Family sponsorship and recent PR

[Mattkidd12]

Good evening all. I have a few questions about the ‘twilight zone’ between arriving in Canada as a permanent resident and sponsoring a family member’s application for permanent residency.

This is the text that is confusing me: “There is no requirement that you (the sponsor) must be a permanent resident or Canadian citizen for the 3 years immediately preceding your application to sponsor in order to be eligible to sponsor your parents and grandparents, however, you must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident living in Canada when you submit the application.”

Source: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...application-sponsor-parents-grandparents.html

Here are my questions:

1) How soon after arriving in Canada as a permanent resident can I apply for family sponsorship? The official websites suggest that I need to prove that I have earned a sufficient amount in the three years prior to the application; does this mean earning a sufficient amount in Canada? If so, I guess I can’t apply for family sponsorship until I have worked for at least three years in Canada.

2) How soon after arriving in Canada as a PR can I apply for a super visa for a family member? Again, if I have to prove I have earned a certain level of income, does this mean earned in Canada?

3) If ‘yes’ is the answer to the first two questions, could the family member in question visit us in Canada regularly using an ETA (she is a UK citizen) while we are waiting to be eligible to apply for options 1 and 2? I understand that the ETA allows visitors to stay for six months; could the family member in question simply fly back to the UK every six months and then return to Canada shortly after?

Thank you in advance for considering my questions.

 

[scylla]

Good evening all. I have a few questions about the ‘twilight zone’ between arriving in Canada as a permanent resident and sponsoring a family member’s application for permanent residency.

This is the text that is confusing me: “There is no requirement that you (the sponsor) must be a permanent resident or Canadian citizen for the 3 years immediately preceding your application to sponsor in order to be eligible to sponsor your parents and grandparents, however, you must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident living in Canada when you submit the application.”

Source: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...application-sponsor-parents-grandparents.html

Here are my questions:

1) How soon after arriving in Canada as a permanent resident can I apply for family sponsorship? The official websites suggest that I need to prove that I have earned a sufficient amount in the three years prior to the application; does this mean earning a sufficient amount in Canada? If so, I guess I can’t apply for family sponsorship until I have worked for at least three years in Canada.

2) How soon after arriving in Canada as a PR can I apply for a super visa for a family member? Again, if I have to prove I have earned a certain level of income, does this mean earned in Canada?

3) If ‘yes’ is the answer to the first two questions, could the family member in question visit us in Canada regularly using an ETA (she is a UK citizen) while we are waiting to be eligible to apply for options 1 and 2? I understand that the ETA allows visitors to stay for six months; could the family member in question simply fly back to the UK every six months and then return to Canada shortly after?

Thank you in advance for considering my questions.

I'm assuming you are asking about sponsoring your parents.

1) It will be around 4 years before you will meet the income requirements to sponsor your parents since you need three full years of income in Canada before you will qualify to sponsor them. Also note that only a limited number of applications are accepted each year. There is no guarantee you will be picked year 4 and you may have to wait longer to sponsor your parents.

2) Yes, the income must be earned in Canada and yes, you must show you are making enough income before you can apply for the super visa. IRCC will be looking for the following kind of evidence: employment letter from your employer in Canada, pay slips, tax returns. Note that those in Canada under a super visa do not qualify for provincial health care coverage. As part of the super visa process you will need to take out insurance to cover emergenies. Any other care you will need to pay for out of pocke.

3) The short answer is no. An ETA does not allow someone to live in Canada. It only allows them to visit. Doing what you've suggested will eventually create problems at the border (e.g. refused entry, only a short entry and then instructions to leave and not return for a period of time) since it will be clear that the individual is using the ETA to attempt to live here and is not a genuine tourist. She should plan to spend more time outside of Canada than inside of Canada in any given year to ensure she has no issues at the border.

 

[Mattkidd12]

Thank you for your speedy reply. That has answered all my questions.