Just to add to my post above... Normally the ineligibility regarding your spouse failing to declare you would come up later, after the sponsor has been approved and deemed eligible, and once IRCC is assessing your eligibility.
Is there any way to meet my wife and kids in Canada without applying for immigration
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it was not PFL it was a letter from IRCC stating sponsor is ineligible because she is in receipt of social assistance. As we opted the option stating if there is any ineligibility application should be continued for PR so its sent to canadian high commission in London for consideration. We have not received any reply after that from IRCC
Why would your wife applied for social assistant if you have the money to even consider investor programs for immigration?!
To be eligible to sponsor family, she needs to be off any social assistance to show that she as a sponsor can support her family.
She shouldn't even apply before getting off welfare. And I think the agent is checking sponsor eligibility first before going forward to check relationship or PA.
Your case is now even MORE complicated.
OK - I see. It would have been better to have opted to say "no" to the question on sponsor eligibility given she was taking social assistance. But it is what it is at this point.
Make sure she stays off social assistance entirely going forward until you have a final decision in the application. It was a mistake for her to submit the application while taking social assistance. I'm not sure I understand why she did that.
She didnt know about this thing that she cant sponsor , now she has stopped taking social assistance. But after all these complications i dont understand what should be the way forward. Because this case is getting complicated
Not being on social assistance is a basic requirement to sponsor that is very clearly outline in the application guide.
You may be best off hiring an immigration lawyer to help you.
She is your wife! Did she not discuss that she is in financial difficulty living in Canada?
You need to be in pretty bad situation to apply for welfare.
Anyway, what is done is done. I agree that your case is too complicated to get any opinion on a forum.
You need an immigration lawyer.
Thanks for the guidelines and suggestions. If i apply for student visa which state takes international students easily. As the spousal sponsorship is getting harder, wife doesnt want to leave canada and cant leave as she has applied for PR. However kids want to reunite. Is there any organisation working in ontario that helps with such cases? Or any law that helps in reunification of father and kids?
Study permits are approved by IRCC which is the federal government, not by individual provinces. Given your wife has sponsored you for PR, the chances of getting a study permit approved are likely very very low.
Once your children are adults and working, there may be an option for them to sponsor you. Until then, you need to qualify for PR on your own.
If you want assistance with the process, you and your wife can pay for the services of an immigration lawyer or consultant to help you.
The fact that she qualified for welfare likely implies she has not been declaring her spouse and their income to anyone. If she also is not employed and has no work history just another issue with your attempts to sponsor even off social assistance. Sad that IRCC does not coordinate with the province and CRA. Also CBSA.
Your best option is to start from scratch and either you or your spouse qualify for PR. If that is your plan solve any false declarations to any government agency first.