Eligibility and statutory declaration attesting to the intention of a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada (anchor) to support a foreign national affected by the conflict in Sudan (IMM 0208)
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Statutory Declaration of the anchor (IMM 0208)
This form must be completed by:
- The anchor in Canada
Section A – Personal Information of the Canadian
citizen or
Permanent Resident (anchor)
Family Name:
Enter your full family name (surname or
last
name) as shown on your passport, travel document or identity document.
Given name: Enter all of your given name(s) (first, second or more) as shown on your passport, travel document or identity document. Do not use initials.
- Note: If there is no family name on the passport or travel document, enter all given names in the family name field and leave the given name field blank.
- If there is no given name on the passport or travel document, leave the given name field blank.
UCI: UCI stands for “unique client identifier" provided to an applicant for immigration/refugee purposes. It is also known as a client identification number (client ID). It is on official documents you get from us.
Place of birth: Enter your place of birth, including the city or town and country of birth, as shown in your passport or your travel document.
Date of birth: Enter your date of birth. If you do not know your complete date of birth, use “01” to fill in the spaces for the unknown year, month or day. Include a letter of explanation saying why you could not include the complete date.
Status in Canada: Indicate your current status in Canada: Citizen, Permanent Resident. You must provide a photocopy of your document to confirm your Canadian Citizenship or Permanent Resident status
Residential address: Enter your current residential address (where you live) by typing the following information:
- Apartment (Apt.) or Unit, if applicable
- Street number (no.), if applicable. It is the number on your house or apartment building.
- Street name, if applicable
- City or Town
- Province or State
- Postal code or zip code
E-mail address: If you have an email address, enter it here (for example, name@provider.net).
Note: By indicating your email address, you are hereby authorizing IRCC to transmit your file and personal information to this specific email.
Telephone number: Enter your telephone number including the country code, area/regional codes, etc.
Section B - Personal Information of the Principal
applicant
(Foreign National)
Family name: Enter full family name (surname or last name) as shown on the passport, travel document or identity document.
Given name: Enter all given name(s) (first, second or more) as shown on the passport, travel document or identity document. Do not use initials.
- Note: If there is no family name on the passport or travel document, enter all given names in the family name field and leave the given name field blank.
If there is no given name on the passport or travel document, leave the given name field blank.
UCI: If you know the unique client identifier (UCI) number or client identification number (client ID), enter it here without any spaces. If this is the foreign national’s first application with IRCC, or if you do not know the UCI, leave this space blank.
Place of birth: Enter the foreign national’s place of birth, including the city or town and country of birth, as shown in the passport or travel document.
Country of citizenship: Indicate the country of citizenship of the foreign national
Date of birth: Enter the foreign national’s date of birth. If you do not know the complete date of birth, use “01” to fill in the spaces for the unknown year, month or day. Include a letter of explanation saying why you could not include the complete date.
Identity/travel document: Select the box to tell us the type of identity document the foreign national holds.
Travel document number: Enter the document number. If you do not know the number, leave this space blank.
Section C – Personal Information of the foreign
national
spouse or common-law partner
You must complete this section only if your child, grandchild, parent, grandparent or sibling is unable to leave Sudan, or is missing or presumed dead, or deceased, and their spouse or common-law partner is the principal applicant.
Family name: Enter full family name (surname or last name) as shown on the passport, travel document or identity document.
Given name: Enter all given name(s) (first, second or more) as shown on the passport, travel document or identity document. Do not use initials.
- Note: If you do not have a family name on your passport or travel document, enter all given names in the family name field and leave the given name field blank.
- If you do not have a given name on your passport or travel document, leave the given name field blank.
UCI: If you know the unique client identifier (UCI) number or client identification number (client ID), enter it here without any spaces. If this is the foreign national’s first application with IRCC, or if you do not know the UCI, leave this space blank.
Place of birth: Enter the foreign national’s place of birth, including the city or town and country of birth, as shown in the passport or travel document.
Country of citizenship: Indicate the country of citizenship of the foreign national.
Date of birth: Enter the foreign national’s date of birth. If you do not know the complete date of birth, use “01” to fill in the spaces for the unknown year, month or day. Include a letter of explanation saying why you could not include the complete date.
Section D – Personal information of accompanying
family
members
You must list all accompanying family members of the principal applicant. Write ‘none’ if there are no accompanying family members.
Family name: Enter full family name (surname or last name) as shown on the passport, travel document or identity document.
Given name: Enter all given name(s) (first, second or more) as shown on the passport, travel document or identity document. Do not use initials.
- Note: If you do not have a family name on your passport or travel document, enter all given names in the family name field and leave the given name field blank.
