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The IMM 5409E is an Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) form that is used for immigration purposes. The IMM 5409 allows common law partners to declare the validity of their common law union. The signers submit the completed IMM540 submitted to the IRCC as evidence of their relationship.

What is it? The Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union form (IMM 5409) is used by those who wish to claim their common-law partner in their immigration-related application. The form can be used as part of a variety of applications: Visa Extensions.

Instructions for Filling out the IMM 5409 Use your full legal names, exactly as shown on your passport. The IMM 5409 requires the number of the continuous years you cohabited as a couple, with the start and end dates. The start date is when you moved in together not when you started dating.

IMM 5409 – Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union for Parental Sponsorship. This is filled out by both the Sponsor and the co-signer (who has to a spouse or common-law partner) ONLY when the co-signer and sponsor are in a common-law relationship.

The Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union (IMM5409E) form is required by CIC for an applicant to complete if they intend to add their common-law partner into their immigration applications.

An affidavit of common law relationship is a document that confirms that two people are in a common law relationship. The affidavit must be sworn and signed by both partners before a notary public or commissioner for taking oaths.

To be considered common-law partners, they must have cohabited for at least one year. This is the standard definition used across the federal government. It means continuous cohabitation for one year, not intermittent cohabitation adding up to one year.