Sponsoring 15 year old

[JulianaAndrew]

Okay I can arrange that. What does LICO mean?

Low Income Cut-Off (LICO)
It's a minimum income for family sizes. For example, if your mom's only closest relative would be her niece, it would be two people. So your mom would need to make 30,625 dollars annually to be able to sponsor her. If your mom has a husband or common-law partner, then it would be three people and the number would go up to 37k a year. Keep in mind only spouses or common-law partners can co-sign the application.
Here you have a complete guide:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...adopted-children-other-relatives-sponsor.html

 

[Viola Elia]

Low Income Cut-Off (LICO)
It's a minimum income for family sizes. For example, if your mom's only closest relative would be her niece, it would be two people. So your mom would need to make 30,625 dollars annually to be able to sponsor her. If your mom has a husband or common-law partner, then it would be three people and the number would go up to 37k a year. Keep in mind only spouses or common-law partners can co-sign the application.
Here you have a complete guide:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...adopted-children-other-relatives-sponsor.html

My mother makes a little over $32K.
Should my mother fill out the application form alone?

Will it be an issue if she says I live with her? I would be okay with moving out so that it looks like she lives alone, and she wants her niece to move in with her.

 

[Buletruck]

Are you a dependent of your mother? Does she support you or are you over 18 and self sufficient?

 

[Viola Elia]

I am 24 years old and I support myself. There's only two of us in a two bedroom apartment. My plan is to move out once my cousin arrives.

 

[Buletruck]

She would have to meet LICO for a family size of 2.

 

[Viola Elia]

She would have to meet LICO for a family size of 2.

If 32k is enough for a family of 2 then I think she qualifies.

I just have to now figure out how I can start the adoption process. So my mother can be her guardian.

 

[Buletruck]

Follow the guide. Reading that thread I posted earlier, adopting an orphan isnt necessarily a require adoption. If there is proof of the parents death(s) and of no other living relatives, it may be as simple as submitting the application. Check with a good immigration lawyer

 

[Viola Elia]

I have the death certificate and her passport is in my mother's name.

Do you know any good immigration lawyers? I don't personally know anyone, I could just do a google search.

 

[canuck78]

You will need a death certificate for both parents. Her passport should be in her own name. Not sure why it is in your mother's name. Not sure if you need to meet LICO or LOCO +30% like PGP but your mother would only qualify if it was only LICO. Best of luck!

www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-5772-application-sponsor-parents-grandparents.html#table1

 

[Viola Elia]

You will need a death certificate for both parents. Her passport should be in her own name. Not sure why it is in your mother's name. Not sure if you need to meet LICO or LOCO +30% like PGP but your mother would only qualify if it was only LICO. Best of luck!

www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-5772-application-sponsor-parents-grandparents.html#table1

My mother's name as in Surname. They share the same last name is what I am trying to say. There's proof that her parents are deceased.

I can co sign if my mother's income becomes an issue. Our household income is enough to financially take care of her. Thanks for the link. I need all the luck that I can get. This is going to be difficult.

 

[scylla]

My mother's name as in Surname. They share the same last name is what I am trying to say. There's proof that her parents are deceased.

I can co sign if my mother's income becomes an issue. Our household income is enough to financially take care of her. Thanks for the link. I need all the luck that I can get. This is going to be difficult.

You cannot cosign the application. The only person who could cosign the application would be your mother's spouse or common law partner.

 

[Viola Elia]

You cannot cosign the application. The only person who could cosign the application would be your mother's spouse or common law partner.

Okay understood. Thank you

 

[Viola Elia]

Since the application will take 31 months. Would a Tourist Visa or a Student Visa work in the meantime? I just need to find a faster way to get her to Canada even if it's for a short period of time.

 

[scylla]

Since the application will take 31 months. Would a Tourist Visa or a Student Visa work in the meantime? I just need to find a faster way to get her to Canada even if it's for a short period of time.

To come here on a student visa and attend public school, she will most likely need to pay tuition of around $15K per year. Are you able to cover these costs? You'll need to be able to demonstrate you have these funds available (plus additional money to cover her living expenses) just to have the study permit approved.

A TRV (tourist visa) would allow her to come here temporarily (e.g. for a few weeks or months) but not live here and sooner or later she would need to return home.

In both cases she needs to demonstrate ties to her home country and show she has no plans on remaining in Canada long term. That may be hard to prove and could impact her chances of obtaining either.

 

[Viola Elia]

Oh geez I didn't think it would cost 15k to go to a high school. That's not an option for me right now.

Tourist Visa will at least give her an insight on what it would be like to live in Canada, while my mother goes through the adoption process.