Statutory Declaration of Common Law Union- necessary?

[ginko]

Hi there. I will be applying for PR via common-law sponsorship and am confused about the Statutory Declaration of Common Law Union.

I don't see it explicitly listed under the Document Checklist - Common-law Partner (including dependent children) [IMM 5589]. But does the Declaration fall under the Supporting Documents section: 2. Civil Status Documents?

In this section, it asks for "any formal documentation supporting your common-law relationship (e.g a cohabitation agreement, documentation showing you have registered your common-law relationship, formally entered into a Domestic Partnership, or similar legal arrangement).

Is the part I've underlined referring to the Statutory Declaration of Common Law Union?

Sorry if this is an obvious question, I just want to get everything right with my application.
Thank you

 

[Homotope]

Hi there. I will be applying for PR via common-law sponsorship and am confused about the Statutory Declaration of Common Law Union.

I don't see it explicitly listed under the Document Checklist - Common-law Partner (including dependent children) [IMM 5589]. But does the Declaration fall under the Supporting Documents section: 2. Civil Status Documents?

In this section, it asks for "any formal documentation supporting your common-law relationship (e.g a cohabitation agreement, documentation showing you have registered your common-law relationship, formally entered into a Domestic Partnership, or similar legal arrangement).

Is the part I've underlined referring to the Statutory Declaration of Common Law Union?

Sorry if this is an obvious question, I just want to get everything right with my application.
Thank you

I'm not an expert on this but I'll share my experience.

We applied in April 2017 and did not include IMM 5409 because we read in a few places it was not necessary. However, once our file was transferred to HKVO in July and our eligibility check was started, the first note the officer made was that IMM 5409 is missing. We saw this note in our GCMS notes in November and contacted the VO and they said we should send it in if we have it. So we sent it in and can see on the new GCMS notes it has been placed in our file. So it is still not clear to me whether or not they really do want it, because they never requested it, but it is strange they made the note that it was missing.

 

[spousalsponsee]

Hi there. I will be applying for PR via common-law sponsorship and am confused about the Statutory Declaration of Common Law Union.

I don't see it explicitly listed under the Document Checklist - Common-law Partner (including dependent children) [IMM 5589]. But does the Declaration fall under the Supporting Documents section: 2. Civil Status Documents?

In this section, it asks for "any formal documentation supporting your common-law relationship (e.g a cohabitation agreement, documentation showing you have registered your common-law relationship, formally entered into a Domestic Partnership, or similar legal arrangement).

Is the part I've underlined referring to the Statutory Declaration of Common Law Union?

Sorry if this is an obvious question, I just want to get everything right with my application.
Thank you

It's not formally required. It's often requested - I'd say to include it unless you'd have difficulty doing so (eg living two hours away from the nearest notary).

 

[ginko]

Thank you for your replies! I'll make sure to include it then.

 

[DavideZaradh]

Hi,
My common-low partner and I are gathering all the documents that can prove that we live together from more than one year and we have many documents, joint bank account, bills to same address, ecc. Will be in this case the Imm5409e be necessary / mandatory?

 

[CitizenSoon]

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/statutory-declaration-of-common-law.614111/

 

[ginko]

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/statutory-declaration-of-common-law.614111/

Hi CitizenSoon,

I've submitted my common law application since making this post and I did include the Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union (IMM5409e). Like a user in your thread said, it isn't specifically required in the Document Checklist, but in other's experience they are asked for it anyway so I just included it. No issues with the application process so far

 

[CitizenSoon]

Hi CitizenSoon,

I've submitted my common law application since making this post and I did include the Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union (IMM5409e). Like a user in your thread said, it isn't specifically required in the Document Checklist, but in other's experience they are asked for it anyway so I just included it. No issues with the application process so far

Thank you so much. I wish you the best of luck.

 

[ginko]

Thank you so much. I wish you the best of luck.

No problem! Best of luck to you too