Sponsoring parent with kidney problem.

[masaladosa]

Friends,

My wife and I are permanent residents of Canada. I want to sponsor my parents' residency so that they can come and stay with us in the future. They are citizens of India. My father is nearing 60 and is about to undergo a kidney transplant in another few months. Here are my humble queries -

1. What are the chances that my parents sponsorship request gets accepted?
2. My father is a well sought skilled professional in the oil and gas field. Should he be applying as a skilled worker then to improve his chances?
3. Should we pull together finances and get my parents to Canada in the investors category?
4. Can I apply for my mother separately for now and worry about my father later?

Thanks in advance for any answers!

[PMM]

Hi

Friends,

My wife and I are permanent residents of Canada. I want to sponsor my parents' residency so that they can come and stay with us in the future. They are citizens of India. My father is nearing 60 and is about to undergo a kidney transplant in another few months. Here are my humble queries -

1. What are the chances that my parents sponsorship request gets accepted?
2. My father is a well sought skilled professional in the oil and gas field. Should he be applying as a skilled worker then to improve his chances?
3. Should we pull together finances and get my parents to Canada in the investors category?
4. Can I apply for my mother separately for now and worry about my father later?

Thanks in advance for any answers!

1.  Not good, with a kidney transplant he will probably have to anti viral drugs for the rest of his life, and they are not cheap.  So it is possible that he would be unable to pass the medical and be refused on "excessive demad"  But I am not an Immigration Medical Officer, so it is just an educated guess.
2.  If he can't pass the medical, then he would be refused in other categories as well.  But if he was refused after your sponsorship, then you would still have appeal rights.
3.  Nope, your parents are a package.

PMM

[masaladosa]

Thanks PMM. I have been contemplating over this for a while. Another option I was wondering would be getting my parents on my father's skills on a work visa. He could technically stay in Canada as a worker on visa for the rest of his life. Will that be a viable route? Two facts -
1. I have the resources to support them without the health care benefits.
2. My father is a veteran in the Oil & Gas exploration industry and is a highly sought consultant in that space.

Any thoughts?

Thanks again.

[Leon]

Applying as a skilled worker would be a lot faster for them.  For sponsoring parents, you are probably looking at 3-4 years.  The medical would be the same either way.  If he's already had the kidney transplant by the time he has his medical, he would probably be less "excessive demand" on Canadian healthcare than if had the medical while he still needs one unless they didn't know that he needs one.  They check general things like your blood pressure etc. as well as they do a lung x-ray to rule out TB and a blood and pee test to rule out some other things.