account opened in MARCH
  • Lease signed in APRIL
  • My phone bill in MAY
  • so forth till it complete a year
or would it be all the proof we could get for the specific month we started living together? (bank account, mail, insurance letter, bills, etc)
 

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It may be a silly question, but it is something I've been thinking about a couple of days now and I really don't want to mess up our process.
Do we need to provide 12 month worth of proof (proof for every month) or 12 month OLD proof (proof of the month we started to live as common law) ?
You don't need every month but you need solid proof throughout one full year.
 

canuck78

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Jun 18, 2017
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Yes, what I mean is for example
  • We provide a joint bank account opened in MARCH
  • Lease signed in APRIL
  • My phone bill in MAY
  • so forth till it complete a year
or would it be all the proof we could get for the specific month we started living together? (bank account, mail, insurance letter, bills, etc)
As I mentioned before it doesn’t need to be monthly proof. Would make sure that in addition to your lease I would include something with the date, the address and each of your names. Then would include evidence for a few months throughout the 12 month period.