The family class sponsorship program allows a Canadian or permanent resident of Canada who is eighteen years of age or older to apply to sponsor a family member to immigrate and settle in Canada. In family sponsorship situations involving spouses and minor children, the standard requirement to meet income thresholds is waived in order to facilitate the family reunification process.
The family class sponsorship program allows a Canadian or permanent resident of Canada who is eighteen years of age or older to apply to sponsor a family member to immigrate and settle in Canada. In family sponsorship situations involving spouses and minor children, the standard requirement to meet income thresholds is waived in order to facilitate the family reunification process.
Family class sponsorship is not absolute, however. There are rules governing who is eligible to sponsor a family member to immigrate to Canada. In addition, whether you are sponsoring your spouse or adopted child, it is necessary to demonstrate that a genuine relationship exists.
Family class sponsorship is not absolute, however. There are rules governing who is eligible to sponsor a family member to immigrate to Canada. In addition, whether you are sponsoring your spouse or adopted child, it is necessary to demonstrate that a genuine relationship exists.
Your relatives can live, study and work in Canada if they become permanent residents of Canada. You can sponsor certain relatives to come to Canada if you’re at least 18 years old and a:
– Canadian citizen or,
– Person registered in Canada as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act or,
– Permanent resident of Canada
If you are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada, age 18 or over, you can sponsor certain family members to become Canadian permanent residents. If you become a permanent resident, you can live, study and work in Canada. If you sponsor a relative to come to Canada as a permanent resident, you are responsible for supporting your relative financially when he or she arrives.
To be a sponsor:
– You must be 18 years of age or older.
– You and the sponsored relative must sign a sponsorship agreement that commits you to provide financial support for your relative, if necessary. This agreement also says the person becoming a permanent resident will make every effort to support her or himself.
– You must provide financial support for a spouse, common-law or conjugal partner for three years from the date they become a permanent resident.
– You must provide financial support for a dependent child for 10 years, or until the child turns 25, whichever comes first.
You can sponsor:
– Spouse – Outside, Inland, Same-Sex
– Common Law partner – (restrictions apply)
– Conjugal partner – (restrictions apply)
– Dependent children
– parents – (Additional conditions apply)
– grandparents – (Additional conditions apply)
– brothers or sisters, nephews or nieces, granddaughters or grandsons who are orphaned, under 18 years of age and not married or in a common-law relationship
– another relative of any age or relationship but only under specific conditions
– accompanying relatives of the above (for example, spouse, partner and dependent children).
Dependent children, both natural and adopted, may be sponsored to live with their parent(s) as permanent residents in Canada. The child sponsorship program is a subsection of the Family Class of immigration. To receive a visa through this immigration program, the sponsor and the sponsored person will be required to prove their relationship to one another. Individuals whose adoption proceedings are in the final phases of processing may begin sponsoring their child before the adoption has been finalized.
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