Sponsorship revoked

[engravedinhishand]

Situation is I'm Canadian. Married a foreigner. My parents sponsored him for his visa and he was granted a ten year visitor visa to Canada. We are now getting divorced. Can my parents revoke their sponsorship and have the visa ended?

Thank you.

 

[Naturgrl]

Situation is I'm Canadian. Married a foreigner. My parents sponsored him for his visa and he was granted a ten year visitor visa to Canada. We are now getting divorced. Can my parents revoke their sponsorship and have the visa ended?

Thank you.

There is no such thing as sponsoring a TRV. They invited him to come to Canada and didn’t sponsor him. It cannot be revoked. Sponsorship is sponsoring a spouse for PR which I assume you didn’t do.

 

[engravedinhishand]

There is no such thing as sponsoring a TRV. They invited him to come to Canada and didn’t sponsor him. It cannot be revoked. Sponsorship is sponsoring a spouse for PR which I assume you didn’t do.

They said they had to be completely responsible for him while he's here. Financially. Everything. There is no relationship anymore and they no longer want to do this but his visa is still good for another many years. So now what?

 

[Kaibigan]

They said they had to be completely responsible for him while he's here. Financially. Everything. There is no relationship anymore and they no longer want to do this but his visa is still good for another many years. So now what?

As @Naturgrl said, there is no such thing as sponsoring a TRV. If your parents told you they are in any way financially responsible for him while in Canada, they are talking complete nonsense. They would have no reason to believe that. Canada cannot force your parents to bear any responsibility for him. I am very sure they know that. They are not telling you the truth.

 

[engravedinhishand]

My parents aren't telling me anything. I did all the paperwork for his visa and he needed a sponsor. Someone who would agree to pay for everything for him so that he would never need help from the country. I know because I filled it all out. He was not financially independent so he needed a sponsor.

 

[scylla]

Situation is I'm Canadian. Married a foreigner. My parents sponsored him for his visa and he was granted a ten year visitor visa to Canada. We are now getting divorced. Can my parents revoke their sponsorship and have the visa ended?

Thank you.

No

 

[scylla]

My parents aren't telling me anything. I did all the paperwork for his visa and he needed a sponsor. Someone who would agree to pay for everything for him so that he would never need help from the country. I know because I filled it all out. He was not financially independent so he needed a sponsor.

Your parents are not financially responsible for him.

Your parents cannot cancel his TRV.

 

[engravedinhishand]

Your parents are not financially responsible for him.

Your parents cannot cancel his TRV.

Then why did we have to sign letters saying that they were? When you come to Canada you have to show that you have so much money to take care of yourself and if you can't like he couldn't someone has to show for you. So now if he comes here and runs amuck it's going to fall on them.

 

[Kaibigan]

My parents aren't telling me anything. I did all the paperwork for his visa and he needed a sponsor. Someone who would agree to pay for everything for him so that he would never need help from the country. I know because I filled it all out. He was not financially independent so he needed a sponsor.

Who are the "they" to whom you refer? Seems like your parents are telling you this.

Anyway, you have been given correct advice here. Despite your mistaken view, neither you nor your parents "sponsored" your husband's TRV. Just not possible. If it were, I would have succeeded in getting my wife a TRV. I could afford any costs she might incur in Canada for decades. But the IRCC was not interested in my resources or my willingness to pledge them; not at all.

Yes, you and/or your parents may have written a letter of invitation. Therein, you may have done, as did I with my wife, stated an intention to bear all the applicant's expenses. But that counts for nothing and the IRCC would not and cannot enforce that kind of non-contractual promise.

 

[engravedinhishand]

So if he comes here now on his own me nor my family bare any responsibility for him?

 

[Kaibigan]

So if he comes here now on his own me nor my family bare any responsibility for him?

Correct.

And let me add, that has been the advice given you by two of the most knowledgeable members here - @scylla and @Naturgrl. Their information is wholly reliable. I am not nearly as well-schooled in immigration matters as are they. I have personal experience with TRV applications and I know that sponsorship is not possible and you cannot be held to have any financial responsibility for one you invite.

 

[engravedinhishand]

Would he be deported if he doesn't have the money to sustain himself here?

 

[Kaibigan]

Would he be deported if he doesn't have the money to sustain himself here?

If he enters Canada on a valid TRV, I do not think he will have to prove funds upon entry and I would not expect deportation to occur if he runs out of funds while here. But, as a tourist whose money has run out, I would think "self-deportation" might look attractive. Canadian federal and provincial governments are not likely give a broke tourist financial help. At least, as a taxpayer, I hope not.

 

[scylla]

Then why did we have to sign letters saying that they were? When you come to Canada you have to show that you have so much money to take care of yourself and if you can't like he couldn't someone has to show for you. So now if he comes here and runs amuck it's going to fall on them.

It will not fall on them. Again, you and your parents are not financially responsible for him when he comes to Canada on a TRV.

You also cannot revoke the TRV.

 

[foodie69]

My parents aren't telling me anything. I did all the paperwork for his visa and he needed a sponsor. Someone who would agree to pay for everything for him so that he would never need help from the country. I know because I filled it all out. He was not financially independent so he needed a sponsor.

How old are you? Might be time to cut the baby strings and live your own life. That's what grown up people do..