sponsorship not valid until 5 years

[F-Ray]

You should check out www.canlii.org This issue has been addressed and the rule has been interpreted in federal court:

https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/irb/doc/2016/2016canlii87360/2016canlii87360.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAGMTMwKDMpAAAAAAE&resultIndex=1

If you want to look at more cases, just do a search for section 130(3)

thanks for the reply it helps a lot...