sponsorship app - pros and cons to withdraw versus proceed

[dfb]

What are the pros and cons to checking the box to withdraw application versus proceeding? WIthout knowing more, I can't understand why I wouldn't want my money back, but I fear I would be giving something up by doing this. This is for an outland application for American living in Canada. Thanks!

 

[RobsLuv]

OK, here's how it works - they're asking whether you want to withdraw your application if the sponsor is not eligible . . . normally we recommend that you say, "Yes" - that you want to withdraw the ap. The reason for this is that, without an eligible sponsor, the application is dead in the water anyway. No point in it being forwarded to the visa office so that you can wait for months and months for it to finally be refused due to an ineligible sponsor.

It's better to withdraw and have the file sent back to you right away so that you can work on correcting whatever issue is making the sponsor ineligible, and then you reapply.

 

[dfb]

Thanks - this is my thought. What reason would someone have for proceeding if their sponsor was rejected. I don't understand what benefit there would be (there's got to be something)

 

[Bhooman]

The reseaon someone would want to proceed with the immigration application evenif the sponsorer is not eligible to sponsor the applicant is, if the applicant him/her self is eligible for immigration without the sponsorship on its own merit.

 

[RobsLuv]

The reseaon someone would want to proceed with the immigration application evenif the sponsorer is not eligible to sponsor the applicant is, if the applicant him/her self is eligible for immigration without the sponsorship on its own merit.

Yes, but that would be an entirely different type of application. Whether a sponsored applicant qualifies on their own merit to come to Canada would NOT be assessed as an alternative for an applicant with an ineligible sponsorl! Bottom line - no matter what - a sponsored applicant will not be approved without an eligible sponsor. It may be that some people use this option, of forcing the applicant to be refused as well, to make use of the appeals process and maybe get the application appeal allowed under Humanitarian and Compassionate consideration. I'm not sure, though. I can't think of any other reason than some sort of loophole like that. But you'd have to be pretty desperate to do that - the appeal process is long and expensive, and at least as hard to prove out as the initial application process. I hate to be skeptical, but I'd bet that the only reason there's an option to choose is that CIC will get to keep the sponsor's fee if a refused sponsor actually elects to have the file proceed to the overseas visa office.