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Newly Landed Immigrant Family sponsorship

TooCareless1

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Aug 21, 2011
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Job Offer........
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Dear Seniors,

I am newly landed immigrant, left my family back home due to education of wife. now i want to sponsor them. I have no job yet. only i have is the bank account. can I sponsor my wife & our 10 month old son now or i need to wait for job or is there any time limit to sponsor your wife and kid. we have lived together for almost 2 years. she and my son are on my COPR as unaccompanied family members.

Thanks
 

scylla

VIP Member
Jun 8, 2010
93,068
20,599
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-05-2010
AOR Received.
19-08-2010
File Transfer...
28-06-2010
Passport Req..
01-10-2010
VISA ISSUED...
05-10-2010
LANDED..........
05-10-2010
You can sponsor them immediately.
 

Dan_from_Surrey

Hero Member
Nov 5, 2010
485
23
123
Surrey BC
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
19-09-2012
Doc's Request.
Submitted with app
AOR Received.
Sponsorship approval 24-10-12
File Transfer...
24-10-12
Med's Request
Meds received 1-11-12
Med's Done....
15-08-2012 - Meds re-done 24-10-2013
Interview........
NA
Passport Req..
04-06-2013 DM 04-11-13
VISA ISSUED...
11-12-2013
LANDED..........
22-11-2013!
AS scylla already stated you can sponsor them, right away. Immigration will just want to know how you plan to support (food shelter what have you) yourself and your family.

Welcome to Canada! I hope your wife and son, are able to join you soon. Best of luck!
 

TooCareless1

Hero Member
Aug 21, 2011
433
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Job Offer........
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Dear But i dont have job yet. will this affects my application or not

Regards,

Yaser
 

Sweden

VIP Member
Mar 31, 2012
4,186
178
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
12/04/2012
File Transfer...
13/07/2012
Med's Done....
02/02/2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Exempt
VISA ISSUED...
05/11/12, received in Canada 19/11/12
LANDED..........
24/11/12, PR card received 30/01/12
TooCareless1 said:
Dear But i dont have job yet. will this affects my application or not

Regards,

Yaser
you don't need a job, but you need to prove to CIC that you have a way to support yourself. So if your family is supporting you, and providing accomodation for example, then get a letter stating that. Show that you have a plan for when your family comes - CIC wants to see that you will not go on welfare, and that you will be able to support your family.
 

canadianwoman

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Nov 6, 2009
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282
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Visa Office......
Accra, Ghana
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
30-01-2008
Interview........
05-05-2009
Plan how you and your wife will support yourselves once she and your son get here. Then provide proof of this plan in the application. The above posters are right - you do not need a job, but you need to show how you will support yourselves, so having a job would help.

You can include things like: proof of any savings or investments you and your wife have; a letter or affidavit from a relative stating they will let you and your wife live with them until you get jobs; other letters offering support; a description of what types of jobs you and your wife will be looking for, with any relevant experience or education mentioned; etc. You can send in the application now while unemployed, then if you get a job before the PR visa is issued, you should send proof of your employment to the visa office processing your wife`s application to be added to the file.
 

TooCareless1

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Aug 21, 2011
433
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Job Offer........
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Thanks Dear all friends for your thoughts & suggestions I got it. now i can launch my application.

Regards,

Yaser
 

kickb

Hero Member
Jul 7, 2011
275
10
Category........
Visa Office......
new delhi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
20-08-2013
Doc's Request.
22-03-2014(PCC, Medicals & RPRF) 21-05-2014(Proof of Communication), Feb 10, 2015 background info(updated)
AOR Received.
30-08-2013
File Transfer...
18-03-2014
Med's Request
22-03-2014, Mar 05, 2015(Re-medicals)
Med's Done....
02-04-2014
Interview........
Inprocess - Nov 07, 2014, Dec. Made: Jul 03, 2015
VISA ISSUED...
Jun 29, 2015
TooCareless1 said:
Dear Seniors,

I am newly landed immigrant, left my family back home due to education of wife. now i want to sponsor them. I have no job yet. only i have is the bank account. can I sponsor my wife & our 10 month old son now or i need to wait for job or is there any time limit to sponsor your wife and kid. we have lived together for almost 2 years. she and my son are on my COPR as unaccompanied family members.

Thanks
have u declared family members before landing?
 

goodman36

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Jul 19, 2012
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TooCareless1 said:
Dear Seniors,

I am newly landed immigrant, left my family back home due to education of wife. now i want to sponsor them. I have no job yet. only i have is the bank account. can I sponsor my wife & our 10 month old son now or i need to wait for job or is there any time limit to sponsor your wife and kid. we have lived together for almost 2 years. she and my son are on my COPR as unaccompanied family members.

Thanks
If they are on your COPR as unaccompanied family members, then I am not sure you have sponsor them again. There must be rules about how to bring them.
 

scylla

VIP Member
Jun 8, 2010
93,068
20,599
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-05-2010
AOR Received.
19-08-2010
File Transfer...
28-06-2010
Passport Req..
01-10-2010
VISA ISSUED...
05-10-2010
LANDED..........
05-10-2010
goodman36 said:
If you are a newly landed immigrant who has a wife back home, didn't you include your wife (and children if any) in your application? I thought you had to declare them and they would have been eligible to come with you. After they landed, your wife could have gone back to finish her education. If you haven't declared your family members when you applied for immigrant visa, that would be misrepresentation. Unless, there are more to this then I can gather.

Of course, if you got married after you had landed in Canada, then you surely can sponsor your wife.
See the OP's first post. His family members were inlcuded in the application as non-accompanying - so no misrepresentation. He can sponsor them now.
 

canuck_in_uk

VIP Member
May 4, 2012
31,558
7,196
Visa Office......
London
App. Filed.......
06/12
goodman36 said:
If they are on your COPR as unaccompanied family members, then I am not sure you have sponsor them again. There must be rules about how to bring them.
Non-accompanying family members haven't actually gone through the immigration process; they have only had a medical done. Everything that CIC looks at when someone applies for PR, background checks, security checks, criminal checks, etc., hasn't been done for them yet.

They need to go through the immigration process and so the OP must sponsor them.