Statutary Declaration of Common-Law Union - Clarification

[spinning_sponsor]

Hello All,

I am aware that form IMM5409E is not required if your common-law partner is not co-signer, however I have heard that having it would also help the legitimacy of our "Proof of Relationship", so we have decided to complete and submit the form anyways.

I have one question regarding section 1D though. The section reads: "Have declared our Common-Law union under the Canadian Income Tax Act. (T-1 "General Individual Income Tax Return")

This past tax year, 2014, we were not yet common-law, so I filed my taxes are marital status SINGLE. However Once we were common-law at end of April I changed my status online on the CRA website to "Common-Law" and entered my common-law partner's information.

Would this fulfill the requirements for this section 1D to answer YES? Or is this specifically asking if my last tax return (2014) was filed with a common-law status, which means I would have to answer NO?

Thanks for any answers you may provide!

 

[Mapleson]

First of all, you are wasting your time by including this form.

Second of all, the purpose of this form is to show a financial connection between the co-sponsor and common law partner.

As the question is worded, you have not filed a T-1 tax return with common-law status.

 

[spinning_sponsor]

So you would not recommend submitting the form, even if it's only used to provide more "Proof of Relationship"?

On a related note I finally managed to contact CIC (after getting a message for an hour saying their queue is too full) and they said that I would be answering "No" to section 1D.