common-law sponsorship (from Germany!)

[RebeccaF]

HELP!

I am gathering all the documents for our common-law sponsorship application, but I can't seem to find a document that states that I am single and have never been married. Problem is I left Germany when I was 9 years old, and have not been 'gemeldet' since that time.

I have contacted my local Standesamt in Germany, and spoken to people at the Rathaus, but to no avail. I keep getting told I need different documents: Ehefaehigkeitszeugnis, Personenstandsurkunde.. someone more recently has told me I could just go to a Canadian notary (I am currently living in Canada) give a "eidesstattliche Versicherung zum Familienstand".

Could anyone that has gone through the same process please tell me which document you provided to prove your marital status?

Thanks so much!

Rebecca

 

[rachiy]

Hi Rebecca,
Where does it say that you need a document to prove you are single?
If your going through common-law then you will be looking for many documents to prove your relationship, not lack of one.
Unless this is a country specific or inland requirement i dont think you need this.

 

[LeisaP]

we applied common-law and we never had to provide any documents that we were never married before.
i havent heard of this.

we just checked the box saying never previously married, never previously common-law

if you were married before, you need to provide paperwork that you are not divorced. but other than that, i dont think you need to provide anything to prove you were single before.

 

[AnaMaria]

Even if you are still married (but not in the relationship with your spouse), you can apply for common-law, as long as you are eligible, say cohabitation for 12 months, with your common-law partner.

This is Canada! not Germany (I know Germany requires such document) .

 

[RebeccaF]

thanks for all the replies. I had spoken to a friend of mine (he's Swedish) who applied for common-law with his partner, and he said a document proving that I'm single is good to have for the application..

I guess I will just do without I AM ticking the 'never before married' boxes, and now the require us to sign a common-law partnership declaration with a notary present, so hopefully that will be enough!

Thanks again for all the replies! That makes my application much easier!!

 

[LeisaP]

thanks for all the replies. I had spoken to a friend of mine (he's Swedish) who applied for common-law with his partner, and he said a document proving that I'm single is good to have for the application..

I guess I will just do without I AM ticking the 'never before married' boxes, and now the require us to sign a common-law partnership declaration with a notary present, so hopefully that will be enough!

Thanks again for all the replies! That makes my application much easier!!

Yes we have that to
we went to a notary in canada and got a declaration of common-law.
like the legal paper to say your common-law
its very good! its like a marraige certificate for us people who arent married lol.