That is something i agree with. The "vast" majority of the call centre staff are poorly trained. But that is why i talked to two of them and if you read my entire post, the second agent had strong knowledge of her job. So if you are telling me every single agent government hires at the call center are less knowledgeable than us then that is something to laugh at as well.
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You can go ahead and laugh but if you have a read through this forum, you will find far more accurate information than the Call Centre provides.
Exactly my point! That is what i am trying to day. My spouse will not be sponsored till application of my parents is done so there's no way my spouse is being a co-signer. Instead like the question5 asks, i will be explaining at the back of the page and putting 0.
Again, I agree. This forum does provide a great information and a lot of times it is better than what IRCC agents tell you. But like I said, this agent knew her job and she was specific about her answers. In the end, we can anything it does not matter. It is not our job, it is their job to provide information and the government agrees with it.
Sigh. It doesn't matter if she is a co-signer or not. At the time you submit the sponsorship app, she will be your spouse and therefore your dependent, so she must be included in the LICO calculations for all qualifying years.
You are missing the point. Look at the 2017 app, and assuming 2018 is structured the same tell me what you would put in for question 5 - spouse. This has nothing to do with spouse being co-signer or if you sponsored them, it's simply the "current" status of your spouse (again not from previous tax year, but "current"). The only way to get your spouse out of your family size calculation for all 3 tax years, is to put "0" here meaning you don't currently have a spouse when you fill in the app, which is obviously not true.
And yes, I see some cases where people will be eligible at time of web-form submission, but then due to change in family size will no longer be eligible at time apps must be completed.
That's what you believe and like i thank you for suggestion but i would trust that agent more and IF i have any doubt i will call them several times again and then talk to some immigration lawyer. IF in case both the IRCC agents are wrong, I can just delay wedding by 3 -4 months. easy lol. That way at the time of application, I will only have 3 family members and just a few days after that number will go to 4 haha.
I appreciate you trying to help. I really do. I mean it when i say i will call the IRCC centre again if i have doubt. Like i mentioned in the previous post, I will just delay my wedding by 3-4 months. that way i have family size of 3 people at the time of application.
This is by far your safest option, to delay your wedding until you actually submit the app.
No matter what anyone here, or a hundred IRCC agent, or a hundred lawyers tell you, the only opinion that matters will be that of the visa officer actually processing your file. They won't care at all what anyone told you previously, if they see the rules like most people here do and how forms are structured, you will be screwed. We have seen countless cases of both IRCC agents and lawyers getting info completely wrong, causing people's apps to be ultimately rejected.
Yeah that has happened i agree. People get it wrong cuz lawyers told them something that's not correct. Delaying my wedding is something i can easily do if i find out both the agents were wrong. I mean it's only 3-4 months so why take a chance right haha.
wrong way to calculate family. Below is how uou do it according to CIC.Okay, thanks a lot
Joseph and Anne became common-law partners in 2017. They had a baby in 2018. Joseph wants to sponsor his grandmother and grandfather. Joseph’s grandparents don’t have any dependent children. Anne will be the co-signer.
If Joseph wants to sponsor his grandparents in 2019, Joseph and Anne (together) have to meet the income requirements for 2018, 2017 and 2016.
In 2016, Joseph’s family size was 3:
- Joseph
- his grandmother and grandfather
- Joseph
- his grandmother and grandfather
- his partner, Anne
- Joseph
- his grandmother and grandfather
- his partner, Anne
- his baby
Stop posting this on every thread. As you've already been told in another thread, the rules were changed THIS YEAR, 2019. In the years before, LICO for all 3 years had to be met for family size at the time of applying.
My sister has applied for my parents through PGP 2019 and got invited to apply. She had the necessary income for 4 members (she, her spouse, my mom, my father) and so she applied without co-sponsor. The deadline to submit the PGP application is June 2019. The time she applied she wasn't expecting a baby, while she is now. Her due date is Nov 2019. She would perfectly satisfy the LICO requirements the time (June 2019) we would submit our application. Now, how this new situation would affect our application?
@canuck_in_uk would you pls help?
@canuck_in_uk would you pls help?
She must meet LICO for 5 people for subsequent years until the app is done. There are no exceptions for maternity leave, so if her income falls below LICO next year because of it, she will no longer qualify as a sponsor. She should add her spouse as a cosigner.
@canuck_in_uk So, it's enough to demonstrate LICO for 4 people when we submit our application, and after the baby is born, from Nov 19 till the application is processed, we have to demonstrate LICO for 5 people. Am I right?
And is it possible to add her spouse as a cosigner at this stage after the invite? She might fall below LICO if her spouse is not added as a cosigner after the baby is born. Would IRCC consider this and allow us to add cosigner?