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Supporting Documents In Application

Boonya

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Apr 19, 2017
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Hello Everyone,

1.
We are just wrapping up here with the checklist for common law sponsorship, we have a good amount of things such as photos of our joint back account, photos of our telephone bill online, letters explaining why any required documents are missing, photos of birth certificate, ETC. I was wondering if we should have some sort of labeling convention for all of our documents or some sort of order. For example I'm missing our documents for rent and utilities, so I've provided a letter as well as screenshots of transfers to my parents, this is going to be several different sheets of paper that I'm not sure if they're going to realise are related, should I put some sort of label on them or perhaps an explanation on the back of them? Was also thinking of highlighting important information on these documents such as account numbers, addresses, things like that.

2.
I have to write a letter with the reason why I couldn't provide my rent and utility documents as well as have them notarized. Is there a specific format that I should follow for this letter? I just googled acknowledgement letter and am writing it following the format I found online.

3.
Was also wondering if there are any documents that I should provide that aren't in the checklist document. We've provided all that it has asked but wondering if there's anything else you would suggest I add.
 

81jim

Full Member
Jun 20, 2015
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Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
14-11-2016
AOR Received.
29-11-2016
Med's Request
UPFRONT
Med's Done....
28-06-2016
Interview........
NONE
Passport Req..
05-04-2017
VISA ISSUED...
13-04-2017
LANDED..........
25-04-2017
Personally, I added a brief cover letter (just one page), thanking them for considering our application and providing a list of contents (with page counts for each), in the same order that I put them into the envelope. For multi-page supporting documents, I wrote out a page number on the top right corner of each page, and put a small paperclip on to keep them together. Went through plenty of paper clips, believe me. Note - do NOT staple them. I don't think it'll make any difference whether you highlight things or not, I didn't, and they had no problem working out what was what.

Not sure whether you'd need to follow a particular format for that extra letter - I think it'd be more important that the reason is clearly stated (and acceptable to them) and that it's notarized.

Best of luck with your application. :)
 

Boonya

Member
Apr 19, 2017
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Thank you for your reply,

I feel a lot better about having a second opinion, you can never be 100% sure.

Edward