Rob_TO said:
You should not need to meet the new +30% rule on LICO, since you are locked in based on 2011 rules which didn't have that 30% adder.
However you DO need to meet the LICO amounts for your new family size, based on the tax years your family size increased. For 2011, 2012 and 2013 (and 2014 and 2015 if they ask), those incomes should equal old-rule LICOs based on your family size (including if you had spouse or kids) in each of those years.
I believe you can add your spouse into your app as a co-signer at any time if you need her income to meet LICO based on new family size.
Thanks for your response. This is what I thought, but the following text, which was referred by CIC agent on page 49 "Change in circumstances" at IP02 at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/ip/ip02-eng.pdf make me worry. Also, the following text on Operation manual 561 where it says"
Authority to request updated evidence of income
Subsection 134(2) of IRPR now provides officers with the authority to request updated evidence of income from all sponsors who submit a sponsorship application for a member of the family class in the following circumstances:
the officer receives information indicating that the sponsor is no longer able to fulfil the obligations of the sponsorship undertaking; or
more than 12 months have elapsed since the receipt of the sponsorship application.
If the sponsor has submitted a sponsorship application for a parent or grandparent, when assessing updated financial information, the income calculation rule in paragraph 134(3)(c) must be applied. The sponsor’s income and the co-signer’s income, if applicable, is calculated on the basis of the income earned as reported in the NOA, or an equivalent document (Option C print out), issued by the CRA in respect of each of the three consecutive taxation years immediately preceding the day on which the officer receives the updated evidence. For example, if an application to sponsor a parent or grandparent was submitted in January 2014 and was being processed in July 2016, an officer may request updated financial information from the sponsor. The income calculation will be based on the NOA or option C for taxation years 2015, 2014 and 2013. As in an initial assessment, the sponsor’s income and the co-signer’s income, if applicable, is the income earned as reported in the NOA or Option C printout, not including:
any provincial allowance received by the sponsor for a program of instruction or training;
any social assistance received by the sponsor from a province;
any financial assistance received by the sponsor from the Government of Canada under a resettlement assistance program;
any amounts paid to the sponsor under the Employment Insurance Act, other than special benefits;
any monthly guaranteed income supplement paid to the sponsor under the Old Age Security Act; and
any Canada child tax benefit paid to the sponsor under the Income Tax Act.
Paragraph 134(1.1)(c) further provides for the income of a co-signer, if applicable, to be included in the calculation of the sponsor’s income, with any modifications that the circumstances require..
