rumbalumba said:
Sponsoring aunt to Canada?
Hello. What are the chances my aunt will be able to emigrate to Canada? What can I or my family do to get her to Canada?
1) I'm single. I live with my sister and my mother. We all are employed. Sister is also single.
2) Aunt is single, no dependents. No job/income but has properties. Country: Philippines. 58 years old.
She has been denied TWICE applying for a tourist visa. I am thinking it'd be better for us to just sponsor her to come to Canada since that is the end-goal anyway. She has no immediate family where she lives. Mom's and aunt's other sister lives 5 hours away. Is family reunification grounds for sponsorship?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
There is no way that you can sponsor your aunt because you already have a family in Canada - sister and mother. You can only sponsor a relative IF you don't have anyone in Canada OR you don't have any living immediate family - parents and siblings.
As per CIC site:
You may sponsor one relative, related by blood or adoption, of any age if you meet all of the following conditions:
you do not have a spouse, common-law partner, or conjugal partner, or one of the following living relatives you could sponsor instead:
son or daughter,
parent,
grandparent,
brother or sister,
uncle, aunt,
nephew or niece.
rumbalumba said:
What do you mean I can't petition her and she has to do it on her own? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of a petition?
As a Canadian/PR, you can only sponsor your spouse, kids, and parents. IF none of them are living, you may sponsor your siblings OR other relatives. In your case, your mom and sister are alive and living with you in Canada.
All the details are here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/relatives-apply-who.asp