Wik.haider said:
See there are three sections. Assets, Liabilities and Settlement funds.
Assets can be property / car etc
Liabilities is what u have a loan of 22k CAD
Settlement funds is what you require readily available for u to settle in canada. Around 14k for two people.
The equation is, if you have 42K liquid assets (funds you can use towards settlement) available and have liabilities of 22K CAD, you then have 42 - 22 = 20K readily available settlements funds. If you are two people going, then you only need around 14K CAD instead of 20k. So check how much settlement funds you are required (depends on your family members). If it is less than 20k, you should be fine.
Hope this helps.
THIS IS NOT TRUE.
For one thing you are forgetting that the car is an asset. But more importantly, a car loan is secured by the car. If he fails to pay the car loan, the worst thing that can happen is he will lose his car. He will NOT lose any of the cash in his account. (I am assuming car loans work the same in his country as in every other country I have heard of.) In this case, his cash is UNENCUMBERED and LIQUID and the FULL amount can be claimed as settlement funds.
If you have a home worth 999K, a home loan for 998K, and cash of 100K, then:
Assets=1099K
Liabilities=998K
Settlement Funds =100K, NOT 101K (assets minus liabilities)
Now suppose you are unlucky and your home loses value and is worth only 799K, but you still have 100K cash, now your situation is:
Assets=899K
Liabilities=998K
Settlement Funds STILL = 100K!
N.B.!