Sponsoring Family

[ace1234]

Hi there,

I have been a Canadian citizen for the past 6 years and wanted to know if I can sponsor my dependent parents and brother who is 34 years old. My brother has slight mental retardation, hence would like to bring all three of them to live with me permanently.

My wife and I (no kids) are in good jobs that pay a lot and we will be taking full responsibility for their expenses for as long as they are alive. I don't plan on taking any support from the government as well.

What are my chances?

 

[YVR123]

Start looking into parent and grandparent sponsorship. PGP. If you meet the income requirement for the last 3 years, you can try to enter into the interest to sponsor lottery and if you get picked then you can submit your application to sponsor your parents.

Your parents are not your "dependent" even if they depends on you financially. You can try to add your adult brother as their dependent. But you have to proof that he is totally depending on them because of his condition. BUT on the other side, you also have to proof that he won't require excessive medical cost when he comes to Canada. It's not a easy route.

But first, you need to be lucky to be chosen. The lottery will be opened again in Jan 2019. It's once a year.

 

[ace1234]

Start looking into parent and grandparent sponsorship. PGP. If you meet the income requirement for the last 3 years, you can try to enter into the interest to sponsor lottery and if you get picked then you can submit your application to sponsor your parents.

Your parents are not your "dependent" even if they depends on you financially. You can try to add your adult brother as their dependent. But you have to proof that he is totally depending on them because of his condition. BUT on the other side, you also have to proof that he won't require excessive medical cost when he comes to Canada. It's not a easy route.

But first, you need to be lucky to be chosen. The lottery will be opened again in Jan 2019. It's once a year.

Thanks a bunch for your response. Really appreciate it. Will check if I meet the income requirement for the last 3 years.

 

[Rob_TO]

Hi there,

I'm a Canadian citizen for the past 6 years and wanted to know if I can sponsor my dependent parents and brother who is 34 years old. My brother has slight mental retardation, hence would like to bring all three of them to live with me permanently.

My wife and I (no kids) are in good jobs that pay a lot and we will be taking full responsibility for their expenses for as long as they are alive. I don't plan on taking any support for the government as well.

What are my chances?

Can your brother live on his own, and hold a job? Or does he live with and depend financially entirely on your parents?

If it's the latter, then as long as he doesn't need medical care or extensive social services, he can probably be added as a dependent on an application to sponsor your parents.

The current parents program is a lottery, that you enter in January only if you meet income of your family size for 3 previous years. So for January 2019, you would need income requirements for 2016, 2017 and 2018. Even if you meet income and apply, if you aren't selected in the lottery you'll need to try again in January 2020... and keep repeating until selected.

 

[ace1234]

Can your brother live on his own, and hold a job? Or does he live with and depend financially entirely on your parents?

If it's the latter, then as long as he doesn't need medical care or extensive social services, he can probably be added as a dependent on an application to sponsor your parents.

The current parents program is a lottery, that you enter in January only if you meet income of your family size for 3 previous years. So for January 2019, you would need income requirements for 2016, 2017 and 2018. Even if you meet income and apply, if you aren't selected in the lottery you'll need to try again in January 2020... and keep repeating until selected.

Thanks a bunch for your response. It's the latter. No, thankfully he does not have any grave ailments. Nonetheless, I'm gonna ensure he is not a liability to the economy. I'm very thankful to my current job that enables me to completely support all expenses (including our current expenses).

 

[zardoz]

Thanks a bunch for your response. It's the latter. No, thankfully he does not have any grave ailments. Nonetheless, I'm gonna ensure he is not a liability to the economy. I'm very thankful to my current job that enables me to completely support all expenses (including our current expenses).

Unfortunately, any commitment you make with regard to medical/social needs will not be considered in relation to the excessive demand legislation, as it is legally unenforceable.

 

[ace1234]

Unfortunately, any commitment you make with regard to medical/social needs will not be considered in relation to the excessive demand legislation, as it is legally unenforceable.

Thank you very much for your response.

 

[Rob_TO]

Unfortunately, any commitment you make with regard to medical/social needs will not be considered in relation to the excessive demand legislation, as it is legally unenforceable.

Well actually they do consider any well constructed mitigation plan the sponsor may propose. The visa officer may or may not accept it though, it's at their discretion. But it definitely helps the application to have a plan, even if technically it's not enforceable.
Also You can see details of this when cases go to appeals, the IAD judge does consider any detailed and well thought out plans of the sponsor to off-set medical or social services costs.

Best of course if they are prepared with diagnosis and reports from specialists to show the excessive demand burden will not be an issue to begin with.

 

[ace1234]

Well actually they do consider any well constructed mitigation plan the sponsor may propose. The visa officer may or may not accept it though, it's at their discretion. But it definitely helps the application to have a plan, even if technically it's not enforceable.
Also You can see details of this when cases go to appeals, the IAD judge does consider any detailed and well thought out plans of the sponsor to off-set medical or social services costs.

Best of course if they are prepared with diagnosis and reports from specialists to show the excessive demand burden will not be an issue to begin with.

Thank you very much for your response. I was thinking about getting reports and costs together. Now that you mentioned it, I will take it more seriously.

 

[Rob_TO]

Thank you very much for your response. I was thinking about getting reports and costs together. Now that you mentioned it, I will take it more seriously.

First things first, you'll need to confirm you meet the income requirements for 2016, 2017, 2018, enter the lottery in January 2019, and hope you're actually selected.

This of course assuming the Liberals don't make more changes to the PGP program for 2019, which they may very well do.