Outland Sponsorship for my sister

[YungChi]

I am a Canadian Citizen, but declared to be non-resident living in Macau. I came back because my parents needed me to take care of them. Now, both my parents have passed away. I am single with only one sister also being single living with me in Macau. I have no other relatives living in Canada.

Questions:

• Can I apply my sister as the Outland Sponsorship into Canada?
• Do I need to declare back to resident from non-resident before the application? If yes, is there a minimum period to be resident in order to be eligible for the application?
• I own a property with my sister as joint tenants. Do I need to change the property ownership to be myself only in order to be more eligible to be the sponsor, or this is not relevant factor?
• Do I need to have certain amount of income requirement and any financial assessment to be an eligible sponsor as I am going to retire soon?
• My sister has a University Degree from Australia and she is still working in the financial industry. Does she need any income requirement and work experience in order to be qualified?
• Is my sister eligible for the application when she retires?
• Does my sister need to go through any financial assessment for the application?
• Is the application likely to be successful if I do not use a consultant in our case?
• Can I/we only move back to Canada when the application is successful?
• How long does it usually take for such application?

Thank you so much in advance for all your valuable advices!

 

[armoured]

Can I apply my sister as the Outland Sponsorship into Canada?

I'd start here:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...ship/other-relatives/who-you-can-sponsor.html

You have a lot of questions in there, but suggest you go through this first to see the requirements.

The parts I think I know (but please check):
-to sponsor other relative, you have to be in Canada.
-there are income requirements.

 

[canuck78]

I am a Canadian Citizen, but declared to be non-resident living in Macau. I came back because my parents needed me to take care of them. Now, both my parents have passed away. I am single with only one sister also being single living with me in Macau. I have no other relatives living in Canada.

Questions:

• Can I apply my sister as the Outland Sponsorship into Canada?
• Do I need to declare back to resident from non-resident before the application? If yes, is there a minimum period to be resident in order to be eligible for the application?
• I own a property with my sister as joint tenants. Do I need to change the property ownership to be myself only in order to be more eligible to be the sponsor, or this is not relevant factor?
• Do I need to have certain amount of income requirement and any financial assessment to be an eligible sponsor as I am going to retire soon?
• My sister has a University Degree from Australia and she is still working in the financial industry. Does she need any income requirement and work experience in order to be qualified?
• Is my sister eligible for the application when she retires?
• Does my sister need to go through any financial assessment for the application?
• Is the application likely to be successful if I do not use a consultant in our case?
• Can I/we only move back to Canada when the application is successful?
• How long does it usually take for such application?

Thank you so much in advance for all your valuable advices!

If you haven't lived in Canada for quite some time you will need to provide a lot of proof that you both plan on relocating and remaining in Canada. You will be financially responsible to your sister for 20 years so you need to prove that you can support her.

 

[armoured]

I read the 'who can sponsor' as saying that to sponsor other relatives, one must already be resident in Canada.

You must live in Canada to sponsor eligible relatives unless you:

• are a Canadian citizen who lives abroad and
• plan to return to Canada when your relatives immigrate and
• are sponsoring your:
• spouse or
• common-law or conjugal partner or
• dependent children who have no dependent children

 

[YungChi]

I'd start here:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...ship/other-relatives/who-you-can-sponsor.html

You have a lot of questions in there, but suggest you go through this first to see the requirements.

The parts I think I know (but please check):
-to sponsor other relative, you have to be in Canada.
-there are income requirements.

Thanks for your feedback! I have gone through the link you listed above some times again, but nothing cover my questions!

 

[YungChi]

I read the 'who can sponsor' as saying that to sponsor other relatives, one must already be resident in Canada.

THANKS!

 

[YungChi]

If you haven't lived in Canada for quite some time you will need to provide a lot of proof that you both plan on relocating and remaining in Canada. You will be financially responsible to your sister for 20 years so you need to prove that you can support her.

MANY THANKS!

 

[scylla]

I am a Canadian Citizen, but declared to be non-resident living in Macau. I came back because my parents needed me to take care of them. Now, both my parents have passed away. I am single with only one sister also being single living with me in Macau. I have no other relatives living in Canada.

Questions:

• Can I apply my sister as the Outland Sponsorship into Canada?
• Do I need to declare back to resident from non-resident before the application? If yes, is there a minimum period to be resident in order to be eligible for the application?
• I own a property with my sister as joint tenants. Do I need to change the property ownership to be myself only in order to be more eligible to be the sponsor, or this is not relevant factor?
• Do I need to have certain amount of income requirement and any financial assessment to be an eligible sponsor as I am going to retire soon?
• My sister has a University Degree from Australia and she is still working in the financial industry. Does she need any income requirement and work experience in order to be qualified?
• Is my sister eligible for the application when she retires?
• Does my sister need to go through any financial assessment for the application?
• Is the application likely to be successful if I do not use a consultant in our case?
• Can I/we only move back to Canada when the application is successful?
• How long does it usually take for such application?

Thank you so much in advance for all your valuable advices!

You need to return to Canada before you can submit the application. Applying from outside of Canada will end in refusal.

Yes, you will need to meet income requirements to qualify as a sponsor.

 

[frange]

There are 2 major criteria you have to meet in order to sponsor your relatives:

1- You have to be single with no kids and no parents living actually ( Both of you)
2- Meet the income requirements. The incomes should be IN Canada incomes, no outside of Canada incomes is taken into account.
You don't meet this criteria since you are living and working abroad. You have to move to Canada, find a job and wait after 1 year (Quebec) or 3 years (ROC= rest of Canada) depending on which province you plan to live in.

There are several threads about this topic.

