How to prove "intent to return to Canada" while one is already living in Canada?

[Jasonchang]

We submitted our application on July 2015, and sponsorship was approved Sept 2015, then we received two document requests from the embassy, one is "Sponsor's residency", the other is "Sponsor's intent to return to Canada".

The sponsor's been living and working in Canada since 2013, so how to prove one's "intent to return to Canada" while he is literally "in Canada"?

 

[Taxed]

Re: How to prove "intent to return to Canada" while one is already living in Canada

By submitting you income tax, your bills, your apartment lease/mortgage, school fees if you have kids.
Bank account summary and so on. This proves that the person is living in Canada permanently.

 

[floomy]

beside what Taxed mentioned

if he/she currently works in Canada, send a letter from a employer including how long he/she has been working, annual salary , job title etc.

 

[surleplateau]

For my Canadian partner, I just submitted a print-out of our Hydro-Quebec payments for the past 1-2 years (it was all on one sheet), and maybe his letter of employment that showed he had been working the same job for X years.

Our proof was essentially "the Canadian sponsor has been living in Canada for X years: here's the proof." We didn't submit any other tax forms or school stuff (no kids) or mortgage/lease (our annual lease had lapsed to month-to-month automatically).

I think it's just a standard checklist question that CIC asks for some kind of proof to show a significant tie between the sponsor and a Canadian residence.

Just show *something* connecting the sponsor to a stable Canadian residence or job or something.