How to show evidence of financial suppport and letters from family

[LT2019]

My wife and I have only been married since March 1 2019 and need to provide extra support of our relationship. It says to provide:

evidence of financial support and/or shared expenses - can I include shared utility bills or proof of a join account? If not, what else can we show?

Other proof that relationship is recognized by family/friends (i.e. letters or social media) - how do we do show this legally? is there a letter format we should follow or formalities we should include on the letter? can we take screenshots of our facebook pages?

Would appreciate the feedback on this one so we can ensure we get it right! thanks you!

 

[melylags]

Yes, you should definitely provide both of those pieces of evidence (shared bills and joint accounts). My husband and I also provided evidence that we were named on each other's life insurance, emails of Paypal/Xoom transactions where we sent money to each other, joint bank account statements, evidence of shared expenses on our trips where both of our names were visible on the page (like train ticket receipts, hotel bookings, etc.) We highlighted with marker wherever our names were visible to make it easier for the agent to see.

As for other forms of proof, we provided several letters from family members. There's no set format required, but the format I had my own family members follow was based on the examples I read on this thread:
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/relationship-support-letters-examples.47010/

As for social media evidence, screenshots of Facebook pages where it's obvious you're in a relationship is also a plus, or even just posts of you both jointly being acknowledged by friends/family members. I provided screenshots of photos/posts related to our relationship that I posted over the years, posts/photos from other family members and friends posted that acknowledged our relationship, etc. When we got married, friends and family members had posts congratulating us, so screenshots of those posts were included as well.
More examples - a cousin of mine posted a family photo on Instagram during Christmas and both my husband and I were in the photo. I took a screenshot of this and used it as proof of other relatives acknowledging our relationship. I also had pictures with my husband's sister, posts where she tagged me in it, etc.