Hi! I was hoping to get any advice/feedback on our in land common-law app proof of living together
Some background to our situation, trying to keep a long story short...
We became common-law March 1st 2018. We've been dating for 2 years now, met when we were both living in Ontario, He moved to BC and eventually I ended up following him there in March 2017 which is the date we moved in together. We've lived together continuously in 2 addresses: March17-September17 we lived in a house with our landlord living upstairs ( we had no utility bills since rent was all inclusive, so pretty much only thing I have from that address is a lease with both our names on it) September we moved in to an apartment where we pay all our utilities so I have a ton of bills with both our names on it from September onward.
A L S O ... I was not aware of this application process, or that common law sponsorship exists until about November 2017.. So I haven't really been collecting proof accordingly... This is what we do have, I would really appreciate any feedback and advice if there's anything I can do to make the proof stronger. Thank you so much in advance
Some background to our situation, trying to keep a long story short...We became common-law March 1st 2018. We've been dating for 2 years now, met when we were both living in Ontario, He moved to BC and eventually I ended up following him there in March 2017 which is the date we moved in together. We've lived together continuously in 2 addresses: March17-September17 we lived in a house with our landlord living upstairs ( we had no utility bills since rent was all inclusive, so pretty much only thing I have from that address is a lease with both our names on it) September we moved in to an apartment where we pay all our utilities so I have a ton of bills with both our names on it from September onward.
A L S O ... I was not aware of this application process, or that common law sponsorship exists until about November 2017.. So I haven't really been collecting proof accordingly... This is what we do have, I would really appreciate any feedback and advice if there's anything I can do to make the proof stronger. Thank you so much in advance
- 2 leases with our names on them, first one starting march 2017, second one starting september 2017
- joint electricity bill, internet bill, individual bills with the same address BUT we only have these starting September since the first house we lived in March-September was all inclusive and we didn't have any bills, is that gonna be a big problem? also should I add a written explanation?
- pictures of us all through our relationship, we've been together for 2 years but only lived together a year
- 4 pages of text messages between us from the time prior to us living together, i know it's not necessary but i wanted to add them just to support our relationship before living together
- screenshots of facebook relationship status, and instagram posts of both of us
- notarized statutory declaration of common law
- a signed letter from my mother vouching for our relationship (includes dates when she first met him ,heard about him etc)
- I have a ton of receipts with split payment on groceries, furniture, and other household items, I only started collecting around November 2017 though due to reasons I mentioned earlier....
- A few cards my mom included in packages she sent to us
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