WellCare/Unemployment

[MikeJ]

My wife who I am trying to sponsor will be quitting her job soon/not resigning for another year. She is from Korea. Should she claim unemployment? Or will this hurt our chances? Is unemployment considered social assistance?

 

[Isometry]

The only requirement is that the sponsor (you) not be on welfare. It's fine if your wife is on any type of unemployment or social assistance.

 

[frege]

My wife who I am trying to sponsor will be quitting her job soon/not resigning for another year. She is from Korea. Should she claim unemployment? Or will this hurt our chances? Is unemployment considered social assistance?

If you have a good income (say $30,000), this isn't a problem. The only problem is if you don't have enough to support her on your own and it looks like she won't be employable in Canada. Usually they use this against people who only recently got off welfare to be eligible to sponsor someone.

 

[Isometry]

If you have a good income (say $30,000), this isn't a problem. The only problem is if you don't have enough to support her on your own and it looks like she won't be employable in Canada. Usually they use this against people who only recently got off welfare to be eligible to sponsor someone.

But he (the sponsor) isn't on any type of social insurance. I don't think that unemployment would even count as welfare for sponsorship purposes, even if it was the sponsor on it. They've also got a lot in savings.

 

[fhj1203]

But he (the sponsor) isn't on any type of social insurance. I don't think that unemployment would even count as welfare for sponsorship purposes, even if it was the sponsor on it. They've also got a lot in savings.

I remembered my husband lost his job while in the duration of the sponsorship and he applied EI(unemployment claim)and it's not an issue at all because he didn't apply for welfare ..it's our benefits from the EI that we're paying to the government every payday..

unemployment claim or Employment Insurance (EI) provides temporary financial assistance to unemployed Canadians who have lost their job through no fault of their own, while they look for work or upgrade their skills.