Gift Money Declaration from Father to Son Outline !

[rafzy]

Is this outline sufficient ... Can you guys have a look at it and give your feedback?

I Mr. XX father of Mr.XX(Primary applicant) is giving my son money worth of PKR.XX. I have gifted this money from my personal bank account no. XX in (bank name and branch) in the form of a cross-cheque no. XX, worthing PKR. XX dated XX-XX-XXXX. This cross-cheque is directly deposited in Mr. XX(Primary applicant name) on (date of cheque-submission) in his own account no. XX at (bank and branch).

I Mr. XX (Father) is giving this money as a gift to cover all his expenses for canadian immigration process and for helping him/her to settle in Canada in future.

Signed:
Passport No:
Dated:

Attached documents:

Cross-Cheque with gift money.
Cheque submission receipt.
Copy of gift donor bank account statement.
Copy of receiver bank account statement.

 

[rafzy]

What other documents can i attach with this declaration from my father as proof ?

 

[Asivad Anac]

Perfect! Just add a short 1 line explanation for all the enclosures as well.

 

[rafzy]

Perfect! Just add a short 1 line explanation for all the enclosures as well.

Thanks you for your quick review. where should my father add this line in this declaration ?

 

[Asivad Anac]

Need not be your father. You can add a covering page to your pdf file about POF where you list the enclosures (and give a 1 line detail about each of them).

 

[rafzy]

Need not be your father. You can add a covering page to your pdf file about POF where you list the enclosures (and give a 1 line detail about each of them).

Thank you soo much for your prompt reply.

You indeed are a life saver

 

[vipulgoyal88]

Is it necessary to provide the gifter's bank statement?

 

[Asivad Anac]

Is it necessary to provide the gifter's bank statement?

Lends a lot of authenticity to the transaction claim by showing proof of actual funds transfer.

 

[vipulgoyal88]

Isn't the copy of cheque, cheque deposit slip enough proof? For what period is the gifter's statement sufficient? Just the day of gift or a week before the gift or a month before the gift to the day of gift?

 

[Asivad Anac]

Isn't the copy of cheque, cheque deposit slip enough proof? For what period is the gifter's statement sufficient? Just the day of gift or a week before the gift or a month before the gift to the day of gift?

Even a week's summary containing that particular transaction would suffice.

 

[AAlhadka]

Is this outline sufficient ... Can you guys have a look at it and give your feedback?

I Mr. XX father of Mr.XX(Primary applicant) is giving my son money worth of PKR.XX. I have gifted this money from my personal bank account no. XX in (bank name and branch) in the form of a cross-cheque no. XX, worthing PKR. XX dated XX-XX-XXXX. This cross-cheque is directly deposited in Mr. XX(Primary applicant name) on (date of cheque-submission) in his own account no. XX at (bank and branch).

I Mr. XX (Father) is giving this money as a gift to cover all his expenses for canadian immigration process and for helping him/her to settle in Canada in future.

Signed:
Passport No:
Dated:

Attached documents:

Cross-Cheque with gift money.
Cheque submission receipt.
Copy of gift donor bank account statement.
Copy of receiver bank account statement.

It might be helpful to do the currency exchange and put the equivalent amount in Canadian Dollars just out of courtesy to CIC 8)

 

[rafzy]

It might be helpful to do the currency exchange and put the equivalent amount in Canadian Dollars just out of courtesy to CIC 8)

Thank you for your suggestion.. Will also add this in final version of letter

 

[Mutair]

For me i got the letter stamped by the bank and listed account numbers. Hope it works.

 

[Pippin]

I don't see any mention that the money does not have to repaid at any time. If I was writing this document, I would not address myself as Mr or Mrs. "I, John Doe, give my son, Jim Doe, xxxx PKR for his express use. This is a gift and is not to be repaid. " Be sure that he signs and dates the letter. Do you think having someone witness (bank manager?) your father's signature would be good to include on letter?
Attach copies of the cheque and father's bank statement showing period before and after Cheque cashing. Also show value of funds in Canadian dollars.
I am not an expert and I don't know if CIC will accept this as POF. You would have stated what funds you had for POF at Some point. Do those dates correspond with the gift cheque? I wonder if CIC also wants to see that people are providing some/all of their own funds as part of the proof of their skilled employment income?
Good luck.

 

[Asivad Anac]

I don't see any mention that the money does not have to repaid at any time. If I was writing this document, I would not address myself as Mr or Mrs. "I, John Doe, give my son, Jim Doe, xxxx PKR for his express use. This is a gift and is not to be repaid. " Be sure that he signs and dates the letter. Do you think having someone witness (bank manager?) your father's signature would be good to include on letter?
Attach copies of the cheque and father's bank statement showing period before and after Cheque cashing. Also show value of funds in Canadian dollars.
I am not an expert and I don't know if CIC will accept this as POF. You would have stated what funds you had for POF at Some point. Do those dates correspond with the gift cheque? I wonder if CIC also wants to see that people are providing some/all of their own funds as part of the proof of their skilled employment income?
Good luck.

Fair points. Even though it explicitly states 'gifted', I suppose it can't hurt to reinforce that by saying these funds need not be repaid. The bit about Mr isn't a hard rule - could be cultural differences. Having a witness makes no difference but it can't hurt having that though it will be on a plain piece of paper and I'm not sure if bank officials anywhere in the World would casually initial such a document. Showing the value of funds in Canadian dollars or the equivalent action of showcasing official currency conversion rates (sell side for the bank) as on that date would be a welcome addition though not a mandatory inclusion.

As for CIC accepting this as POF, that is anyone's guess. Some officers have been convinced with lesser evidence, some have requested for even more and I know of at least 1 officer who doesn't like this workaround enough to send a refusal instead of requesting for more evidence. Like all workarounds, it won't work for everyone but it is the best OP can do.

About the skilled income bit, CIC isn't scrutinizing tax records of foreign applicants. Technically speaking, CIC should extend PPR to an EE applicant with a score of 451+ (minimum needed so far for an ITA, April draw) who hasn't worked for a day in the past 9 years (but still satisfies the 1 year continuous NOC 0/A/B requirement in the last 10 years) but has their application perfect in all other respects including POF derived from funds that can be conclusively established to be unencumbered. Under their existing regulations, CIC cannot refuse this applicant on the grounds of not having held a job for a while or not having paid taxes or not having savings left over from their post tax income. Very exaggerated example but I wanted to make that point clear that it isn't CIC's place to question proof of skilled employment income.