New immigrant with a good job eligible to sponsor parents?

[mcgyver]

Hello Forum Members,

On the CIC website, I see this writing in regard to sponsoring parents:

Note: Applicants applying in 2016 must provide proof of income from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for the taxation years of 2015, 2014 and 2013.

I came to Canada in October, 2015 and was unemployed until April 2016. Therefore, for last year, CRA has a record of zero income in my profile. Now I have a very good job (8 months) and I meet the minimum eligibility (Low Income Cut-Off plus 30%) of financially supporting all my 4 family members as well as my parents.

I am thinking about sponsoring my parents. Do I need to wait 3 more years so that CRA can have records in my profile for 3 years and so that I can sponsor my parents?

Anyone with proper knowledge/experience, please respond. Thank you.

 

[scylla]

Re: New immigrant with good job eligible to sponsor parents?

Yes - you need to wait until you have three years of tax returns that meet the low income cut off.

If you meet the minimum income requirement in 2016 - the earliest you'll qualify to apply to sponsor your parents is 2020.

 

[mcgyver]

Thanks. You mean, 2019?

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Thanks. You mean, 2019?

No. If you meet LICO for 2016, 2017 and 2018, you will be able to sponsor in 2020. The applications are accepted at the beginning of the year, so you would not yet have an NOA for 2018 in order to apply in 2019.

To apply in 2017, applicants must meet LICO for 2013, 2014 and 2015.

 

[mcgyver]

Thanks, but you are saying LICO. That is for sponsoring a spouse or child. My case is about sponsoring parents. So, it should be LICO + 30%.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Thanks, but you are saying LICO. That is for sponsoring a spouse or child. My case is about sponsoring parents. So, it should be LICO + 30%.

There is no minimum income requirement to sponsor a spouse or child.

When people on the forum refer to LICO, they are generally referring to the LICO+30% amount required to sponsor parents.

 

[mcgyver]

Oh I see.

 

[profiler]

Oh I see.

Canuck is right here. Generally sponsors learn about LICO when they sponsor spouses and first-level dependants. They find out about LICO when they want to sponsor parents. It's LICO + 30.

 

[jhutti]

Hello Forum Members,

On the CIC website, I see this writing in regard to sponsoring parents:

Note: Applicants applying in 2016 must provide proof of income from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for the taxation years of 2015, 2014 and 2013.

I came to Canada in October, 2015 and was unemployed until April 2016. Therefore, for last year, CRA has a record of zero income in my profile. Now I have a very good job (8 months) and I meet the minimum eligibility (Low Income Cut-Off plus 30%) of financially supporting all my 4 family members as well as my parents.

I am thinking about sponsoring my parents. Do I need to wait 3 more years so that CRA can have records in my profile for 3 years and so that I can sponsor my parents?

Anyone with proper knowledge/experience, please respond. Thank you.

No one is qualified to say anything. Check new guide and forms on 9th jan to check for eligibility

 

[canuck_in_uk]

No one is qualified to say anything. Check new guide and forms on 9th jan to check for eligibility

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The income requirement will remain the same.

 

[jhutti]

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The income requirement will remain the same.

Not sure what make u so certian. Cic can change rule from LICO +30% to. LICO + 0% anytime. We will know once new guide is published.

 

[screech339]

Not sure what make u so certian. Cic can change rule from LICO +30% to. LICO + 0% anytime. We will know once new guide is published.

It is not likely that CIC will reduce LICO + 0%. It is far likely it will remain at LICO +30% for PGP for some time. If anything, makes more sense to increase more than 30% than lower it.

 

[scylla]

It is not likely that CIC will reduce LICO + 0%. It is far likely it will remain at LICO +30% for PGP for some time. If anything, makes more sense to increase more than 30% than lower it.

Agreed. If CIC was making a significant change such as this, it would have been announced in conjunction with the lottery. Pretty safe to assume the only change is the lottery selection approach. Qualifications / requirements remain the same.

 

[jhutti]

It is not likely that CIC will reduce LICO + 0%. It is far likely it will remain at LICO +30% for PGP for some time. If anything, makes more sense to increase more than 30% than lower it.

U could be right. But to look from vote politics. It make sence to reduce it. 30%+ will onky benifit people who mainly vote conservatives.

 

[screech339]

U could be right. But to look from vote politics. It make sence to reduce it. 30%+ will onky benifit people who mainly vote conservatives.

Make sense if the liberals do it, they don't care about canada's debt. It's other people's money after all.