Statutory declarations/ affidavits for common law partnership.

[mitten]

Hello,
We are applying through common law sponsorship and need at least 2 statutory declarations/ affidavits supporting that our relationship is genuine and on going, we are going to get at least 5. They are going to be from each of our families (also saying they will support us financially) and a couple of mutual friends.

1) What should a 'Statutory declarations/ affidavits' look like/ say/ example for common law sponsorship?

2) Who can witness these? Is it anyone who is a professional, so pharmacist, lawyer, police officer etc?

Thanks

 

[amikety]

2) You need a public notary to stamp them with their notary seal.

It would be wise to get 1-2 from someone outside your family, someone you have a professional relationship with (i.e., doctor).

 

[LeisaP]

We applied common-law and we had our friends and family write letters talking about how they met us, the time weve spent with them and what they thought of our relationship, and had them sign the bottom and write there name, address, phone number if CIC wished to contact them.

we had 8 letters i believe but we never got these notarized.
We just sent them as is.

For the letters we got one from my mom, dad, cousin(who works for the bc government and used to work in immigration), brother, my husbands mom, 2 of our mutual friends and one from our boss because we worked for the same person.



I guess there was no problems with the letters because our interview was waived.

 

[wowsers]

Dear Mitten, You do not say what country you are in; so your question about the form of a statutory declaration is rather wide! This reply applies only to England and Wales. Here there is an established form of words which derive from the Statutory Declarations Act 1835, though I have not checked whether the Act requires that form of words and no other. The traditional form of words starts ' I [name of declarant} of [his/her address] [occupation] do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows:'. Then you set out the statement in numbered paragraphs and at the end the declaration states as follows:'And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the Statutory Declarations Act 1835 [signed by the declarant] Then at the very bottom 'Declared at [address, usually of solicitor] this [date] before me [name of solicitor] A Commissioner for Oaths' followed by the signature and usually the stamp of the solicitor. Most solicitors firms have at least one commissioner for oaths in the firm. You take the typescript to him/her. Most commissioners charge a small fee for the service. Expect to pay about £5. Dont bother with notaries public. You do not need one. They are few and far between. In my county for example there is only one and he has retired from practice. Moreover the formalities are much more complicated and the fees are much higher. Statutory declarations are straightforward and not something to worry about; but you need at least 2 to satisfy CIC's requirements. More will not hurt (apart from the fees)