Spousal sponsorship financial support question

[gorcho1978]

Hello.. hoping I can get some help here. I emailed an attorney but they couldn't help me because of liability.

Here is our situation: My spouse and I both live in the USA. She is American and I am a Canadian Citizen with green card status in the US. We've been married for 12 years I am 42, she is 39. I would like to sponsor her so that we can both move to Canada. We have two children (5 and 8) together who were both born here in the US. I believe both are automatically Canadian citizens because they were born to me, a citizen. I will be applying for their Canadian citizenship certificates soon.

My question: We both plan to move to Canada, with our children when/if the sponsorship application is approved. How do I prove that I meet the financial requirements as a sponsor in Canada if I don't work or have an income in Canada? We both work in the US and earn a US income. Do I submit our income information from the US in that form IMM1283? We obviously both plan to get jobs and work as soon as we get there, if not before.

Thank you!

 

[Canada2020eh]

Hello.. hoping I can get some help here. I emailed an attorney but they couldn't help me because of liability.

Here is our situation: My spouse and I both live in the USA. She is American and I am a Canadian Citizen with green card status in the US. We've been married for 12 years I am 42, she is 39. I would like to sponsor her so that we can both move to Canada. We have two children (5 and 8) together who were both born here in the US. I believe both are automatically Canadian citizens because they were born to me, a citizen. I will be applying for their Canadian citizenship certificates soon.

My question: We both plan to move to Canada, with our children when/if the sponsorship application is approved. How do I prove that I meet the financial requirements as a sponsor in Canada if I don't work or have an income in Canada? We both work in the US and earn a US income. Do I submit our income information from the US in that form IMM1283? We obviously both plan to get jobs and work as soon as we get there, if not before.

Thank you!

You will have to show that you can financially support yourselves for the first while with savings and other assets you have. They don't require that you have a job to come to but you should have proof of searching jobs in your field of work. Emails with potential employers if possible, maybe just inquiring if you meet their qualifications etc. IRCC really just wants to know you have a plan to find work.

 

[gorcho1978]

Ok thank you that's helpful! Do you know where I would indicate all that? The form IMM1238 is listed as what I need to do but that asks about my Canadian income and tax assessments from Canada etc? I don't have any of that. We are also selling our house here that will make a pretty good profit in USD so I plan to have that.

 

[Canada2020eh]

Ok thank you that's helpful! Do you know where I would indicate all that? The form IMM1238 is listed as what I need to do but that asks about my Canadian income and tax assessments from Canada etc? I don't have any of that. We are also selling our house here that will make a pretty good profit in USD so I plan to have that.

You should write a letter to add to the app referencing that part of the form. Obviously you don't have T4's nor Cdn tax assessments to supply, include the USA equivalent plus copies of assets and bank account balances.