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Sponsorship on Disability

happyrock

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:) Hello
I wanted to ask a question about this subject? because there seems to be a lot of confusion about it! I live in British Columbia,and my girlfriend lives in Mexico,one option of her coming to Canada was for me to sponsor her? I have seen a similar question asked here, like this before.By a man receiving ODSP in Ontario! I am receiving PWD2 provincial disability in my province.What confuses me is that there seems to be a fine line between welfare, government assistance and disability? Which one is ok ,and which one is not? I am currently looking for work,so hope to possible be off disability if i have to be. My other confusion was that I thought you had to make $100,000 a year to sponsor someone into the country? Now my understanding is this is not true? what is true,what type of a job does qualify to sponsor someone into the country? What income bracket? Luckily if none of this works, I think she can get in with immigration,as she is educated. Hope someone can help me with this? Thank You.
 

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You can sponsor while you are on disability, only people on welfare can not sponsor.

There is no financial requirement to sponsor a spouse, but in your case you she is your GF but you have to live with her 1 year in order to sponsor her as common law. Or you can marry her and then apply as spouse.

Read this CIC guide and you wil know all about it : http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/3900ETOC.asp
 

happyrock

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Thank you so much for your reply! and yes think the link was very helpful I guess the thing that confuses me about this is that, provincial welfare and PWD disability are lumped together
in british columbia? We have a different office to go too, but both are connected welfare and PWD persons with disabilities? I hope this will be considered, by the government? and not just
written off with "Oh they are both the same welfare and PWD recipients"

Again Sincere Thanks for your help :) Wayne
 

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happyrock said:
Thank you so much for your reply! and yes think the link was very helpful I guess the thing that confuses me about this is that, provincial welfare and PWD disability are lumped together
in british columbia? We have a different office to go too, but both are connected welfare and PWD persons with disabilities? I hope this will be considered, by the government? and not just
written off with "Oh they are both the same welfare and PWD recipients"

Again Sincere Thanks for your help :) Wayne
if you can show WHY you are on (because of your disability) then you will be fine. I have profound hearing loss and I'm on ODSP. In our photos, chat logs etc, we signed to each other and talked about my hearing loss a lot. Plus I also explained why there wasn't much to the phone logs, because I have to read lips. So it proved that I had a disability. Little things like that can help you show that you're on it JUST for the disability part. :)
 

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happyrock said:
I live in British Columbia,and my girlfriend lives in Mexico,one option of her coming to Canada was for me to sponsor her?
Yes, but you can only sponsor her if you have lived with her for one year, or you get married to her. There is a class called conjugal, but I do not think it would work with a Mexican applicant, since you could go there to live with her, and there is nothing to stop you from marrying.
I have seen a similar question asked here, like this before.By a man receiving ODSP in Ontario! I am receiving PWD2 provincial disability in my province.What confuses me is that there seems to be a fine line between welfare, government assistance and disability? Which one is ok ,and which one is not? I am currently looking for work,so hope to possible be off disability if i have to be.
Welfare is not OK. Disability is fine. The problem is most of the provinces do not call their welfare payments 'welfare', so you have to know what it is officially called in BC. I'm guessing if it is called 'disability' that it will considered to be OK. If you could get a job, that would remove the issue. Because while many people have successfully sponsored while receiving disability payments, others have been refused.
My other confusion was that I thought you had to make $100,000 a year to sponsor someone into the country?
Definitely not. You can sponsor a spouse/partner or child with no income at all. There is a certain income one needs to sponsor other relatives, known as the LICO - low income cut-off. But it does not apply to people sponsoring a spouse, partner, or child.
what type of a job does qualify to sponsor someone into the country? What income bracket?
Any kind of job is fine. No income is necessary. However, if you have no income or a very low income, the visa officer will want to see your plans for how the two of you will support yourselves once she gets here. You can show her income, any savings she has, her education and experience, etc., to show that she should be able to get a job in Canada. So while no income or job is necessary to sponsor, there is some requirement to show you two will not be living off of welfare. People are rarely refused for this reason, though.