Homemaker sponsoring husband - outland sponsorship

[carolino22]

Hi Everyone!
I have emailed some of these questions to the visa office in Hong Kong and Taipei, but haven't gotten much response (either they cannot directly advise me or asked me to refer to the application form). I would really appreciate some advice based on your own personal experiences or research. Thanks!!!

Some background info:
- I am a Canadian currently living in Taiwan
- My husband is a Taiwanese Citizen. We were married in Vancouver and have a Canadian marriage certificate.
- Our son is Canadian

My question is,

1) Can I submit the sponsorship application forms directly to the Hong Kong Canadian embassy?
We make frequent trips to Hong Kong throughout the year, so I was wondering if that was possible.


2) What is usually the best accepted proof of intention to re-establish in Canada?
Neither my husband or I does not have a job offer in Vancouver, we do not have an admission letter from an educational institution, mortgage on a house, property to a deed.
So far, we plan to rent the basement suite from my uncle in vancouver, will drawing up a rental contract be enough sufficient proof?


3) Besides a rental contract, what other proof would be recommended? (besides employment contract, admission letter to a school and the above mentioned)


4) On the sponsorship evaluation form IMM 5481, asks for my personal net income for the preceding 12 months. How do I go about this since I have no income, and a housewife?
My husband is the breadwinner in the family, can I show his bank account statements instead?
However, In taiwan, banks do not offer joint accounts, so none of his bank accounts have my name on it.



5) Line item 17, Supporting Documents Checklist, indicates I need to have the last Notice of Assessment for the most recent tax year. I have been a dependent as a teenager under my parent’s Canadian tax return (this was 10 years ago when I lived in Vancouver), so I have never filed a Canadian one on my own. How do I show this or provide this information?
Do I just show my joint tax return in Taiwan or explain my situation?


Thank you so much!!

 

[canadianwoman]

1. No. The sponsorship forms and the applicant forms are sent together to the visa office in Mississauga. There they will process the sponsor's forms, then send everything to the visa office that will do the rest of the processing.
2. and 3. Get your uncle to write a letter or affidavit stating he will be renting to you. Draw up a rental agreement as well. You can also submit things such as proof of job searches, proof of enrolling your child in school, daycare, activities, etc. Think of anything you will have to do when you first arrive in Canada, and try to get proof showing your preparations for that. You can also show proof of your preparations for leaving Taiwan, such as getting things shipped, a letter from your husband's boss saying he knows he is leaving, ordering copies of medical records, etc. Letters from family and friends stating they know you are moving to Canada can also be used.
4. and 5. Just explain your situation. A sponsor without a notice of assessment just has to explain why they don't have one. Sending in a copy of your and your husband's Taiwanese tax return or notice of assessment is fine. The visa officer just wants to be assured that there is a plan in place for the family's support once you are all in Canada - so explaining you are a housewife, but that your husband has a good income and you have savings, should be enough.

 

[carolino22]

thank you so much for taking the time to answer each question!! you are awesome!! much more detailed and thorough than the visa office email.

 

[carolino22]

I know this may sound obvious, but would I need to translate every document written in chinese to english?
example: taiwanese bank statements, letters, taiwanese tax return?

 

[keesio]

yes you will need to translate to either English or French

 

[carolino22]

Thank you so much!

 

[canuck_in_uk]

I know this may sound obvious, but would I need to translate every document written in chinese to english?
example: taiwanese bank statements, letters, taiwanese tax return?

Official documents such as PCCs, birth certificate, marriage certificate etc. need to be formally translated.

Unofficial stuff such as your bank statements and relationship proofs can be translated by yourselves.

 

[carolino22]

That's good to hear! thanks