sponsor employment - question

[Lady_Ashka]

Hi.
My common law partner and I want to submit my application for PR with him as the sponsor in June this year, and I am going through all the required documents to figure out potential problems.

I came across him needing to provide proof of employment with time of employment, which of course makes sense. But it occurred to me to ask you whether the following could be potentially a problem, and if so, if there's a way to fix it.

My partner is a university professor, pre-tenure. Tenure is a job-evaluation process in which he, after a review of his academic and teaching work, gets a permanent contract. Until then, he has a job contract that is first for 3 years and then for another 3, and then after the tenure proceedings, it becomes permanent. This is typical for universities and these contracts get automatically extended but, unfortunately, they are only for 3 years each.

My question is - should he get some kind of a letter from his employer stating that his contract will become permanent pursuant on tenure committee review which he would attach to his proof of employment (contract), or is the fact that in the year of submitting our application his contract will only be for 3 years? Will that somehow influence the evaluation of him as a sponsor as 'unreliable' or something like that? Waiting until he gets tenure, so until 2019, seems like too long to wait and I am looking for ways how to fix this, if this is a problem. Please help

 

[keesio]

The main thing CIC will care about is that he is simply employed and earning income. I doubt they will care about the rest of the details like you described.

 

[Lady_Ashka]

Thanks! So you think we shouldn't worry about this?

Could anyone let me know what they did/would do in a similar situation?

 

[impatientwife]

Thanks! So you think we shouldn't worry about this?

Could anyone let me know what they did/would do in a similar situation?

As the other person already said, they do not care about those details, as long as he's employed and not on welfare that's all they're looking for, his pay stubs doesn't tell them that he's on a contract and that does not need to be included.

 

[Lady_Ashka]

Ok, thanks!

So please clarify: I looked at the sponsor checklist and it says that he needs to submit proof of employment OR pay stubs/something else if the sponsor has their own business, correct? Which means he NEEDS to submit his proof of employment = job contract?

Or can he submit, say, his tax records? I don't think they give him pay stubs at the university, so I'm assuming there will be some indication how long his contract is?

But, if you say there are no official or unofficial but practically true rules as to that I guess I don't need to worry?

 

[canuck_in_uk]

So please clarify: I looked at the sponsor checklist and it says that he needs to submit proof of employment OR pay stubs/something else if the sponsor has their own business, correct? Which means he NEEDS to submit his proof of employment = job contract?

Or can he submit, say, his tax records? I don't think they give him pay stubs at the university, so I'm assuming there will be some indication how long his contract is?

But, if you say there are no official or unofficial but practically true rules as to that I guess I don't need to worry?

If they are paying him, they are providing him with payslips.

He needs to submit proof of employment. If he doesn't have a letter, he can submit his payslips and explain that his employer cannot provide him with a letter.

 

[Snowisland]

I worked at a university medical centre for many years. Annually all tenure and non tenure professors receive a Memorandum of Appointment. it includes title and salary. The department administration will be able to give a copy if you don't already have it.

 

[Lady_Ashka]

Ok, so basically his payslips and letter should do the trick, or that memo of appointment, which means the contract itself will not be necessary? And so, the end term of the contract will not be indicated anywhere, or if it will be, it should not have any importance to his viability as my sponsor, correct?

 

[rambopg]

Ok, so basically his payslips and letter should do the trick, or that memo of appointment, which means the contract itself will not be necessary? And so, the end term of the contract will not be indicated anywhere, or if it will be, it should not have any importance to his viability as my sponsor, correct?

correct!

 

[Lady_Ashka]

Ok, thanks very much guys!

Keep your fingers crossed, soon