Parents Immigration

[abk453]

I am a Canadian Citizen and moved to USA in December 2013 for working under TN status. I applied for my parents immigration in Canada in 2011 and they opened file on February,2011 but not yet started to process . Is there any problem for my parents immigration as I moved to USA and working under TN status for next 3 years. Please let me know.

 

[Alurra71]

I am 99.9% positive you must be living in Canada to sponsor your parents to come live in Canada.

 

[abk453]

I was in Canada up to December,2013 . When immigration will start processing then will they ask to submit my documents again as they opened the file based on my income in Canada in 2011.

 

[Alurra71]

I was in Canada up to December,2013 . When immigration will start processing then will they ask to submit my documents again as they opened the file based on my income in Canada in 2011.

You will have to wait for a more senior member to respond to this, but from what I understand, parental sponsorship is NOT like spousal sponsorship. You can't just leave the country to live/work somewhere else. If what I have read/seen is correct, if they open your application and begin to process it, and you are not living in Canada, they will summarily deny your sponsorship and you will have to wait and start all over again.

As I said, I will defer to a more senior member here, but I think you might be in a bit of a pickle here living outside Canada.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Alurra71 is correct.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/pgp-apply-who.asp

To sponsor your parent or grandparent, you must be living in Canada.


You can expect that when CIC finds out you are no longer living in Canada and therefore no longer qualify, the application will be cancelled.

 

[abk453]

I am sorry but I did not get one point. Like, I applied on 2011 and that time I was in Canada and they will qualify me based on 2011 income not 2014 income as I found most of my friend's case after applying for parents' immigration, immigration sent them forms and asked about their parents info. So I do not understand, will immigration check my tax information on 2014 and I came in USA temporarily not for permanent.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

CIC can request more information at any point in the process, including more income and tax info. That is why a sponsor must continue to meet the sponsorship requirements throughout the process, up until the application is done.

 

[keesio]

CIC can request more information at any point in the process, including more income and tax info. That is why a sponsor must continue to meet the sponsorship requirements throughout the process, up until the application is done.

Yup. You must be living in Canada for the entire sponsorship duration

 

[screech339]

Plus if and when you file Canadian income taxes, they will see that you have filed it as a non-resident of Canada. If you do not file Canadian Income tax while living in US, CIC will see that you have no Canadian Income to meet LICO required to support your parents, this will raise a red flag even if under the old PGP rules, that 1 year of LICO income was required when submitting application. No income taxes being filed in Canada during parent PR sponsorship will raise red flags regardless.

Screech339