Sponsoring unmarried elder sister

[jupef]

Hello,

I and my spouse are applying for Canadian PR. Once we move there, the next thing we are planning to do is sponsor PR for mother and unmarried elder sister.

Can someone please confirm if we can sponsor PR for both? As far as I have read, you cannot sponsor for two family relatives.



Thanks!

 

[mikeymyke]

Can't sponsor sister since you have a spouse and a mother who's alive.

You can sponsor the mom, but not for about 4 years, and you still have to meet 3 years of income requirement

 

[jupef]

Thank you for reply mikeymyke.

So we cannot sponsor mother's PR for 4 years? And I can never sponsor for elder sister as I am already with my spouse and mother?

Did I get that right?


Sigh

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Thank you for reply mikeymyke.

So we cannot sponsor mother's PR for 4 years? And I can never sponsor for elder sister as I am already with my spouse and mother?

Did I get that right?

As said above, to sponsor your mother, you must meet the income requirement for 3 years. If you move to Canada soon and meet the LICO for 2017, 2018 and 2019, you will be able to apply to sponsor your mother in 2021.

There is no sibling sponsorship stream in Canada, so you will not be able to sponsor your sister.

 

[jupef]

Thank you canuck_in_uk

This will be supposedly my last question on this thread.

I and my spouse - both of us will be working in Canada. We still won't be able to sponsor mother and sister - both - right?

Can we atleast sponsor for both of our parents? My mother, father and my spouse's mother!

 

[canuck_in_uk]

I and my spouse - both of us will be working in Canada. We still won't be able to sponsor mother and sister - both - right?

Can we atleast sponsor for both of our parents? My mother, father and my spouse's mother!

It doesn't matter if you are both working. Siblings can't be sponsored.

Provided you meet the LICO required to sponsor all 3 parents, you can do so.

 

[jupef]

Thanks canuck_in_uk

 

[Rob_TO]

Can we atleast sponsor for both of our parents? My mother, father and my spouse's mother!

In order to sponsor 2 parents only, and if there are only 2 of you (so family size of 4), you and your wife would need to be making approx $58K income in Canada for 3 straight years. To sponsor your wife's mom also (family size of 5), your combined income would need to be approx $65K per year.

If you and your wife have any kids, or have any kids during the initial 4 years living in Canada waiting to qualify, family size will increase and your income amount will increase another $8K-$9K per child.

All info is here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/5772ETOC.asp

To repeat what was already stated, there is no sponsorship available to sponsor a sister that doesn't qualify as dependent (over age 18).

 

[Rob_TO]

Unless I misunderstood it, what about this one?

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

In any case, OP can't qualify for this anyway because he has a spouse who is PR.

This is the "lonely Canadian" rule. To sponsor a random family member you need to be single, no kids, no family in Canada, and no living parents anywhere in the world.

 

[jupef]

Thanks Rob_TO !