Min Necessary Income requirement for sponsor

[rke001]

I suspect that CIC will refuse to accept income, declared or not, that comes from outside Canada. Yes, you would have to be in Canada to sponsor. Canadian citizens can only sponsor partners and dependent children from outside.

Many thanks, Zandoc. I could move back to Canada when sponsoring my parents. I am just a little worried whether they will consider my German income as eligible income.

 

[scylla]

I am just a little worried whether they will consider my German income as eligible income.

See the link zardoz provided on the previous page. Based on that, I think the answer is unfortunately no.

 

[rke001]

Interesting - you're abolsutely right. Looks like the foreign income is out regardless of whether it is declared in the CRA return or not.

5.31 explains the exceptions. However I don't think the second exception applies to the OP since the foriegn income was earned without actually living in Canada. My husband has income from several different foreign sources (his income is primarily from foreign sources) - but he's living in Canada full time (90% of his time is spent in Canada) and declares all of this foreign income on his CRA return. In my husband's case, I think his income would qualify for parent sponsorship (he's not sponsoring anyone - I'm just using his scenario as an example). However I think the OP's case is very different due to the lack of Canadian residency during the period when the income was earned and agree the income earned in Germany is likely out (i.e. won't be considered).

Thanks! You are right.. no matter what, this foreign income would be irrelevant. This is so frustrating, this would mean that I have to work for another 3 years in Canada before i could apply to sponsor my parents!

 

[rke001]

Look at cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/ip/ip02-eng.pdf Section 5.30 and 5.31 for the details of what is acceptable income for LICO.

Thanks so much, this is really helpful. You are right, my German income would not be count towards it in any case... this is really frustrating..

 

[rke001]

See the link zardoz provided on the previous page. Based on that, I think the answer is unfortunately no.

Thanks, scylla. this is so frustrating.. :'(

 

[screech339]

I have been filing Canadian income tax for 5 years while I was living in the US. It was not necessary for me to do it but I did it anyway. Filed it as a non-resident of Canada. Option C will only list Canadian income. No US income listed in it. So your foreign german income is irrelevance to CRA since you are not a resident of Canada.