Hi all,
My (Canadian) partner and I are planning to apply for PR status sometime later this year. He is currently living with me in the UK (I'm British) but we will be moving to Toronto come August. I have a temporary visa to work there for a year, which I obtained to cover the time during our application processing. I was pretty certain we were eligible to apply for PR but now I'm a bit confused in regard to the income requirements. What exactly is defined as government assistance?
Some background on us: we've been together for almost two years. The first part of this had been long-distance, but come the time of applying we will have been living together for over a year. We've technically already been living together a year but we didn't have a lease for the first part so no documents to prove anything. My partner is currently studying (albeit much later in life, he's 26), so he has had some student loans (from OSAP) to cover his fees. He has never defaulted on any of these or failed to make payments where required. In the UK, he's currently an international student, doing part of his studies at a British university. He's mostly using personal savings to cover the costs here, with some help from myself and family when needed.
He currently studies full time, so doesn't tend to work during the academic year. He was previously an engineer in the Canadian military, however. He has never received government assistance - at least not employment insurance. Would there be a problem for us income wise? By the time we come to apply we'll both be in Canada, him finishing his last year of education and me hopefully working. I will have money of my own at the time of applying. Will it simply be a matter of us signing a waiver acknowledging that I cannot receive government assistance and he must agree to cover my expenses where necessary for however many years (3 I believe)?
Any info on this would really be appreciated!
Thanks
My (Canadian) partner and I are planning to apply for PR status sometime later this year. He is currently living with me in the UK (I'm British) but we will be moving to Toronto come August. I have a temporary visa to work there for a year, which I obtained to cover the time during our application processing. I was pretty certain we were eligible to apply for PR but now I'm a bit confused in regard to the income requirements. What exactly is defined as government assistance?
Some background on us: we've been together for almost two years. The first part of this had been long-distance, but come the time of applying we will have been living together for over a year. We've technically already been living together a year but we didn't have a lease for the first part so no documents to prove anything. My partner is currently studying (albeit much later in life, he's 26), so he has had some student loans (from OSAP) to cover his fees. He has never defaulted on any of these or failed to make payments where required. In the UK, he's currently an international student, doing part of his studies at a British university. He's mostly using personal savings to cover the costs here, with some help from myself and family when needed.
He currently studies full time, so doesn't tend to work during the academic year. He was previously an engineer in the Canadian military, however. He has never received government assistance - at least not employment insurance. Would there be a problem for us income wise? By the time we come to apply we'll both be in Canada, him finishing his last year of education and me hopefully working. I will have money of my own at the time of applying. Will it simply be a matter of us signing a waiver acknowledging that I cannot receive government assistance and he must agree to cover my expenses where necessary for however many years (3 I believe)?
Any info on this would really be appreciated!
Thanks