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...ads/other-relative.685748/page-4#post-9258814

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...ing-lonely-canadian-case.712825/#post-9258688

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...canadian-in-quebec-sponsoring-sibling.712725/

 

[armoured]

You wrote "the link doesn't answer your questions." Honestly, you're going to have to either figure it out or hire a consultant/lawyer. The 'other relatives' (colloquially 'lonely canadian') program is one of the least-used sponsorship programs - most are for immediate family. So there's also less information on the issues that come up. But one thing that can be said - it's not quick.

So for your questions: you have to be in Canada. Since you're signing a financial support agreement, your finances matter. They don't want her to become a public charge. As another poster noted, it may matter whether your income is within Canada or not and whether eg foreign income can be included (like your retirement income).

As already noted, you have to be resident in Canada to sponsor. You have to figure out whether you meet the sponsorship criteria. I don't think there is a minimum residency criteria for Canada - but since it might take a while, that's part of it.

Note - you haven't said whether she has a TRV or is from a visa waiver country. With either, she can come to Canada and apply for extensions to stay longer. No guarantee extensions will be granted, but with a TRV/waiver she can stay for pretty lengthy periods.

I own a property with my sister as joint tenants. Do I need to change the property ownership to be myself only in order to be more eligible to be the sponsor, or this is not relevant factor?

Not clear why this would matter. Is this so that you would have income? Or so that she would have a place to live? Is the property in Canada? If it generates income in Canada, will help.

My sister has a University Degree from Australia and she is still working in the financial industry. Does she need any income requirement and work experience in order to be qualified?

If you apply under this program, no direct link (as far as I understand). Her experience may matter if she expects to work in Canada. It may help if she has savings etc to be financially independent.

Is the application likely to be successful if I do not use a consultant in our case?

Don't know. Honestly if you're starting from scratch and given this is a less-used program, it may make sense.

 

[Cultista]

Macau??? Wow, that’s a wonderful passport to hold, and one of, if not the most difficult passport to obtain. Macau GDP smokes most countries in the world, and certainly dwarfs Canadas GDP (per capita), they are only slightly behind Luxembourg and Switzerland.

back on topic, your sister may qualify via other avenues instead of you sponsoring her directly. Immigrating from Macau to Canada should not be very difficult, especially if you want to take the ‘business’ route in.

regardless, I would most likely trade my Canadian passport if I was given a Macau passport.

happy days and good luck to you!

 

[YungChi]

You need to return to Canada before you can submit the application. Applying from outside of Canada will end in refusal.

Yes, you will need to meet income requirements to qualify as a sponsor.

MANY THANKS!

 

[YungChi]

There are 2 major criteria you have to meet in order to sponsor your relatives:

1- You have to be single with no kids and no parents living actually ( Both of you)
2- Meet the income requirements. The incomes should be IN Canada incomes, no outside of Canada incomes is taken into account.
You don't meet this criteria since you are living and working abroad. You have to move to Canada, find a job and wait after 1 year (Quebec) or 3 years (ROC= rest of Canada) depending on which province you plan to live in.

There are several threads about this topic.

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...ads/other-relative.685748/page-4#post-9258814

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...ing-lonely-canadian-case.712825/#post-9258688

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...canadian-in-quebec-sponsoring-sibling.712725/

EXCELLENT DETAILS! Let's me spend them to study! MANY THANKS!

 

[YungChi]

You wrote "the link doesn't answer your questions." Honestly, you're going to have to either figure it out or hire a consultant/lawyer. The 'other relatives' (colloquially 'lonely canadian') program is one of the least-used sponsorship programs - most are for immediate family. So there's also less information on the issues that come up. But one thing that can be said - it's not quick.

So for your questions: you have to be in Canada. Since you're signing a financial support agreement, your finances matter. They don't want her to become a public charge. As another poster noted, it may matter whether your income is within Canada or not and whether eg foreign income can be included (like your retirement income).

As already noted, you have to be resident in Canada to sponsor. You have to figure out whether you meet the sponsorship criteria. I don't think there is a minimum residency criteria for Canada - but since it might take a while, that's part of it.

Note - you haven't said whether she has a TRV or is from a visa waiver country. With either, she can come to Canada and apply for extensions to stay longer. No guarantee extensions will be granted, but with a TRV/waiver she can stay for pretty lengthy periods.



Not clear why this would matter. Is this so that you would have income? Or so that she would have a place to live? Is the property in Canada? If it generates income in Canada, will help.



If you apply under this program, no direct link (as far as I understand). Her experience may matter if she expects to work in Canada. It may help if she has savings etc to be financially independent.



Don't know. Honestly if you're starting from scratch and given this is a less-used program, it may make sense.

EXCELLENT ADVICES AND IDEAS!
We are from visa waiver country. But it is ideal for her to become the citizen one day.
The property issue I think it might concern the financial assessment. Whether it is better for me to be richer or we should be equally rich with what we own?

 

[YungChi]

Macau??? Wow, that’s a wonderful passport to hold, and one of, if not the most difficult passport to obtain. Macau GDP smokes most countries in the world, and certainly dwarfs Canadas GDP (per capita), they are only slightly behind Luxembourg and Switzerland.

back on topic, your sister may qualify via other avenues instead of you sponsoring her directly. Immigrating from Macau to Canada should not be very difficult, especially if you want to take the ‘business’ route in.

regardless, I would most likely trade my Canadian passport if I was given a Macau passport.

happy days and good luck to you!

Well! Macau is good only in terms of economy like Las Vegas and very safe during the pandemic! However, our freedom has become less and less as governed by ... the country you know I am talking about! I am so afraid to tell....! So you can tell how scary we are!
It is not easy nowadays to immigrate from Macau and Hong Kong to Canada as so many people here want to leave due to political issues!