Minimum Necessary Income (MNI) | Macropus Immigration & Visa Services

Minimum Necessary Income (MNI) For Family Sponsorship:

In order to sponsor a family member for permanent residence in Canada, sponsors must exceed the Minimum Necessary Income (MNI) for the program.

The applicant must demonstrate that they have, over the past twelve months and will continue to have at your disposal sufficient financial resources for the duration of the undertaking. The following elements are considered:

• Applicant’s income as well as that of the spouse, if he or she co-signs the sponsorship agreement
• The income required to satisfy own family unit’s basic needs
• The income required to satisfy the basic needs of the sponsored person and, if applicable, his or her family members, whether or not they accompany the sponsored person
• And, if the applicant have already sponsored someone and your undertaking is still valid, the basic needs of the persons included in this previous undertaking.

Federal Income Table, 2017

Low Income Cut-Off (LICO)

The following table applies to all provinces except Quebec

Quebec

Sponsors living in the province of Quebec must meet different MNI figures. Sponsors are presumed capable of fulfilling an undertaking if, over the past 12 months, they have had gross income from Canadian sources equal to the total of the income appearing in table.

Note: Amounts in effect from January 1^st until December 31, 2018.