From the CIC website, quote,
You may not be eligible to be a sponsor if you:
failed to provide financial support you agreed to when you signed a sponsorship agreement to sponsor another relative in the past
defaulted on a court-ordered support order, such as alimony or child support
received government financial assistance for reasons other than a disability
were convicted of a violent criminal offence, any offence against a relative or any sexual offence—depending on circumstances such as the nature of the offence, how long ago it occurred and whether a pardon was issued
defaulted on an immigration loan—late or missed payments
are in prison or
have declared bankruptcy and have not been released from it yet.
The point I'm concerned with is this government assistance thing. Our application is pretty much complete, I just need Jo's police clearance and my Option C when I get back to Thailand. But what's been nagging away at me is this:
what if the potential sponsor (me) was formerly a disillusioned youth, who didn't know what he or she wanted in life and fell on hard times and required government assistance, and became for some time what some people might call a "welfare bum". This happened to me when I was 17-19 years old so we're talking 25 years ago.
Is this going to negatively impact on me now?
You may not be eligible to be a sponsor if you:
failed to provide financial support you agreed to when you signed a sponsorship agreement to sponsor another relative in the past
defaulted on a court-ordered support order, such as alimony or child support
received government financial assistance for reasons other than a disability
were convicted of a violent criminal offence, any offence against a relative or any sexual offence—depending on circumstances such as the nature of the offence, how long ago it occurred and whether a pardon was issued
defaulted on an immigration loan—late or missed payments
are in prison or
have declared bankruptcy and have not been released from it yet.
The point I'm concerned with is this government assistance thing. Our application is pretty much complete, I just need Jo's police clearance and my Option C when I get back to Thailand. But what's been nagging away at me is this:
what if the potential sponsor (me) was formerly a disillusioned youth, who didn't know what he or she wanted in life and fell on hard times and required government assistance, and became for some time what some people might call a "welfare bum". This happened to me when I was 17-19 years old so we're talking 25 years ago.
Is this going to negatively impact on me now?
