Income test

[skokica]

Family Class guide says that if you sponsor your spouse, common-law partners, etc. you do not have to meet financial requirements, but they do undertake to provide basic necessities.

My sponsor (husband) is still a student. He doesn't work so he doesn't have regular income. All he gets is scholarship. Can someone tell me what should we do? How big is the chance of refusal our application in that case? I don't mind working when I move to Canada, so he won't really need to support me much, only at the beginning.

I need your suggestions. Did anyone have same experience?

 

[canthai]

skokica,
Providing basic necessities start when you land, and they end 3 years after that date. As long as he is not receiving any social assistance, government subsidies or receiving disability he is eligible to sponsor you, whether he is a student or employed/unemployed. Read 'Who Can Sponsor?', all of the text with the last black bullet with the condition statement.

"you have an income that is at least equal to the minimum necessary income, the amount of which is published yearly by the Canadian government.

You will have to provide us with documents that show your financial resources for the past 12 months and prove you are financially able to sponsor members of the family class. You may solicit the help of a co-signer (must be your spouse or common-law partner). If you reside in Quebec, see also Sponsors living in Quebec.

This condition does not apply if you are sponsoring only

* your spouse, common-law or conjugal partner who has no dependent children, or
* your spouse, common-law or conjugal partner whose dependent children have no children of their own, or
* your dependent child who has no children of his or her own."


http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/3900E2.asp

canthai