Posted on: 27-07-15 19:38:28
Hi all,
I had applied for my parents' sponsorship in 2007. I received a request for medical last month and the medicals have been sent.
I have been living abroad for last 3 years..
This morning I received a letter mentioning that: "a sponsor who is not a Canadian citizen must be residing in Canada from the day the sponsorship application is received to the day application is completed". P.S: it is not a rejection letter. Just asking for more information in next 30 days.
Two issues here:
1. I am a Canadian citizen now. I moved out once my citizenship was finalized.
2. I intend to move back to Canada once the PR application of my parents is approved. I have strong ties in Canada. I own a home, bank accounts etc. My brother lives there. And my employer has an agreement with me to send me to the Canadian subsidiary on my own timelines.
any expert advice on what should I do next.
And some random thoughts: Life really doesn't stop after you submit your sponsorship application. Especially when the applications takes 8 years or so. Immigrants aren't supposed to halt their lives or actually consume their lives in efforts to bring their families to their newly adopted home. Career has its demands and for ambitious people mobility remains important. Such a law restricting mobility of immigrants, if it exists. Is discriminatory.
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Originally posted by ulludapatha
Hi all,
I had applied for my parents' sponsorship in 2007. I received a request for medical last month and the medicals have been sent.
I have been living abroad for last 3 years..
This morning I received a letter mentioning that: "a sponsor who is not a Canadian citizen must be residing in Canada from the day the sponsorship application is received to the day application is completed". P.S: it is not a rejection letter. Just asking for more information in next 30 days.
Two issues here:
1. I am a Canadian citizen now. I moved out once my citizenship was finalized.
2. I intend to move back to Canada once the PR application of my parents is approved. I have strong ties in Canada. I own a home, bank accounts etc. My brother lives there. And my employer has an agreement with me to send me to the Canadian subsidiary on my own timelines.
any expert advice on what should I do next.
And some random thoughts: Life really doesn't stop after you submit your sponsorship application. Especially when the applications takes 8 years or so. Immigrants aren't supposed to halt their lives or actually consume their lives in efforts to bring their families to their newly adopted home. Career has its demands and for ambitious people mobility remains important. Such a law restricting mobility of immigrants, if it exists. Is discriminatory.
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Your random thoughts are applicable especially to your specific case. You also know the nature of the beast. Happy to hear that they have completed their medicals and will get through them too.
The main concern of the High Commission there in Islamabad is that the sponsoring party is away from Canada. If so, their concern is who it is that will receive them and accommodate them here in Canada after their arrival and do the needful. That is indicated in their letter to you.
Also, knowing that you are no longer a Resident nor a tax payer here in Canada, they are apprehensive about your Parents prospects here in settling down comfortably within Canada, as the sponsor is no longer a resident.
A letter of assurance, or as indicated by you in your post here, that there is a younger brother here who is a resident of Canada, if conveyed to them, together with YOUR Letter of support to your Parents, because you being the sponsor, will not only secure them an entry, it will speed up their visa processing there in Islamabad.
If you have no intentions of returning to Canada, then, prepare to deposit into your Parents account an equivalent sum of $25,000 into their account and show them the proof of support and get the same notarized and send them the copy of the Bank statement to ensure their stay here in Canada for the first TWO years.
It would also help, if your brother steps in and shows his support to them and also his assurance that he will take care of Parents and their welfare. That becomes co-sponsorship. Is he willing to do that now?
All of these documents need to get notarized prior to submission.
Just in the passing, your intentions are honourable but action speaks louder than the thoughts that you wish to express and the actions you propose to take, at a later time and date. I sincerely hope it materializes to your satisfaction. Immigration into Canada is based on facts available to the Officer who is currently evaluating the case. To enable him to provide your Parents an entry, he needs to see the situation as is currently existing and he cannot base them upon your promises to return and live here in Canada with them on a later date.
In my opinion, the facts currently available do not enable him to issue to them an entry visa. So, to mitigate the situation, your entry into Canada is advisable. The very soonest the better. A letter to that effect might secure them a visa. It is left to the I.O. to decide.
There are other legal avenues that will secure them an entry, if you wish to explore them, please do so, NOW.
FH.
