Family Sponsorship

Get FAMILY SPONSORED

One of the objectives of Canadian Immigration Policy is to reunite family in Canada. Through Family Sponsership your relatives and family members can become permanent residents of Canada, and can study, live and work in Canada.

Certain relatives can be sponsored if the sponsor, apart from other criteria, is

Atleast 18 years of age
Is a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Canada
Able to take care of the basic needs of the sponsored person
Not receiving social assistance for reason other than disability

Family sponsorship could be –

Spouse/Common Law Partner
Dependant Children
Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship

Spouse/Partner

A Canadian Citizen/Permanent resident can sponsor their Spouse/ Common-law Partner/ Conjugal Partner to become Permanent resident of Canada.

To sponsor spouse, the spouse must be –

Legally married to the sponsor
Atleast 18 years of age

To Sponsor Common-Law Partner, the “CLP” must be

Living with sponsor for atleast 12 months consecutive in a conjugal relationship, and not married to the sponsor
Atleast 18 years of age

To Sponsor Conjugal Partner, the Conjugal Partner must be

Not married or in Common-Law Relationship to the sponsor
Atleast 18 years of age
Lives Outside Canada and in relationship with the sponsor for atleast 1 years, and was unable to live with the sponsor because of immigration or legal reasons

Dependent Children

Dependent Children of your own or of your Spouse/Comon-Law Partner can be sponsored to become Canadian Residents. The following is the definition of dependent children –

The child must be under 22 years of age, and
The child must not have a spouse/common-law partner

However, Children who are 22 years or older may qualify as dependant if they meet the following two conditions –

Their physical or mental condition makes them unable to support themselves financially
Their financially dependency on their parents existed before they were 22 year of age and is continuing

Please note the dependent children(grandchildren of the sponsor) of the dependant children are also eligible for sponsorship

Parents & Grandparents

A Canadian Citizen/Permanent resident can sponsor their Parent and Grandparents if the sponsor meet the following conditions –

If the sponsor get the invitation to apply from IRCC
The sponsor is atleast 18 years of age and live in Canada
The sponsor has enough money to support the sponsored persons – parent and/or grandparents
Meet under conditions as per the IRPA and IRPR

The process to sponsor parents and grandparents may be different each year. Generally, the following are the steps –

IRCC opens the “Interest to Sponsor” application form
Sponsor submits the Interest to Sponsor form, and get a confirmation number
If the sponsor receive the invitation to apply, they submit the application
- Application to become sponsor
- Application of Permanent Residence for parents and grandparents as the case may be