What about sponsoring spouse? Minimum Income required?
See below. Hope this helps. Despite this information, its better to have an income of 17+k/annually. It doesn't hurt. As a sponsor, IRCC requires the sponsors income from Canada Revenue Agency to be submitted it with all the documents including application for sponsorship.
It is a common misconception that there is a specific income requirement to be able to
sponsor your spouse to Canada.
While you must meet a concrete requirement to sponsor almost any other family member, there is no such income requirement at all for spousal sponsorship applications.
The financial requirements for spousal sponsorship include:
- You must not be receiving welfare benefits from any province.
- You must not be in bankruptcy proceedings, and previous bankruptcy claim must have been discharged
Both of these requirements must be met at the time you submit your spousal sponsorship application, but there is no specific length of time you need to wait before you can send the application in. In other words, you can submit your spousal sponsorship application the day after you stop receiving welfare benefits or your bankruptcy is discharged.
However, if you are receiving Employment Insurance benefits (unemployment) or disability benefits, you may still sponsor your spouse, common-law partner, or conjugal partner as these benefits do not count as welfare.
In order to make the ability to sponsor your spouse accessible to people at all income levels, IRCC does not require that applicants earn any certain amount of money.They are also comparatively lenient about this requirement, as previous bankruptcy or receipt of welfare benefits do not normally reflect poorly on an application.
