Sponsoring Sister

[love-canada]

Hi All,

Posting this question to have information for my friend.

He is a permanent resident and unmarried.

He want to sponsor his sibling(sister) who is above 18 yrs and married.

Can he sponsor his sister now and if required can he sponsor his spouse later after his marriage.

Please drop in your thoughts.

Thanks.

 

[scylla]

Does he have a common law partner or children? Are either of his parents still alive? Does he have any other family in Canada (e.g. aunt, uncle)? If the answer to any of these questions is yes - he unfortunately cannot sponsor his sister.

 

[scylla]

Oh - and to answer your other question - if he qualifies to sponsor his sister now and applies - he cannot get married until his sister's PR application has been finalized and she has landed in Canada and become a PR. Sibling applications can often take 2-3 years to process. So he will need to be prepared to wait a few years before getting married. Once he is married, he will be able to sponsor his spouse for PR.

 

[love-canada]

Does he have a common law partner or children? Are either of his parents still alive? Does he have any other family in Canada (e.g. aunt, uncle)? If the answer to any of these questions is yes - he unfortunately cannot sponsor his sister.

He is not having children or common law partner. His mother is back home.

 

[Louman64]

He is not having children or common law partner. His mother is back home.

Mother is still alive then she cannot sponsor her sister

 

[scylla]

He is not having children or common law partner. His mother is back home.

In that case he cannot sponsor her. His sister will have to qualify to immigrate on her own through an economic immigration program like Express Entry.

 

[love-canada]

Thanks all. seems its a blocker for sponsorship to sister for his scenario.

Any other options of having provincial nomination where brother can help to his sister in canada.

 

[scylla]

Thanks all. seems its a blocker for sponsorship to sister for his scenario.

Any other options of having provincial nomination where brother can help to his sister in canada.

If you live in Manitoba, she will get more points to qualify for the Manitoba PNP program. However she will still need to qualify on her own as an economic immigrant and meet all of the education, work experience and language requirements. This isn't a family sponsorship stream - it's still an economic stream.

 

[love-canada]

Ok Thanks.. seems manitoba PNP is now closed for skilled immigrants..

 

[scylla]

Ok Thanks.. seems manitoba PNP is now closed for skilled immigrants..

It opens periodically. Join the PNP section of the forum if you want to participate in discussion on that topic.