MM 5768 - if spouse is not co-signer do i need to fill below details ?
Question 15
Your spouse’s/common-law partner’s current situation. Check the appropriate box to indicate if your spouse/common-law partner is:
- Unemployed
- Employed
- Self- employed.
If your spouse/common-law partner is unemployed, provide details in the space provided.
Question 16
The co-signer must check “Yes”, write their SIN number and sign the statement if he or she gives us consent to collect their SIN to ask for their income tax information from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) for the three years immediately before the date of the application. Your co-signer’s tax information will be used to determine if you meet the minimum necessary income requirements (Low-Income-Cut-Off plus 30%) to sponsor a parent or grandparent.
If your co-signer does not give us consent to collect his or her Social Insurance Number, he or she must check “No” and complete the appropriate form Income Sources for the Sponsorship of Parents and Grandparents and provide the supporting documents listed in Part B of the Document Checklist.
Question 17
Provide your co-signer’s employment history, including, periods of unemployment for the last THREEconsecutive taxation years preceding your application.
Note: Make sure that you do not leave any gaps in time.
