Well, on that one I disagree… it’s not hard to get joint bank accounts or joint utilities. Having a child is just one evidence.
We don’t have kids and I’m very confident of the package we put together. Bank statements, utilities, health/ vehicle insurance, title to our home, etc etc.
Agree. Mine is at LIN. Just got myself a comfy chair to sit and wait
I'm with Rocio on this. The thing is, they only want two years worth of evidence anyway. I grant that it's easier for folks who are in a good financial position to be able to include things like vehicles and property ownership, but even folks who are living rent-free with family can still comingle their finances through bank accounts and shared credit cards (or authorized users on one), can get individual wills written up, and can try to make sure both names (and the shared address) are on as many other incidental bills throughout the period as they can. Me and my spouse are childfree, we sent a pretty chunky packet and have no concerns because we knew we needed to collect this kind of thing even before we got married.
I realize it may not have been the intent by Morbius1 here, but I think it's dangerous to suggest that having a child is a kind of gold standard of irrefutable evidence. I worry it could give people the wrong impression and lead to some folks taking on even greater hardship by having a child before they feel ready to, all under some belief it will make any immigration problems go away.