Hi everyone!
Me and my partner are getting close to being ready to submit our application for my permanent residence, and we have hit a bit of a wall. Due to us not being married, as I understand it we need two notarised statements of declaration or affidavits from people we know for our application. We have lots of letters from friends and family for our supporting evidence, but with these we are struggling to understand how to format them and which option of the two is best suited for what we need, as I get the impression that they have to be formatted very specifically.
Basically, due to us not having our names on the lease of the place we have lived in for the last 18 months or so, our lead tenant is going to do one of these for us, and outline the nature of her rental agreement with the landlord to justify why we don't have a lease. We are also asking a friend of ours to write the other.
My question is, out of a statement of declaration and an affidavit, which of the two is best suited for our needs? And is there a specific format that we need to follow, like a provincial standard affidavit for example, or can we write it whatever way we wish? I just want to get this right when we get to the notary, as of course we need to bring my housemate and my friend with us to get them notarised and I don't want to waste their time...
We are in BC and are planning to go to the notary as quickly as possible to get these and our declaration of common law partnership notarised. Any help would be amazing, everyone on here has already been a MASSIVE help to us so I appreciate you all immensely! Thanks everyone and I hope the new year is treating everyone well
Me and my partner are getting close to being ready to submit our application for my permanent residence, and we have hit a bit of a wall. Due to us not being married, as I understand it we need two notarised statements of declaration or affidavits from people we know for our application. We have lots of letters from friends and family for our supporting evidence, but with these we are struggling to understand how to format them and which option of the two is best suited for what we need, as I get the impression that they have to be formatted very specifically.
Basically, due to us not having our names on the lease of the place we have lived in for the last 18 months or so, our lead tenant is going to do one of these for us, and outline the nature of her rental agreement with the landlord to justify why we don't have a lease. We are also asking a friend of ours to write the other.
My question is, out of a statement of declaration and an affidavit, which of the two is best suited for our needs? And is there a specific format that we need to follow, like a provincial standard affidavit for example, or can we write it whatever way we wish? I just want to get this right when we get to the notary, as of course we need to bring my housemate and my friend with us to get them notarised and I don't want to waste their time...
We are in BC and are planning to go to the notary as quickly as possible to get these and our declaration of common law partnership notarised. Any help would be amazing, everyone on here has already been a MASSIVE help to us so I appreciate you all immensely! Thanks everyone and I hope the new year is treating everyone well