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Letters from friends and family supporting common law relationship

Jamarns

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Feb 8, 2015
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Coquitlam, BC
Category........
Visa Office......
Mississauga
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
10-04-2015
AOR Received.
25-05-2015
Ok so in the application package it asks for statutory declarations of individuals or personal knowledge that your relationship is genuine and continuing.

I have read elsewhere in the forum that generally CIC require two of these. My question is do I have to go to a lawyer to get them done? Because some of the friends I was planning on asking to do this for me don't even have a lawyer, and we're also on a pretty tight budget as we've had to save up money for the "worst case scenario". If I can get it done by someone other than a lawyer, who is authorized to witness such documents?

We also plan on getting other friends and family members to write letter attesting to the validity of our ongoing relationship.