Family set-up changes within the 3 year LICO+30% requirement

[genghis7]

Hello to all

I have a question that I hope someone will be able to shed some light upon. My apologies if this has already been touched on, but I searched and could not find an answer.

If my wife wishes to sponsor her mother to Canada (mother & father are divorced), I understand that she would be required to show that her income meets LICO+30% for the previous 3 consecutive tax years for a family of 3 (my wife, myself and her mother). So, for example, that would be for the 2011, 2012 and 2013 tax years. We got married partway through 2012, so does this mean that she would only need to meet LICO+30% for a family of 2 (my wife and her mother) for the 2011 tax year and a family of 3 for 2012 and 2013?

Many thanks in advance!

 

[screech339]

No. She would still need to apply for family of 3 at time of submitting application, regardless of when you got married. If she does not met the lico requirement of 2011, 2012 and 2013 for family of 3, she can add you as co-signer if needed to meet the requirement.

Also keep in mind, she must maintain lico during the entire time of PR parent processing until her mother lands as PR. Also keep in mind, if the new baby came after the PR parent application was submitted, she must meet the new lico for family of 4 the year baby is born and maintain lico until mother lands.

Any year that she doesn't meet the lico during the parent sponsorship process can disqualify her ability to sponsor her mother for PR.

CiC can and probably will ask for option C printouts since application submitted to confirm that lico were maintained throughout the process before granting mother PR status.

 

[user828]

+1 to post above, only difference in your case is that you can be co-sponsor for meeting the required amount ( the years you were married ) but she has to carry the LICO + 30 % for the time she was single unless you were common law ( will have to check on that )

 

[screech339]

+1 to post above, only difference in your case is that you can be co-sponsor for meeting the required amount ( the years you were married ) but she has to carry the LICO + 30 % for the time she was single unless you were common law ( will have to check on that )

Thanks for enlightening me on the part of being single for lico. To be honest I think that approach makes the system more fair.

But how does this work for those who PR that recently got married and landed but uses the husband 3 year income history. PR can sponsor the parent the following year using spouse as cosigner. I assume the family count would default to 3 in this was the case as OP.

 

[screech339]

Example case. A wife got married in jan 2014, lands as PR Nov 2014. Applied for parent sponsorship for pr 2 parent jan 2015. Uses husband as co-signer for 3 year income qualification.

Does the family count as 4 for husband/wife and wife's parents for the years the husband was single? Or count as 3 since he was single?

This is why I think that in this case the PR must met lico for 4 at time of application submittal despite being single in the 2011, 2012, 2013.

 

[user828]

The head start is 4..so I believe it's current situation but for sake of LICO'ing ( lack of better word); cannot include spouse as he/she weren't married but is there a significance difference in 3 vs 4 people anyway?

 

[genghis7]

Thank you for the responses, it is much appreciated.

Have a good weekend all!