Is there a minimum income to sponsor spouse (Quebec)

[Ste_Vege]

Hi,

I am currenlty living in UK with my wife. I (Canadian citizen) am planning to move back to Quebec and sponsor my wife as soon as I land in Quebec. So it would be an outland application with me living in Quebec and my wife in UK.
Obviously, I won't have any income for the first 1-3 months as I will have just moved back to Quebec. Would this be an issue with regards to the financial capability to sponsor my wife?
We will be living with my parents and we have a good amount of money saved 150kCAD and we both have a university degree.

Is there a minimum income I need to have to sponsor my spouse to move to Quebec?

Or am I better to apply from the UK and just demonstrate that we seriously plan to move to Quebec?

Also, if we both live in UK and apply from the UK, do we need to go through IRCC only or also the Quebec application (if we intend to move to Qc obvs) or going through the Quebec application applies only if I am living in Qc when I apply?

 

[canuck78]

Hi,

I am currenlty living in UK with my wife. I (Canadian citizen) am planning to move back to Quebec and sponsor my wife as soon as I land in Quebec. So it would be an outland application with me living in Quebec and my wife in UK.
Obviously, I won't have any income for the first 1-3 months as I will have just moved back to Quebec. Would this be an issue with regards to the financial capability to sponsor my wife?
We will be living with my parents and we have a good amount of money saved 150kCAD and we both have a university degree.

Is there a minimum income to sponsor my spouse to move to Quebec?

Or am I better to apply from the UK and just demonstrate that we seriously plan to move to Quebec?

Also, if we both live in UK and apply from the UK, do we need to go through IRCC only or also the Quebec application (if we intend to move to Qc obvs) or going through the Quebec application applies only if I am living in Qc when I apply?

You only need to show that you can support yourselves without government help. Once you have a job in Canada just update your file. You also have significant savings which also helps your case. Whether you apply from Canada or the UK is a personal decision. If your spouse wants or needs to work then it will be better to remain in the UK. Your spouse won’t have access to healthcare either although doublecheck of there is an arrangement to access care based on a citizen of a European country. Don’t believe the UK is part of the program. It is currently taking close to 8 months to get an OWP with inland sponsorship so you may not get to work throughout the whole sponsorship period although Quebec sponsorship is slightly longer so you may get OWP a few months before PR. Yes you’ll need to complete CSQ for your spouse if you move to Quebec which takes a bit longer.