Intent to Reside - Help!

[MacnCheese]

I'm wondering if anyone can help me out with what CIC will actually want from me as the sponsor as intent to reside in Canada. We've received an email from CIC asking me for more info as I don't live in Canada at present. They have given us the following in the email:

Proof of Residence/Intent to Reside
If your sponsor does not currently reside in Canada, please provide proof that he/she intends to reside in Canada. This includes but is not limited to employment letters, lease agreements, copies of correspondence with: potential employers, real estate companies, property rental agencies, health care agencies, insurance agencies, financial institutions, etc. Please provide as many indicators as possible as any single one of these may not be enough on its own to prove intent of residency. Driver’s licences, property tax assessments, social insurance or health insurance cards are not sufficient to show intent to return.

The problem is, I don't have any of this! As we don't know when our visa will be approved, I have not started looking for employment or rental properties. In addition, I am 24 weeks pregnant, so don't plan on working immediately upon our return (whenever that will be).

In our original application, we included a letter from my parents saying we can live with them when we return until we get on our feet. Is there any use in including another letter, perhaps notarised, reiterating we can live with them until we find our own place? It's pretty difficult to start emailing real estate companies about properties when we have no job in Canada, and no specific time frame that we will need a place. Should I just start emailing real estate companies and health insurance companies to satisfy CIC's checklist? Any advice on what I should include would be most appreciated! My entire family is in Canada so I'm not really sure why I need to prove my intent to return in such detail.

Our situation is also a bit more complex as we're living in Europe for my partner's job at the moment (he's Australian), so we have already outlined in detail that we have zero ties to where we're living and 100% plan to move to Canada next year when his contract is up. We were hoping someone with a shred of common sense has our application, but only time will tell.

 

[jamsham12]

Have your parents draft up a letter stating that you and your partner will be residing with them once you land and have a notary public sign off on the letter. I would also tell your parents to provide a utility bill and the letter as proof that they are at that current address. I am not sure if this will work but i would try it.

 

[MacnCheese]

Have your parents draft up a letter stating that you and your partner will be residing with them once you land and have a notary public sign off on the letter. I would also tell your parents to provide a utility bill and the letter as proof that they are at that current address. I am not sure if this will work but i would try it.

Thanks. We'll give this a try and see what happens.

 

[scylla]

Our situation is also a bit more complex as we're living in Europe for my partner's job at the moment (he's Australian), so we have already outlined in detail that we have zero ties to where we're living and 100% plan to move to Canada next year when his contract is up. We were hoping someone with a shred of common sense has our application, but only time will tell.

When is your partner's contract up?

 

[MacnCheese]

When is your partner's contract up?

Next May - we were upfront with our timings in our application.

 

[MacnCheese]

We've collected as much 'proof' as we can to show my intent to reside in Canada. From experience, if the case officer still needs more convincing, will they come back to us again and ask for more evidence? We don't have anything firm yet like job offers or rental properties lined up but have explained why in another letter (don't have exact time frames and I'm having a baby in December, which makes it difficult to start looking for jobs).

 

[Aquakitty]

We've collected as much 'proof' as we can to show my intent to reside in Canada. From experience, if the case officer still needs more convincing, will they come back to us again and ask for more evidence? We don't have anything firm yet like job offers or rental properties lined up but have explained why in another letter (don't have exact time frames and I'm having a baby in December, which makes it difficult to start looking for jobs).

I think the pregnancy is an excellent reason to want to return to your home country, I don't know your medical situation in your current country, but wanting Canadian health care and no hassles for your child's citizenship are good reasons as any to return. Hopefully you mentioned something like that in the letter.

 

[MacnCheese]

I think the pregnancy is an excellent reason to want to return to your home country, I don't know your medical situation in your current country, but wanting Canadian health care and no hassles for your child's citizenship are good reasons as any to return. Hopefully you mentioned something like that in the letter.

Actually the medical care where I am for pregnancy and delivery is much better than Ontario! I'll be delivering overseas since I don't have OHIP (and won't qualify for it before delivery unless I move back in the next week or two) or any insurance coverage for delivery/late pregnancy in Canada, which I am mentioning in my letter. But I have stated the main reason for us moving back is to be near my family (and friends) who can help us with a baby when we move back and be our support network. I figure this should be a pretty convincing reason for moving back, but we shall see.