Help - Parents Sponsorship Question

[Pamma97]

Hello everyone... I need help in calculating my income to meet LICO for sponsoring my parents..

So here is the situation...

Year 2011 - July - landed immigrant (Single) - income was for only 5 months so does not meet LICO.
Year 2012 - Meet LICO as single
Year 2013 - Meet LICO again was single
Year 2014 - Got married and sponsored wife..

so now my situation is I have already sponsored my wife so family size is 2 plus I want to sponsor my mom in Jan 2015 so we will be family size of 3.

My question here is will CIC consider me family size as 1 for previous 2 years (2012 & 2013) or they will check my LICO on the basis of what family size I have right now which is 3 and checks my LICO for last 3 years?

Bcoz I'm meeting LICO for 2012 & 2013 as a single and will work extra to make sure I meet LICO for family size 3 for 2014 and can apply for my mom.

Please reply as I'm confused if I can apply or not.

 

[scylla]

CIC will assess LICO for past years based on the family size you have now.

 

[Pamma97]

CIC will assess LICO for past years based on the family size you have now.

So that means I can't apply now even though I have more than LICO requirement for the current year?

 

[scylla]

To qualify to sponsor your parents, you need to provide tax returns for three years in a row that show you meet LICO for the number of family members + the number of family members you are sponsoring. So if you are going to meet LICO for the first time this year (i.e. in 2014) - this means you will have to wait until 2017 to apply (since your tax return statement for 2016 won't be ready in time to apply in 2016).

 

[Pamma97]

To qualify to sponsor your parents, you need to provide tax returns for three years in a row that show you meet LICO for the number of family members + the number of family members you are sponsoring. So if you are going to meet LICO for the first time this year (i.e. in 2014) - this means you will have to wait until 2017 to apply (since your tax return statement for 2016 won't be ready in time to apply in 2016).

Thanks Scylla.. that helps.. and sad to know that

 

[Rob_TO]

To qualify to sponsor your parents, you need to provide tax returns for three years in a row that show you meet LICO for the number of family members + the number of family members you are sponsoring. So if you are going to meet LICO for the first time this year (i.e. in 2014) - this means you will have to wait until 2017 to apply (since your tax return statement for 2016 won't be ready in time to apply in 2016).

Actually if he meets LICO in 2014, 2015 and 2016... the NOA won't be ready by January 2017 so the earliest he can apply is 2018 (assuming rules stay the same).

 

[scylla]

Actually if he meets LICO in 2014, 2015 and 2016... the NOA won't be ready by January 2017 so the earliest he can apply is 2018 (assuming rules stay the same).

You're right! I was off by a year.