Sponsoring your family - To reunite with close family relatives in Canada.
Sponsoring your family: Spouses and dependent children
WHO
Persons who wish to be reunited with close family relatives in Canada may apply using this method.
The sponsor:
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is the person who wishes to help the relative immigrate to Canada
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must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
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must be aged 18 years or older and
- must be living in Canada
The person who wishes to be sponsored must be a member of the family class and includes:
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the sponsor's spouse
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the sponsor's common-law partner
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the sponsor's conjugal partner
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the sponsor's father or mother
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the sponsor's dependent son or daughter
Dependent children now include children under 22 years of age.
How
Applicants are not assessed under the points system.
The person being sponsored must meet the basic standards of good health and character.
The sponsor must sign an undertaking (a guarantee) with the government of Canada to provide for the housing, care and maintenance of the applicant and accompanying dependents.
The sponsor must satisfy an immigration officer that he or she has sufficient income to support the members of the family class whose applications are being sponsored.
The sponsored family member must not be found to be within any of the inadmissible (ie. criminal and medical) classes.
If you wish to immigrate to Canada as a member of the family class or to sponsor a relative,
contact us
for assistance.
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If that person or his or her family member is |
Your obligations end |
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your spouse or your common-law or conjugal partner |
three years after that person becomes a permanent resident |
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your dependent child or a dependent child of your spouse, common-law or conjugal partner and under 22 years of age on the day he or she becomes a permanent resident |
ten years after that child becomes a permanent resident or on the day that child reaches age 25, whichever comes first |
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your dependent child or a dependent child of your spouse, common-law or conjugal partner and 22 years of age or over on the day he or she becomes a permanent resident |
three years after that child becomes a permanent resident |
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any other person (e.g., your father, your mother, your grandparents or a dependent child of your parents) |
ten years after that
person becomes a permanent resident |
If you require assistance with any of these categories, contact
us.
If you wish to apply as an applicant in this category, you may fill out an assessment form which is free.
Download: Assessment for sponsoring family members or a fiancée |
