Defaults
You are not eligible to sponsor if you are in default of a previous undertaking. If you are in default and you submit an application to sponsor, it will be refused and the sponsorship fees that you have paid will not be refunded or applied to subsequent sponsorship applications.
If you are in default of… A previous sponsorship undertaking
Relatives you sponsored in the past received social assistance or welfare while the undertaking was valid.
You may not sponsor until you repay the full amount of any social assistance or welfare payment or repay the debt to the satisfaction of the government authority that issued the benefit or ordered you to pay.
You will have to pay back any money your parents took. The Canadian government will come after YOU for this money. This rule will apply for 20 years after your parents arrive in Canada and become PRs.