Sponsoring Parents And Leave Canada?

[sunghyun]

I have few questions on sponsoring parents.

1) For income required for the 3 taxes years, is it okay one tax year is from working in US?
2) If parents receive PR through Parent Sponsorship, the sponsor person need to undertaking for 20 years. After parents receive PR, they need to live in same address as me?
3) Can I leave Canada (live and work in US) once parents receive PR?

Will wait for the answers.

 

[scylla]

I have few questions on sponsoring parents.

1) For income required for the 3 taxes years, is it okay one tax year is from working in US?
2) If parents receive PR through Parent Sponsorship, the sponsor person need to undertaking for 20 years. After parents receive PR, they need to live in same address as me?
3) Can I leave Canada (live and work in US) once parents receive PR?

Will wait for the answers.

1) As long as you have 3 CRA (Canadian) tax returns, you're fine.
2) No, they don't need to live with you. But yes, you will be responsible for them financially for 20 years.
3) Yes.

 

[canuck78]

I have few questions on sponsoring parents.

1) For income required for the 3 taxes years, is it okay one tax year is from working in US?
2) If parents receive PR through Parent Sponsorship, the sponsor person need to undertaking for 20 years. After parents receive PR, they need to live in same address as me?
3) Can I leave Canada (live and work in US) once parents receive PR?

Will wait for the answers.

1. Income earned while living in the US will not count towards the LICO for parent sponsorship so if you were working and living in the US that would not count. The whole intent of the PGP sponsorship program is to reunite parents with their children who have been living in Canada. Obviously it is frowned upon to leave after sponsoring your parents through the PGP process because they are essentially benefiting from services they have likely never contributed to. The argument is that at least the children are contributing to the tax base. There has been a push to weight applications for children who have been in Canada the longest and who have attempted to get selected for the PGP program the most times in order to prevent children applying for years without success and others getting selected on their first attempt. There were supposed to be reforms to the PGP in 2020 but covid hit before any announcement was made.

 

[steaky]

1. Income earned while living in the US will not count towards the LICO for parent sponsorship so if you were working and living in the US that would not count. The whole intent of the PGP sponsorship program is to reunite parents with their children who have been living in Canada. Obviously it is frowned upon to leave after sponsoring your parents through the PGP process because they are essentially benefiting from services they have likely never contributed to. The argument is that at least the children are contributing to the tax base. There has been a push to weight applications for children who have been in Canada the longest and who have attempted to get selected for the PGP program the most times in order to prevent children applying for years without success and others getting selected on their first attempt. There were supposed to be reforms to the PGP in 2020 but covid hit before any announcement was made.

But it probably count if OP physically living in Canada but working in the US during that tax year.

 

[canuck78]

But it probably count if OP physically living in Canada but working in the US during that tax year.

Which is why I specified if they were living in the US.

 

[steaky]

Which is why I specified if they were living in the US.

But you didn't specify this situation. I mean the siutation I described.

 

[canuck78]

But it probably count if OP physically living in Canada but working in the US during that tax year.

Your statement about physically living in Canada but working in the US during the tax year doesn't make sense. A tax year is a whole year. You can be living in Canada and be a tax resident of Canada yet still work in the US and that income would likely count. If you are living in the US and working in the US that income would not count even if you filed Canadian taxes.

Income earned while living in the US will not count towards the LICO for parent sponsorship so if you were working and living in the US that would not count. The whole intent of the PGP sponsorship program is to reunite parents with their children who have been living in Canada. Obviously it is frowned upon to leave after sponsoring your parents through the PGP process because they are essentially benefiting from services they have likely never contributed to. The argument is that at least the children are contributing to the tax base. There has been a push to weight applications for children who have been in Canada the longest and who have attempted to get selected for the PGP program the most times in order to prevent children applying for years without success and others getting selected on their first attempt. There were supposed to be reforms to the PGP in 2020 but covid hit before any announcement was made.

 

[steaky]

Income earned while living in the US will not count towards the LICO for parent sponsorship so if you were working and living in the US that would not count. The whole intent of the PGP sponsorship program is to reunite parents with their children who have been living in Canada. Obviously it is frow

But still there is no mentioning of OP physically living in Canada but working in the US during that tax year

 

[YVR123]

I have few questions on sponsoring parents.

1) For income required for the 3 taxes years, is it okay one tax year is from working in US?
2) If parents receive PR through Parent Sponsorship, the sponsor person need to undertaking for 20 years. After parents receive PR, they need to live in same address as me?
3) Can I leave Canada (live and work in US) once parents receive PR?

Will wait for the answers.

When you ask about "working in US" in question 1, did you live in Canada and work in US? Or you were living in US while working there. (With work from home it's very much possible. Or some people commute to US daily. )