Hey everyone,
My (under technicalities, soon-to-be-)common-law partner and I will be applying in November for his permanent residency (as I am a dual citizen of Canada and the States) to Canada. Call me stupid for not knowing this particular detail, but I recall reading or hearing somewhere that there was a specific amount of cash in hand that the sponsor (IE: myself) needed to have in order to prove that they could support their partner.
Now, I've researched extensively everything else we need and have that all covered, but when it comes to the financial aspect... all I can find is that I need to sign a contract saying I promise to and will carry out supporting him for the time I am obligated to (3 years at least, in this case).
I saw that there was a specific table that Quebec supplied that details what your gross income needs to have been over the past 12 months based upon how many people you are sponsoring. Problem is, I can't seem to find anything else that's as specific for the other provinces. I was also able to find a small blurb mentioning that we were obligated to show our financial records for the past 12 months, however, it also stated in very bold letters afterwards that this was "ONLY NECESSARY IF THE DEPENDENT HAS DEPENDENT CHILDREN THEMSELVES". Neither of us have any children or other family members that would be tagging along, so to speak. It would just be us.
We would be moving to Vancouver, BC, Canada (I'd lived there my entire life up until last year in early July, at which point I moved to the USA to be with him). It almost seems as though I just need to prove that we would not be on government support in the States at the time of application, can support ourselves now, and that I can/we can continue to work hard and support ourselves when we immigrate. Is this the case, or do we need to save up $10 000 that will be used specifically to show the government he has something to support himself if he turns out to be a completely lazy bum (which isn't the case... just exaggerating)?
Thank you in advance for all your help.
My (under technicalities, soon-to-be-)common-law partner and I will be applying in November for his permanent residency (as I am a dual citizen of Canada and the States) to Canada. Call me stupid for not knowing this particular detail, but I recall reading or hearing somewhere that there was a specific amount of cash in hand that the sponsor (IE: myself) needed to have in order to prove that they could support their partner.
Now, I've researched extensively everything else we need and have that all covered, but when it comes to the financial aspect... all I can find is that I need to sign a contract saying I promise to and will carry out supporting him for the time I am obligated to (3 years at least, in this case).
I saw that there was a specific table that Quebec supplied that details what your gross income needs to have been over the past 12 months based upon how many people you are sponsoring. Problem is, I can't seem to find anything else that's as specific for the other provinces. I was also able to find a small blurb mentioning that we were obligated to show our financial records for the past 12 months, however, it also stated in very bold letters afterwards that this was "ONLY NECESSARY IF THE DEPENDENT HAS DEPENDENT CHILDREN THEMSELVES". Neither of us have any children or other family members that would be tagging along, so to speak. It would just be us.
We would be moving to Vancouver, BC, Canada (I'd lived there my entire life up until last year in early July, at which point I moved to the USA to be with him). It almost seems as though I just need to prove that we would not be on government support in the States at the time of application, can support ourselves now, and that I can/we can continue to work hard and support ourselves when we immigrate. Is this the case, or do we need to save up $10 000 that will be used specifically to show the government he has something to support himself if he turns out to be a completely lazy bum (which isn't the case... just exaggerating)?
Thank you in advance for all your help.