For the Parents and Grandparents program (PGP), the sponsor, and the co-signer (if required), must demonstrate that they have adequate money/income to support all the persons the sponsor (and the co-signer if required) will be financially responsible for. This is called as the “family size”.

To count the family size, include

• the people in your family (including people you sponsored before), which includes
• yourself (the sponsor)
• your spouse (even if you’re separated, in most cases) or common-law partner
• If your spouse or common-law partner is co-signing, include them and their dependent children in all 3 years.
• If they aren’t co-signing, only include them starting the year they met the definition of a spouse or common-law partner.
• your dependent children, the dependent children of your spouse or common-law partner and any dependent children of the dependent children (if you have any)
• Only include children for the years they meet the definition of a dependent child.
• any other person you (and your co-signer, if you have one) sponsored or co-signed, for whom undertaking is still in effect
• Include the family members (for example, spouse, common-law partner, or dependent children) of the person you sponsored or co-signed for, whether or not they were included in the undertaking.
• the people you want to sponsor and their family, which includes
• the principal applicant
• the principal applicant’s spouse or common-law partner
• Include their separated spouse unless either the principal applicant or their spouse is in a common-law relationship with another person.
• the principal applicant’s dependent children, the dependent children of their spouse or common-law partner and any dependent children of the dependent children (if they have any)

 

In order to meet the income requirements, the sponsors must demonstrate that they meet the same for each of the 3 tax years before the date applied. For instance, for the 2024 intake, IRCC will assess sponsors and co-signers for their income for tax years 2023, 2022 and 2021. A detailed income requirement is available on IRCC website in the link below.

 

Source: https://ircc.canada.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1445&top=14

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