Sponsoring my wife's son

[Marty11]

Hi Everyone,

A little bit of background. My wife arrived in Dec.2012 in Canada from China, sponsored by myself. She has a son, who at that time was in her ex-husband custody. We did the medicals, pictures, etc... for both of them at that time (as requirement for my wife and for her son as potential future sponsorship). My wife is still a PR, and she can apply for citizenship sometime next year. (4 years in Canada).
Now my wife is in vacation in China and she obtained the sponsorship of her son. They made the official paperwork, I think is in both Chinese and English. When she gets back we agreed to put the sponsorship papers to allow her son to come in Canada. My wife does not have an income, as she was a student and from September she goes again to school to complete her University degree sometime in the spring next year.
Her son is 15 years old.

So, my questions are:

1. Who applies as sponsor for her son, herself (no income), or myself, as I am regularly employed with stable income.

2. What forms does my wife have to complete now?

3. What forms does her son (15 years old) have to complete there ?

4. Can we use the same UCI number as in her initial immigration papers, since her son is mentioned there as a dependent child (IMM 0008DEP) ?

I know that she has to take pictures of him for the application and most probably do the medicals again.

Thank you so much for your time.

Martin

 

[Rob_TO]

1. Who applies as sponsor for her son, herself (no income), or myself, as I am regularly employed with stable income.

Your wife will be the sponsor. There is no income requirement.

2. What forms does my wife have to complete now?
3. What forms does her son (15 years old) have to complete there ?

Sponsor and Applicant package are here:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/fc.asp

4. Can we use the same UCI number as in her initial immigration papers, since her son is mentioned there as a dependent child (IMM 0008DEP) ?

I believe so, but really it's not that important as CIC will figure it out.

I know that she has to take pictures of him for the application and most probably do the medicals again.

Yes and yes.

 

[Marty11]

Thank you Rob-TO,

That validates my thoughts for 1 and 4, thank you again.

For 2 and 3 now, I went to this website before so for my wife she will have to fill in the following:

•Document Checklist [IMM 5491] (PDF, 878.79 KB) February 2016
•Application to Sponsor, Sponsorship Agreement and Undertaking [IMM 1344] (PDF, 442.21 KB) March 2016
•Sponsorship Evaluation [IMM 5481] (PDF, 584.73 KB) April 2012 and
•Sponsor Questionnaire [IMM 5540] (PDF, 1.07 MB) April 2008

Correct ?

And for her son, here is my question again, because everywhere in these forms the threshold age for filling any forms is 18 years old, while he is only 15 now, so does he complete anything or not ???

In case he has to complete, most probably will be the following forms:

Sponsorship of a spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner or dependent child living outside Canada [IMM 3999]
Forms
•Generic Application Form for Canada [IMM 0008] (PDF, 496.57 KB) November 2015
•Additional Dependants/Declaration [IMM 0008DEP] (PDF, 424.19 KB) August 2014
•Schedule A – Background/Declaration [IMM 5669]) (PDF, 776.39 KB) December 2012
•Additional Family Information [IMM 5406] (PDF, 570.00 KB)

Correct ?or not ?