Help: Sponsoring mother and sister as dependent

[ladyinwaiting]

Hello all,

I searched through and it seems I haven't found a case similar to mine.

In Feb 2008 my brother applied for sponsorship for my mom and I as a dependent child of hers (at the time I was 18, and I was eligible, I remember only children older than 21 - or 22 - weren't). Well, as you can see long years have passed I'm constantly waiting for a response but nothing. As I found out, they are processing applications from Sep 2007 at the moment, so I think next year we'll finally have some news.

Thing is, since they changed the maximum age of dependents to 18 recently, I'm really concerned that I will be refused now that I'm 22. I heard some stories that this is non-sense because when he applied I was eligible, but I'm really scared anyway ;( Would be good to hear some successful stories to ease my heart. Anything you guys can share?

Also, after he is approved as a sponsor (I think this is the next step, right?), is it ok for him to stay - let's say - 6 months with us in our home country while we wait for the final steps to go back with him? Or would it affect our process if he came?

Thanks a lot for the help!

[pinklady]

Your age of 18 was 'locked in' at the time the application was filed back in 2008, so you don't need to worry about that.
If your brother is a Canadian Citizen he can visit you for 6 months or more. However, if he is a PR, he can only visit for vacation, 2-3 weeks, certainly no more than a month.

[ladyinwaiting]

Really? Oh my god, thank you so much for your response! I've been very scared about that, thank you, thank you, thank you!

He's a PR, so he can't come and stay for more than a month then... Can I go as a Temporary Resident to be with him? Thing is he's been really depressed lately 'cause he's all alone there and I'm really worried about him. I think it would be good if I go to stay with him if he can't come.

But there's a little detail... We (mom and I) went to Canada in 2004 and applied as refugees, we were denied and when they told us to come back in 2008 we did right away without questioning, because we had this backup plan (if we couldn't stay, my brother who's married to a Canadian since 2007, would sponsor us back). Would I still be able to get a temporary visa to stay with him or not?

If you guys believe so, I'll try that asap.

Once again, thanks for the response and attention

[pinklady]

You can try and apply for a TRV but I am not sure how successful you'll be since your main objective is to live permanently in Canada. The TRV would likely be rejected on those grounds. But perhaps if you can show sufficient ties to your home country there is a chance.

Otherwise all you can do is have your brother visit you. And he has his wife so he is not all alone

[ladyinwaiting]

Well, I would stay as long as they allow me to stay, I wouldn't want anything to interfere with my sponsorship, right? Maybe if I tell them what's up and explain my situation, some nice immigration officer might help me

He's with his wife, but it's all different, our family was always very close, it's been kinda hard for him ;/ But anyway, I'll give it a shot anyway.

Once again, thanks for your kindness and taking your time to respond.

[scylla]

If your brother is a Canadian Citizen he can visit you for 6 months or more. However, if he is a PR, he can only visit for vacation, 2-3 weeks, certainly no more than a month.

These rules only apply if sponsoring a spouse.

When sponsoring a parent and dependent child, the sponsor must be livining in Canada (regardless of whether the sponsor is a PR or citizen). So I would be careful with the long trips. If CIC feels your brother is no longer living in Canada, the application can be denied.

[ladyinwaiting]

Oh, I see.

Yeah, we thought it would be dangerous for him to stay here. He came to visit two years ago and stayed for 15 days, he's coming again in November, again for 15 days. He's got a stable job and an entire life there, I don't think that will be a problem.

Either way, I'm gonna give a shot and try to stay temporarily with him there, as long as they allow me to stay. I'll go to the consulate in my city next week and I'll let you guys know how it goes, maybe someone is in the same situation as me

[pinklady]

These rules only apply if sponsoring a spouse.

Ahhh right ok, thanks for the correction!

[rouvie]

hi ladyinwaiting,

just make sure you will remain as dependant of your mom till you get PR. Like totally,,you got to be in fulltime school and not working..it doesn't make any sense if saying you are working and can still be call a "dependent child" of the principal applicant..good luck 

[ladyinwaiting]

Hi rouvie,

Yeah, I heard about that. I have worked since then, but someone told us that as soon as they start working on our case it would be best for me to stop working and start some courses, so that's what I'll do

[rouvie]

hello ladyinwaiting,

when it comes to background check, let's hope that they won't look at it we don't really know how they conduct a background check...in other forum there's a member that same situation like you. his son graduated from college then got a job for a bit. then, when cic started the processing they just enrolled the son for another college course..and it seems that cic kinda dought about it..sure enough, cic did background check about his son. i'm not saying this stuff to scare you, its just an info that i wanna share. right now i'm doing this kinda research beacuse i am planning to sponsor my parents and my sister too..but i don't think sponsoring my sister as dependent child of my parents is not an option for me, knowing she worked already..she will be benefit tho for having me as her sister living in canada when she apply as skilled worker or semi-skilled in the future...

[ladyinwaiting]

Hm, I see. It's good to know that maybe I should be more careful about this. But wouldn't they consider me dependent even if I have lived all these years with my mother? I mean, I actually AM dependent on her anyway, there's no way I could live alone here, even if I worked (which I'm not at the moment), at least not for the time being. I'm not graduated from any college, so technically I don't have a profession yet. My plans were always to start all that when I got back to Canada, so all these years I have worked in informal jobs and for very limited time, like one or two months.
Maybe that could be the case with your sister, too?

[rouvie]

Yes, my sister lived with my parents up to now. but still she can't be a dependent child, because she worked already for short period of time as well. on that point the word denpendent child for her is gone no matter she is living with my parents.On cic website you can see that dependent chid has to be enrolled in fulltime school..I can do what your brother did like he  sponsor you guys, coz i wanna help my sister too. but i don't wanna take a risk, if in the future they find out that my sister had a job before then, i just give them a chance to remove me in canada as well. That's a serious matter me. In your case it's already there, like i said let's just hope everything will be fine. they might approve you still and your case could be my example.