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ken0042 · 09-11-2011, 09:15 PM

Serious question- even with my play on recent threads.

I have quite a few friends who are ESL, and they sometimes ask for help when having to write official letters, etc. A common one that comes up is for GST credits, they have to provide their world income in the year they moved to Canada.

So here's my WTF moment with Revenue Canada; they have asked a friend to provide:

- Her spouse's name and SIN number. (Not really odd yet.)
- A written document, signed by both her and her partner, confirming the marriage and the date of the union.

Now every on of her returns in Canada has been filed with her status as "Widowed", and her late husband passed away in the 80's. So when somebody becomes a widow in Canada, do they also have to do something to disolve the marriage?

I'm just wondering if there is some crazy Revenue Canada loophole where they consider somebody to be legally married when their spouse dies. Partly this bugs me- had her husband only died a few years ago it may be a bit of a sore spot.

09-11-2011, 09:15 PM	#1
ken0042 Playboy Mansion Poolboy Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout Exp:	Do you consider somebody who is widowed to be "still married" Serious question- even with my play on recent threads. I have quite a few friends who are ESL, and they sometimes ask for help when having to write official letters, etc. A common one that comes up is for GST credits, they have to provide their world income in the year they moved to Canada. So here's my WTF moment with Revenue Canada; they have asked a friend to provide: - Her spouse's name and SIN number. (Not really odd yet.) - A written document, signed by both her and her partner, confirming the marriage and the date of the union. Now every on of her returns in Canada has been filed with her status as "Widowed", and her late husband passed away in the 80's. So when somebody becomes a widow in Canada, do they also have to do something to disolve the marriage? I'm just wondering if there is some crazy Revenue Canada loophole where they consider somebody to be legally married when their spouse dies. Partly this bugs me- had her husband only died a few years ago it may be a bit of a sore spot.