- If you do not have a given name on your passport or travel document, leave the given name field blank.
Date of birth: Enter the foreign national’s date of birth. If you do not know the complete date of birth, use “01” to fill in the spaces for the unknown year, month or day. Include a letter of explanation saying why you could not include the complete date.
If you need more space for this section, add an additional page with the appropriate information.
Section E – Anchor Eligibility Assessment
Answer each question by checking the appropriate box.
If you answered “Yes” to one or more of the questions from 6 to 15, you must explain what happened in the space provided. If you need more space, add an additional page with the appropriate information.
Section F – Country of Residence
Enter the list of all countries of residence, including the cities or towns, you lived for 6 months or more since your 18th birthday or the past 10 years, whichever is most recent.
Example:
| Country of Residence (City, Country) Toronto, Canada |
From (yyyy-mm) 2013-07 |
To (yyyy-mm) 2023-07 |
If you need more space for this section, add an additional page with the appropriate information.
Section G – Personal details of the spouse or
common-law
partner of the anchor
Family Name:
Enter your full family name (surname or
last
name) as shown on your passport, travel document or identity document.
Given name: Enter all of your given name(s) (first, second or more) as shown on your passport, travel document or identity document. Do not use initials.
- Note: If you do not have a family name on your passport or travel document, enter all given names in the family name field and leave the given name field blank.
- If you do not have a given name on the passport or travel document, leave the given name field blank.
UCI: UCI stands for “unique client identifier.” provided to an applicant for immigration/refugee purposes. It is also known as a client identification number (client ID). It is on official documents you get from us.
Place of birth: Enter your place of birth, including the city or town and country of birth, as shown in your passport or your travel document.
Date of birth: Enter your date of birth. If you do not know your complete date of birth, use “01” to fill in the spaces for the unknown year, month or day. Include a letter of explanation saying why you could not include the complete date.
Status in Canada: Indicate your current status in Canada: Citizen, Permanent Resident. You must provide a photocopy of your document to confirm your Canadian Citizenship or Permanent Resident status
Residential address: Enter your current residential address (where you live) by typing the following information:
- Apartment (Apt.) or Unit, if applicable
- Street number (no.), if applicable. It is the number on your house or apartment building.
- Street name, if applicable
- City or Town
- Province or State
- Postal code or zip code
E-mail address: If you have an email address, enter it here (for example, name@provider.net).
- Note: By indicating your email address, you are hereby authorizing IRCC to transmit your file and personal information to this specific email.
Telephone number: Enter your telephone number including the country code, area/regional codes, etc. If you have an extension number, indicate it after your phone number under “Ext.”
Section H – Co-Anchor Eligibility Assessment
This section must be completed by your spouse or common-law partner only if you intend to include their income for the financial calculation.
Answer each question by checking the appropriate box.
If you answered “Yes” to one or more of the questions from 5 to 14, you must explain what happened in the space provided. If you need more space, add an additional page with the appropriate information.
Section I – Country of Residence of Co-Anchor
You must complete this section only if you intend to include your spouse or common-law partner’s fund or income for the financial calculation.
Enter the list of all countries of residence, including the cities or towns, you lived for 6 months or more since your 18th birthday or the past 10 years, whichever is most recent.
Example:
| Country of Residence (City, Country) Toronto, Canada |
From (yyyy-mm) 2013-07 |
To (yyyy-mm) 2023-07 |
If you need more space for this section, add an additional page with the appropriate information.
Section J – Assessment of financial capacity
- For the purpose of calculating the financial capacity only, non-accompanying family members should not be counted in the family size calculation. You should only count family members that will be travelling with you to Canada.
- However, keep in mind that all family members, whether accompanying or non-accompanying, must be declared on the Generic Application Form for Canada (IMM 0008).
You must provide sufficient evidence to show you have enough money to act as an anchor.
To assess your financial capacity to act as an anchor, the officer will review the forms and all the financial documents you submitted. You are required to submit sufficient information and evidence to demonstrate that you have sufficient financial means to support the principal applicant and their family members.
What is your family size?
Family size for financial capacity calculation includes:
- You (the anchor)
- Your spouse or common-law partner
- Your dependent
children
- Their dependent children, if they have any
- Your spouse’s or common-law partner’s dependent children , and
- Their dependent children, if they have any
- The principal applicant (foreign national)
- The principal applicant’s spouse or common-law partner (if accompanying the principal applicant to Canada)
- The dependent children of the principal applicant and principal applicant’s spouse or common-law partner (if accompanying the principal applicant to Canada)
- The dependent children of the dependent children, if they have any and if accompanying the principal applicant to Canada
- Any other person that you and your co-signer (if you have one) sponsored or co-signed, whom they’re still financially responsible for (for example, sponsored refugees) and their family members
- Any other person for whom you (and the co-anchor, if you have one) have submitted a statutory declaration to support them under this public policy, not listed in this statutory declaration. If you are submitting multiple applications, you must include in your family size all foreign nationals (principal applicants) and their accompanying family members for whom you have submitted a statutory declaration under this public policy.
