Am sponsoring spouse but cannot prove my income per se

[Jezika]

I only moved to Canada as a permanent resident in January 2009, at which point I started working in a self employed capacity. I sent off sponsorship forms for my common law spouse last October, but could not provide the necessary printouts from Canada Revenue Agency detailing the taxes I've paid and confirming that I have not received state benefits because they have no records for me there due to my not having had to file taxes yet (I've been getting paid in gross). I explained this on the form, included photocopies of the cheques I received from working (which cut off half my name!), photocopies of the purchase orders I made and also highlighted the fact that as a new permanent resident, I am not entitled to state benefits/welfare anyway. Also, I lost some of the cheque stubs and therefore could not include copies of every single one (although I did point out which were missing and provided a copy of a purchase order for each). My partner, who I am sponsoring, has a very well paid, secure job, but I don't think it even asked about his job on the PR forms, just on the work permit extension forms. Will they put the two together and realise we're in a good financial situation anyway with his job, even if discounting mine?

 

[RobsLuv]

There is no minimum income requirement for spousal sponsorships.