help please

I agree with scylla that the letter is clear enough.

What confuses some people, it seems to me, is the distinction between evidence showing the nature and character of the relationship, the genuineness factors, versus the evidence one needs to show that the qualifying relationship existed on the date of applying.

Those applying based on common-law must show the qualified relationship (common-law) existed by showing that they established a mutual household together and cohabitated as a conjugal couple in a shared household for at minimum a full year preceding the date of applying.

Clearly, you need to submit proof of living together between June 27, 2010 and June 27, 2011. (If June 27, 2011 was the date you applied.)

Anything showing your address and anything showing your partner's address, and showing that those were the same, will help. Not enough, but will help.

Then you need some more objective, substantive proof, like bills in both your names. At the least, some bills for same address, some for you, some for your partner.

Obtaining affidavits from other people who know the two of you and who can say how they know you, and that they know you have been living together and how they know that, could really help. Remember: the point is to prove living together as a couple for a full year prior to applying, probably that June 27, 2010 to June 27, 2011 time frame.


Getting Married
The problem is that you must prove you were in a qualified relationship on the date that you applied. If you applied June 27, 2011, what relationship you were in on that date is what ultimately matters.

For purposes of proving the genuineness of the relationship, getting married now will help. That tends to further show the level of commitment and that it is a genuine commitment.

But you still must prove that you were in a qualified relationship on the day you applied. You must prove the existence of the qualified relationship on the day you applied. Getting married after June 27, 2011 will not change whether or not you were in a qualified relationship previously.

Again, this is about keeping in mind the distinction between proving the genuineness of the relationship versus proving the existence of a qualified relationship. Both must be proven.

thnaks for the answers, my landlord and friends can testified about it and he can write a letter for me, will it have to be notarized, am planning of seeking immigration lawyer to help me out,as u said earlier that i can change common law to married,is my application been delayed now,if i can provide what they want before that date will it fasten my application or not,hope to hear from you

The fact that CIC has requested more information has already delayed your file. Provide CIC with the information they have requested by the deadline provided if you want to avoid further delays.

Hey thanks for your advise, am planning to get married, am a foriegn student while my spouse is a canadian citizen,what are the procedure to get married in canada,but am thinking of using justice of peace or do it in court, but how many friend should I invite, but my spouse do not have any friends, i have a limited time, about the date to be proofing, my landlord can write letter to me and notarized it, because cic sent a letter to me to provide evidence on that date,Would a lawyer be of help in this issues,what happen if i got married?hope to hear from you