Letters from Friends

[PaulaG]

Hi everyone, thanks for clicking in

We're considering applying Outland, once we meet the 1yr cohabitation on paper (we lived together before that but he was added to the lease later) and our friends know about it.

I'd like to hear from both: successful applicants as well as those who may have been requested additional information in this regard.

The question is: how many letters from friends and relatives have you provided and about how long were they?

We've asked a few friends and close relatives so far and thinking of getting them to keep it to about 1pg, max 2 if spaced generously.

How did you do this part and were there any problems with it?

Thanks!

 

[krishnalynn]

These were my letters:

Spouse's mother & father: 2 pages, notarized
Spouse's aunt & uncle: 1 page, notarized
My mother & father: 3/4 page
A mutual friend: 3/4 page

I may have had one more but I can't think of who it was from...lol.
All of these people knew us very early on in our relationship and we've either gone on vacations with them, spent holidays together, or similar.
You will need at least two notarized.

 

[PaulaG]

Thanks krishnalynn

About that...has anyone sent any letters that were NOT notarized?

These were my letters:

Spouse's mother & father: 2 pages, notarized
Spouse's aunt & uncle: 1 page, notarized
My mother & father: 3/4 page
A mutual friend: 3/4 page

I may have had one more but I can't think of who it was from...lol.
All of these people knew us very early on in our relationship and we've either gone on vacations with them, spent holidays together, or similar.
You will need at least two notarized.

 

[Buletruck]

Sent, what amounted to a paragraph from my sister and a friend in Canada who knew the relationship existed for more than a year, and translated letters from her friend and parents in Indonesia. Translations were certified, but none of them were notarized. CIC made no mention of the fact we didn't bother to notarize them. I figured they would be most interested in the ones from people in Canada and they included phone numbers. If they wanted more detail, I suspected they would call them anyway!

 

[countrygal]

I included 1 letter from my mother, sister, brother, one of our close friends and also a letter from my husband's parents. I did not get any of them notarized but we did include a copy of their ID so the officer can see the signatures match on the letter to make it more valid

 

[Amra]

We sent 4 letters in total: 1 letter from my brother, one from my common-law partner's mom, one letter from a friend and one from my employer. All 4 letters were not notarized, but I had a copy of ID for each person who signed the letters to prove that the signature on the letter is identical to the one on the ID . Each person had the address and phone number written on the letter. All letters were about 3/4 of a page.