unemployed. with two kids living with parents. can i still sponsor my husband?

[mLex]

I am a Filipino living in canada. My husband is in the Philippines. We had our first child before we migrated to canada. after a year i had a vacation and got pregnant again for our second child. So we got married. My question is that can i sponsor my husband even if im unemployed? I live with my parents so i dont pay for my rent or any bills. i just pay for my cellphone bill. I only got money from cctb of my children. can you guys please help me.

 

[uzafar88]

Sorry to be blunt, but why don't you get a job?

 

[zardoz]

While there is no defined financial requirement to be able to sponsor, you are going to have a hard time convincing CIC that you can meet the responsibilities of sponsorship. I suspect that "questions" will be asked...

 

[mikeymyke]

No income is required to sponsor but u must show how you or your hubby can support yourselves

 

[Avadava]

I think it depends on the children's status. Are they PR or Canadian citizens?

I believe there is an income requirement for spouses that have dependent children. So if your children or one of them is immigrating at the same time as your husband, you might need to show income. If that's not true and your husband is immigrating alone, you don't require income, but like others have said, you will need to prove that you can support your family. You need to convince CIC that none of you will be a burden to the Canadian government.

 

[canadianwoman]

You can sponsor your husband without an income, but the visa officer will want to see some evidence that you two can support yourselves once he is in Canada. So outline a plan of how you two plan to live. You could write that you and your husband will continue to live with your parents while you look for a job, and that your parents will be supporting the family until you are financially able to. Then get a letter or affidavit from your parents stating that they will let you and your husband live in their house and that they will support you until you both get jobs, or something to that effect.

 

[screech339]

I think it depends on the children's status. Are they PR or Canadian citizens?

I believe there is an income requirement for spouses that have dependent children. So if your children or one of them is immigrating at the same time as your husband, you might need to show income. If that's not true and your husband is immigrating alone, you don't require income, but like others have said, you will need to prove that you can support your family. You need to convince CIC that none of you will be a burden to the Canadian government.

There is no minimum income level requirement even for your own children. Only time you would need to have income level is if the husband is taking children of his own with him. In other words, the OP's step children. But don't think this is the case here.

Regardless OP is going to have a tough time convincing the CIC that she can support the husband when she is depending on Child Benefits for income.

Screech339