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As a Principal Applicant, can I also apply as a Caregiver to include my disabled brother as my dependent?

ROCIOLIVELY

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As a Principal Applicant, can I also apply as a Caregiver to include my disabled brother as my dependent?


I am the Principal Applicant and my husband is my Sponsor.
Can I include my disabled brother as my dependent, whom I care for and am responsible for? My parents are elderly and can no longer care for him due to old age.
Could I present documents that I am his caregiver?

My brother is 24 years old and has a mental retardation of 2 years, he is like a baby, he has a severe disability. My parents can no longer take care of him because of their old age, my brother is almost alone and depends on me otherwise he will be abandoned. If he does not apply through this route, what other alternative can I choose or in the future?


Thank you so much.

Rocio Lively
 
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Naturgrl

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As a Principal Applicant, can I also apply as a Caregiver to include my disabled brother as my dependent?


I am the Principal Applicant and my husband is my Sponsor.
Can I include my disabled brother as my dependent, whom I care for and am responsible for? My parents are elderly and can no longer care for him due to old age.
Could I present documents that I am his caregiver?


Thank you so much.

Rocio Lively
No. Your parents are alive. Being his caregiver doesn’t make him your dependant. If he was under 18 and orphaned then may be possible. Make plans for his care in his home country.
 

ROCIOLIVELY

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No. Your parents are alive. Being his caregiver doesn’t make him your dependant. If he was under 18 and orphaned then may be possible. Make plans for his care in his home country.
My parents are alive but can't take it anymore, they are exhausted and suffering from old age ailments, I am the one who takes care of my brother because otherwise he would be abandoned in the middle of nowhere. My brother is 24 years old but has the mind of a 2 year old, he is like a baby, severely disabled. What could I do in the future, what program or alternative could I take with me? Thank you very much for your answer.
 

Naturgrl

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My parents are alive but can't take it anymore, they are exhausted and suffering from old age ailments, I am the one who takes care of my brother because otherwise he would be abandoned in the middle of nowhere. My brother is 24 years old but has the mind of a 2 year old, he is like a baby, severely disabled. What could I do in the future, what program or alternative could I take with me? Thank you very much for your answer.
There is no sponsorship program for him unless you are selected to sponsor your parents through the lottery. It is called the PGP program. Then you can include your brother. The program has not been open since 2020 and only a few thousand are selected each year. You need to meet LICO for the number of people in your family as PR for at least the next 3 years.

He could come as a visitor (if approved) which will be difficult because he needs to show funds, ties to return and travel history. As a visitor, he has not access to health care of social services and can stay up to 6 months.

Honestly you need to get a plan in place for him with full time caregivers in his country. Canada is not an option for him.

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My parents are alive but can't take it anymore, they are exhausted and suffering from old age ailments, I am the one who takes care of my brother because otherwise he would be abandoned in the middle of nowhere. My brother is 24 years old but has the mind of a 2 year old, he is like a baby, severely disabled. What could I do in the future, what program or alternative could I take with me? Thank you very much for your answer.
Canada has no sibling sponsorship program unfortunately and as others have said, you unfortunately cannot include your brother in your own PR application or in a work permit application.

Your options would be:

1) Once you are a PR, meet the income requirements to sponsor your parents for PR for three years in a row, and are selected through the PGP sponsorship lottery, apply to sponsor your parents for PR and include your brother as a dependent in the application.
2) Once you are a PR and both of your parents are deceased, you can apply to sponsor your brother for PR assuming you are single / have no children and also have no other family members in Canada. Processing for this application will take 2-3 years. ***Unfortunately this option will not be possible for you since you are married.
 

canuck78

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You need to reevaluate whether immigration is a good idea if you care for your brother full-time. Getting selected to apply for PGP could take 10+ years at this point and no guarantee that your parents would be approved given your brother’s potential medical needs. Would add that it is extremely difficult to live off of one income in Canada and there is minimal support programs for disabled children over 21 so you would be his 24/7 caregiver and it would be very difficult to work given your caregiving role.
 

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Even if it is possible, your brother needs to pass medicals. But as to what other comments said, no, it's not possible to add your brother as a dependent.
 
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YVR123

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My parents are alive but can't take it anymore, they are exhausted and suffering from old age ailments, I am the one who takes care of my brother because otherwise he would be abandoned in the middle of nowhere. My brother is 24 years old but has the mind of a 2 year old, he is like a baby, severely disabled. What could I do in the future, what program or alternative could I take with me? Thank you very much for your answer.
The chance of getting your brother in Canada is really slim.
If being with him and taking care of him is important, then you need to re-think about moving to Canada.