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Hi all,

Just discovered this forum and it's a fantastic source of information. I have a quick question about sponsorship and was hoping someone could clear it up.

My wife (a Canadian citizen) is planning to sponsor me (a U.S. citizen) for Canadian P.R. and I understand that because we're married she doesn't have to meet a minimum income. Does she still need to be employed in order to sponsor me? She has been a student for the last four years and just graduated. I'm working, and we have savings and family in Canada, so we could support ourselves for a year or two if necessary while the application is being processed. Will it be an issue for sponsorship, though, that my wife isn't employed?

Thanks in advance!

Hi

aubade Wrote:Hi all,

Just discovered this forum and it's a fantastic source of information. I have a quick question about sponsorship and was hoping someone could clear it up.

My wife (a Canadian citizen) is planning to sponsor me (a U.S. citizen) for Canadian P.R. and I understand that because we're married she doesn't have to meet a minimum income. Does she still need to be employed in order to sponsor me? She has been a student for the last four years and just graduated. I'm working, and we have savings and family in Canada, so we could support ourselves for a year or two if necessary while the application is being processed. Will it be an issue for sponsorship, though, that my wife isn't employed?

Thanks in advance!

No she doesn't have to be employed, but she cannot be on public assistance (welfare)

PMM

BTW -- Assuming you have things in order and no issues, a spousal sponsored PR app via the outland process should take no more than eight months, perhaps as few as four or five months, definitely not a year or two.

Otherwise ditto PMM