Ms. Chotalia just won another Federal Court Case: Jassal v Minister of Citizenship & Immigration 2014 11--07 An overseas visa officer denied permanent resident visa to the son of the applicant. The Court set aside the decision.
New Sponsorship Criteria
In May 2013, the government announced new qualifying criteria for permanent residency sponsorship applications. The new qualifying criteria include:
Sponsors may only sponsor children 18 years of age or under for ALL Immigration programs.
The Government has announced that as of January 1, 2014, the maximum age of dependents will be set at 18 years of age for all immigration programs, including the Parent and Grandparent program. Those over the age of 18 years must apply to visit or immigrate to Canada independently. There will be an exception for individuals, regardless of age, who are financially dependent on their parents due to a mental or physical
disability, as has been the case.
There is a 30 percent increase to the minimum necessary income (MNI) for sponsoring parents and grandparents.
Sponsors must now demonstrate that they meet the MNI for Three years instead of one year.
Individuals who seek to sponsor their parents and grandparents and their accompanying family members will be required
to demonstrate that they meet the new income threshold for three consecutive tax years prior to submitting the sponsorship application. The Department will now only accept evidence of income based on documents issued by the Canada Revenue
Agency.
The time period of support has been extended to 20 years instead of 10 years.
The current sponsorship undertaking period for parents and grandparents is 10 years. Individuals who
seek to sponsor their parents and grandparents and accompanying family members will be required to commit to a lengthened sponsorship support period of 20 years. This means sponsors and co-signers (if applicable) will be responsible for repaying any provincial social assistance benefits paid to the parent and grandparent and their accompanying family members for 20 years. A lengthened sponsorship undertaking will protect Canadian taxpayers and ensure sponsors assume more financial responsibility for the basic needs of their parents and grandparents over a longer period of time, as well as for health care costs not covered by provincial health care (for example, eye care, dental care, mobility aids, etc.).
To be eligible to sponsor, sponsors must sign a sponsorship agreement wherein they commit to provide for the basic needs of the sponsored person(s) such as food, clothing and shelter for a specified number of years. Pursuant to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR), a sponsorship undertaking also obliges sponsors to reimburse the government for every benefit provided as social assistance to, or on behalf of, the PGPs and their accompanying family members during the term of the undertaking. If a sponsored person (PGPs and/or their accompanying family members), after arriving to Canada, obtains social assistance during the undertaking period, their sponsor is considered to be in default and social assistance amounts paid to the sponsored person(s) may be collected from the sponsor.
Sponsors may only sponsor children 18 years of age or under for ALL Immigration programs.
The Government has announced that as of January 1, 2014, the maximum age of dependents will be set at 18 years of age for all immigration programs, including the Parent and Grandparent program. Those over the age of 18 years must apply to visit or immigrate to Canada independently. There will be an exception for individuals, regardless of age, who are financially dependent on their parents due to a mental or physical
disability, as has been the case.
There is a 30 percent increase to the minimum necessary income (MNI) for sponsoring parents and grandparents.
Sponsors must now demonstrate that they meet the MNI for Three years instead of one year.
Individuals who seek to sponsor their parents and grandparents and their accompanying family members will be required
to demonstrate that they meet the new income threshold for three consecutive tax years prior to submitting the sponsorship application. The Department will now only accept evidence of income based on documents issued by the Canada Revenue
Agency.
The time period of support has been extended to 20 years instead of 10 years.
The current sponsorship undertaking period for parents and grandparents is 10 years. Individuals who
seek to sponsor their parents and grandparents and accompanying family members will be required to commit to a lengthened sponsorship support period of 20 years. This means sponsors and co-signers (if applicable) will be responsible for repaying any provincial social assistance benefits paid to the parent and grandparent and their accompanying family members for 20 years. A lengthened sponsorship undertaking will protect Canadian taxpayers and ensure sponsors assume more financial responsibility for the basic needs of their parents and grandparents over a longer period of time, as well as for health care costs not covered by provincial health care (for example, eye care, dental care, mobility aids, etc.).
To be eligible to sponsor, sponsors must sign a sponsorship agreement wherein they commit to provide for the basic needs of the sponsored person(s) such as food, clothing and shelter for a specified number of years. Pursuant to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR), a sponsorship undertaking also obliges sponsors to reimburse the government for every benefit provided as social assistance to, or on behalf of, the PGPs and their accompanying family members during the term of the undertaking. If a sponsored person (PGPs and/or their accompanying family members), after arriving to Canada, obtains social assistance during the undertaking period, their sponsor is considered to be in default and social assistance amounts paid to the sponsored person(s) may be collected from the sponsor.
Contact Ms. Chotalia Q.C., An Experienced Edmonton Immigration Lawyer.
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