What is the definition of uncle for Federal Skilled Worker applicants?

[bird995]

Hi,

I am going to apply for Canadian Immigration as a Federal Skilled Worker. I have my uncle in Canada who is a citizen there. In fact, he is the husband of my maternal aunt. Should he be considered as a close relative? I mean to say should an uncle be paternal/ maternal uncle only?

Thanks in advance for your reply.

[wilson]

UNCLE:

1.a brother of one's father or mother.
2. an aunt's husband.

[pittabread]

uncle means some body who brings sweets and choclates for you and lots of baloons................

[fariza]

uncle means some body who brings sweets and choclates for you and lots of baloons................

LOL... not badly defined though!! but unfortunately these ability of bringing gift won't carry much value of being uncle of an applicant at the CHC!!!!

[Mezo2009]

Uncle has no definition is the guides nor the operation manuals, however it's taken as the word would literarily means. Uncle in Oxford Dictionary means:

noun
the brother of one‘s father or mother or the husband of one's aunt.

Therefore, yes, you can consider him as a relative.

I've seen several legal proceedings where the specific literal meaning of a word was used in court of law to decide on a case. There's one example we've seen in this forum where the Appeal Judge used Oxford Dictionary to define a word to justify his decision.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Mezo

[shibuya]

When u turn old u will be referred as UNCLE by ur neighbourhood kids.

[pittabread]

When u turn old u will be referred as UNCLE by ur neighbourhood kids.

looks like shibuya is already an uncle  , are you shibuya?

[pittabread]

husband of aunty is also called "Uncle"  ......   

[wilson]

Hi,

The humorous posts of pittabread and shibuya are interesting. Sense of humour is a blessing!!.

[pittabread]

Hi,

The humorous posts of pittabread and shibuya are interesting. Sense of humour is a blessing!!.

thank you dear wilson...

[bird995]

Thanks for all those humorous posts. 

Thanks Wilson. I completely agree with you. I got the same definition from the online dictionary which says:

An uncle is...
1. a brother of one's father or mother.
2. an aunt's husband - This is related my case....

The reason behind my confusion arose after having a conversation with one of my friends who entered in Canada few months ago as a Federal Skilled Worker. According to his point of view one can only show his/her maternal or paternal uncle in his/her Federal Skilled Worker appliation as a relative to gain 5 points.

This made me thoughtful about which definition of uncle is accepted by Canadian Immigration Authority!!!!!

Again thanks for your reply.