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Nov 22, 2007

My buddies went through this, their best advice was to shell out a small consulting fee for an immigration lawyer. Made their application smoother than that of the several other couples I know who have tried/are trying. I think they paid a total of 300/400 or so, and they estimate it took about 6 months off their application process and outright saved them from a couple big errors. The person they got laid out the process from start to finish and made sure they were on the most efficient track.

This is a couple who lived common law through most of university though, so experience may not apply.

I remember they had to fill out an 80 odd application that included pictures from every stage of their relationship, submitted shared bank account and rental statements going back a couple years, things like that are incredibly important. Any big life contracts of any kind, make sure you have both your signatures on them and keep several backup copies.

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