Common-law, IMM 1344: co-signer eligibility PLEASE HELP with understanding

[ashia]

Hi everybody,
I am reading all files now, and I hope it's just my misunderstanding. So, file IMM 1344 (Application to sponsor, sponsorship agreement and undertaking)

CO-SIGNER ELIGIBILITY ASSESMENT (page 4)
Instruction:
In you answer "no" to questions 1-3, you are not eligible to be a co-signer. you should NOT submit your application.

question No2: Are you a Canadian citizen or permanent citizen?

question No3: Do you reside in Canada and in no other country? If you answered "NO" but are Canadian citizen living exclusively outside Canada, you may still be eligible to sponsor.


Of course I am not, both for numbers 2 and 3, that's why I need to be sponsored by my partner. Please, tell me I need coffee and there is some obvious explanation to it... This sounds like this should be in part for sponsor, but I am sure that I'm reading this on page 4, dedicated to co-signer.

 

[Carlaganda23]

Re: Common-law, IMM 1344: co-signer ability PLEASE HELP with understanding

Hi everybody,
I am reading all files now, and I hope it's just my misunderstanding. So, file IMM 1344 (Application to sponsor, sponsorship agreement and undertaking)

CO-SIGNER ELIGIBILITY ASSESMENT (page 4)
Instruction:
In you answer "no" to questions 1-3, you are not eligible to be a co-signer. you should NOT submit your application.

question No2: Are you a Canadian citizen or permanent citizen?


Of course I am not, that's why I need to be sponsored by my partner. Please, tell me I need coffee and there is some obvious explanation to it...

Your spouse( the Permanent Resident/Canadian Citizen) is the one who will fill out the form. You can be a co-signer if you want to.

 

[ashia]

so for example when i have a kid and my husband (theoretical situation ) want to co-sign, yes?

so, with common law generally we leave all section for co-signer as n/a?

thanks, sounds much more logical now...


now I read again point about co-signer:
"is there a co-signer? (co-signer must be the spouse or common-law partner of the sponsr)" - and I understood if we are common law, we have to sign both, but English grammar probably says: "if you want to be a co-signer, you can, but only as a spouse", yep?

oh meeeeen, I had little heart attack and also though how stupid the file is, but now I feel a bit better

 

[Carlaganda23]

so for example when i have a kid and my husband (theoretical situation ) want to co-sign, yes?

so, with common law generally we leave all section for co-signer as n/a?

thanks, sounds much more logical now...

Yes we put N/Ain the co-signer part, other way, your husband should be the one who will fill out the form and you both signed the undertaking on the bottom part.

 

[Avadava]

You, as the applicant cannot be a co-signer to your own application. Usually a co-signer, is the spouse of a sponsor who wants to sponsor other family members. For example, if you decide in the future to sponsor your parents or a child who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents already (after you receive your PR), your spouse can co-sign the sponsorship agreement. This happens usually when a sponsor needs to meet financial requirements (LICO). A co-signer on a sponsorship undertaking can help raise the minimum income necessary.

Bottom line, in your case, your spouse can't have a co-signer to sponsor you, so put N/A as this part of the form does not apply to you.

 

[Savak]

Can a parent be a co-signer? For e.g. if i am sponsoring my wife but if i request my father to be a co-signer?

 

[YVR123]

Can a parent be a co-signer? For e.g. if i am sponsoring my wife but if i request my father to be a co-signer?

you do not need a co-signer to sponsor a spouse. That's only for someone to sponsor their parents and their spouse can be a co-signer.

You need to show that you can support you and your wife.

And this is a very old discussion in 2014 and your application has nothing to do with common law immigration.