Sponsoring my sister in law

[jorlandoj82]

My wife is a PR, in February it will be a year that shes been in Canada. I sponsored my wife, and we both would like to sponsor her sister who is 17 years old. All the eligibility text is confusing. Are we able to sponsor her sister? Both her parents are alive and living in Colombia. My wife is here with me and I am her only living family here.

Any advice or clarification would be appreciated.

Thank you in advance

 

[Buletruck]

She won’t be able to sponsor her directly as she has a spouse (you) in Canada and her parents are still alive.

 

[Rob_TO]

My wife is a PR, in February it will be a year that shes been in Canada. I sponsored my wife, and we both would like to sponsor her sister who is 17 years old. All the eligibility text is confusing. Are we able to sponsor her sister? Both her parents are alive and living in Colombia. My wife is here with me and I am her only living family here.

Any advice or clarification would be appreciated.

Thank you in advance

She is ineligible to sponsor a sister directly.

The only way to get her PR status, is if your family meets the 3-years income requirements for parents sponsorship, she enters the lottery in 2018 and is chosen, and she submits a parents PR app with her sister listed as dependent. Then her parents and sister would all get PR together.

Her sister will no longer be classified as a dependent after her 22nd birthday, so she would need to apply to sponsor parents before this time.

 

[jorlandoj82]

She is ineligible to sponsor a sister directly.

The only way to get her PR status, is if your family meets the 3-years income requirements for parents sponsorship, she enters the lottery in 2018 and is chosen, and she submits a parents PR app with her sister listed as dependent. Then her parents and sister would all get PR together.

Her sister will no longer be classified as a dependent after her 22nd birthday, so she would need to apply to sponsor parents before this time.

Thank you Rob, that was a big help. Just one more question. Her parents are divorced. Can she sponsor both or is it only one that she has to choose from? He father is the one she would want to sponsor as she is closer with him, but her sister is with her mother and her sisters father is from a different relationship.

 

[Rob_TO]

Thank you Rob, that was a big help. Just one more question. Her parents are divorced. Can she sponsor both or is it only one that she has to choose from? He father is the one she would want to sponsor as she is closer with him, but her sister is with her mother and her sisters father is from a different relationship.

So I assume her sister is not biologically related to her father?

If this is the case, she would need to submit 2 separate applications.
1st to sponsor just her father (and father's partner if married/common-law).
Then a 2nd app to sponsor her mother, in which her sister and mother's partner (if they're married/common-law) would be included as dependents.

Everyone must do and pass a medical exam. Even if they didn't want to live in Canada, they can all land as PRs then only the sister can stay and maintain her PR status even if her parents decided to leave.

I believe if you win a lottery spot, you can submit 2 apps to sponsor 2 parents (for cases like this). Need to check the new rules that will come out next month though to confirm this.