co-signer inquiry

[aldocambel]

Hi! I am a permanent resident of Canada. I would want to sponsor my biological father in the Philippines to become a permanent resident, but my income level does not meet the requirement for I am still studying and just working part-time. Do you think it would be acceptable if my biological mother, who lives with me and is also a permanent resident of Canada could co-sign my application?

 

[canuck78]

Hi! I am a permanent resident of Canada. I would want to sponsor my biological father in the Philippines to become a permanent resident, but my income level does not meet the requirement for I am still studying and just working part-time. Do you think it would be acceptable if my biological mother, who lives with me and is also a permanent resident of Canada could co-sign my application?

No that is not possible.

 

[Rob_TO]

Hi! I am a permanent resident of Canada. I would want to sponsor my biological father in the Philippines to become a permanent resident, but my income level does not meet the requirement for I am still studying and just working part-time. Do you think it would be acceptable if my biological mother, who lives with me and is also a permanent resident of Canada could co-sign my application?

Only a spouse/common-law partner can be a co-signer. Parents, siblings, etc are not eligible.

I assume your mom and dad are divorced/separated? Assuming they are, then you'll just need to wait until you have the 3 years of income meeting LICO, to qualify to enter lottery to sponsor your father.

 

[aldocambel]

They are living together since my father had arrived last year via Super Visa. They have been in a relationship for the past 23 years. My biological mother is already divorsed with her first husband, but my biological father isn’t. This is the reason why my biological mom weren’t able to sponsor my father. We cannot locate my father’s former wife in the past 24 years. I am wondering if my biological patents become common law partners in Canada, my biological mom would then be able to sponsor my father.

 

[canuck78]

They are living together since my father had arrived last year via Super Visa. They have been in a relationship for the past 23 years. My biological mother is already divorsed with her first husband, but my biological father isn’t. This is the reason why my biological mom weren’t able to sponsor my father. We cannot locate my father’s former wife in the past 24 years. I am wondering if my biological patents become common law partners in Canada, my biological mom would then be able to sponsor my father.

Did your mother declare him as her common law when you sponsored her? I assume they were living together in the Philippines.

 

[Rob_TO]

They are living together since my father had arrived last year via Super Visa. They have been in a relationship for the past 23 years. My biological mother is already divorsed with her first husband, but my biological father isn’t. This is the reason why my biological mom weren’t able to sponsor my father. We cannot locate my father’s former wife in the past 24 years. I am wondering if my biological patents become common law partners in Canada, my biological mom would then be able to sponsor my father.

It depends, I assume during the past 23 years they at some point lived together for 1 year? If this is the case, they were already legally common-law a long time ago. Him being married to someone else would be irrelevant to common-law status.

How and when exactly did your mom get PR status? And on her own PR application, did she declare your father as a common-law partner and he did a medical exam?

If they did live together for 1 year at some point in the past, and your mom became a PR afterwards but didn't declare your father, then she committed misrepresentation and as a result can never sponsor your father, ever.