- The information provided in the family size calculation will be compared to the information contained in IRCC’s database.
How much income and/or funds are available?
In order to act as an anchor, you must meet the financial requirement of one of the three options described below.
Option A - Minimum necessary Income (MNI)
Refer to the low income cut-off table (Table 1) and the amount required according to the number of people you entered in the family size calculation above. This is the amount of income you must have to act as an anchor.
You can still act as an anchor if you are receiving maternity, parental and sickness benefits paid under the Employment Insurance Act. These benefits also count as income for the purposes of meeting the Minimum necessary income.
The income requirement is based on Statistics Canada’s annual Low-income Cut-Off (LICO).
| Family size as calculated above | Minimum necessary income ($) |
|---|---|
| 1 person (the Anchor) | 27,514 |
| 2 persons | 34,254 |
| 3 persons | 42,110 |
| 4 persons | 51,128 |
| 5 persons | 57,988 |
| 6 persons | 65,400 |
| 7 persons | 72,814 |
| More than 7 persons, for each additional person, add | 7,412 |
Option B - Minimum necessary funds
The minimum necessary funds is an amount held in an in-trust account at a Canadian financial institution. The funds must be accessible to the foreign national once granted permanent residence in Canada. The total number of persons is equal in number to the foreign national (principal applicant) and their accompanying family members.
| Total number of persons | Total funds required ($) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9,900 |
| 2 | 14,950 |
| 3 | 16,500 |
| 4 | 18,100 |
| 5 | 20,450 |
| 6 | 22,650 |
| 7 or more (for each additional member) | 1,900 |
Option C – A combination of income and funds
If you do not meet the minimum necessary income requirements described in Option A or the minimum necessary funds under Option B, you can use a combination of income and funds to meet financial requirement.
To determine if you meet the requirement for Option C, you must use this formula:
Example 1:
The minimum necessary income (MNI) required for a family size of 7 is $72,814.
Your income is $55,000 + funds in your in-trust account is $20,000 = $75,000.
As the combination of income and funds is higher than MNI of $72,814, you would be financially eligible to act as an Anchor.
Example 2:
If you are acting as an anchor for more than one application you must have separate in-trust accounts for each principal applicant.
For example:
- Anchor + spouse + 2 dependent children (4 people)
- Sibling A + spouse + 2 dependent children (4 people)
- Sibling B + spouse (2 people)
Total = 10 persons
In this scenario, Sibling A and Sibling B are both principal applicants with their own statutory declarations and must each have a separate in-trust account.
The minimum necessary income to support 10 people (Sibling A + Sibling B + Anchor and all dependents) = $95,050
If your income is $55,000 you need $40,050 of available funds (totally funds necessary- your income).
Divide the available funds necessary into trust accounts for Sibling A and Sibling B based on their family size.
$40,050 divided by 6 persons (Sibling A + Sibling B+ their dependents)= $6675 per person
Trust Account for Sibling A (4 persons x $6675) available funds = 26,700
Trust Account for Sibling B (2 persons x $6675) available funds= $13,350
Funds held in an in-trust account
The funds must remain in the account until the principal applicant arrives and must be deposited to an account held at a Canadian financial institution in Canadian currency.
This account does not need to be a formal trust account.
This account can be an informal in-trust chequing or savings account.
Section K – Declaration of extended family member (Anchor
and co-anchor, if applicable)
Read all of the statements in all sections carefully.
Write your complete name and the name of the foreign national identified in section B.
Check the box to tell us the relationship between yourself and the foreign national. If you check “other” you must specify.
Sign and date in the spaces provided. By signing, you certify that you fully understand the questions asked, and that the information you have provided is complete, truthful, and correct.
By signing, you certify that you will support the person identified in Section B and their accompanying family members.
If you do not sign and date, the application will be considered incomplete and will be returned to you.
Section L - Declaration of Canadian Authorized official
You must complete and sign this form by solemn declaration in the presence of a Canadian Authorized official who, by law, is authorized to receive a solemn declaration. This can be done in person or remotely.
In Canada, this person must be:
Authority to certify varies by province and territory. Consult your local provincial or territorial authorities.
Outside of Canada:
- Consular officer of the Government of Canada
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