TyrusX said:
I would advise you to not even touch you salary this and next month. and send it after immediately you reach the minimum threshold. But is hard to say if they will accept it or not. People have been rejected for being short of 150 dollars.
He may actually have a shot (though there is never a guarantee given how strict they have been when it comes to this). Let's assume the following:
1. His family agrees to support him and send the money to him, but he's worried having to explain where the money comes from (since large deposits will be made to his account)
2. His next two paychecks are enough to make up the difference between the current balance and the minimum threshold.
The next step would require opening a new bank account (or use a different bank account than the one you sent to CIC), let's call this bank account B, whereas the bank account you sent to Ottawa (where the 8000 is) is account A. Then have your salary be directly deposited to account A. Don't touch the money from account A AT ALL, and as soon as your balance hits 11,200 or something, send the bank statement history. Then have your family send you their support to account B, the account that you won't show to Ottawa. Use only money from account B for your expenses.
Ottawa would then definitely notice the two large deposits, but since these deposits are your paychecks, it would be easy to prove to them that you're entitled to the money and that the money is yours. However, if the large deposits are from, say, your family, then you would have a lot of explaining to do, so let your family help you (by giving you the money), but do it in a way that you won't have to let Ottawa know about it.
Keep in mind that I'm not encouraging people to misrepresent themselves, and this is not at all an expert's advice (and there is no guarantee that this would work).
Obviously this would only have a chance of working (no guarantee) if your family would genuinely try to help you (rather than just letting you have the money temporarily), and you're just concerned that you would have to explain the large deposits (since it's easier to explain large deposits in the form of paychecks than having to convince them that you're not just borrowing money from your family).