Family Sponsorship

Canada’s family sponsorship program allows certain family members of Canadians or permanent residents to immigrate to Canada.
The goal of the family call immigration is “to see that families are reunited in Canada.”

Spousal Sponsorship

You can sponsor your spouse or partner to become permanent residents of Canada.

If you do, you must be able to:

• support them financially
• make sure they don’t need social assistance from the government

Spouse includes a husband or wife to whom a sponsor is legally married. A marriage license or certificate usually proves this type of relationship.  

Common-law partners are not legally married. Common-law couple must have been living together for at least 1 year, continuously and without any long periods apart.

Conjugal partnership in relation to a sponsor, a person outside Canada who has a binding relationship with a sponsor for at least one year but could not live together due to barriers beyond their control such as immigration barrier, religious, sexual orientation, war, etc.

Dependent Children Sponsorship

Dependent child is under the age of 22 years old who don’t have a spouse or common-law partner and includes adopted children.

Children 22 years old or older qualify as dependants if they meet both of these requirements:

• they are unable to financially support themselves because of a mental or physical condition
• they have depended on their parents for financial support since before the age of 22

With the exception of age, dependent child must continue to meet these requirements until IRCC has finished processing the application.

Who is eligible to sponsor their spouse, partner or child

You can sponsor your spouse, partner or dependent child if:

• You’re at least 18 years old
• You’re a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident of Canada, or a person registered in Canada as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act
  • If you’re a Canadian citizen living outside Canada, you must show that you plan to live in Canada when the persons you want to sponsor become permanent residents.
  • You can’t sponsor someone if you’re a permanent resident living outside Canada.
• You’re able to prove that you’re not receiving social assistance for reasons other than a disability
• you can provide for the basic needs of any persons you want to sponsor

Parents and Grandparents (PGP) Sponsorship

Canadian Citizens and permanent residents can sponsor their parents or grandparents. Canada has a cap on number of applications it accepts each year and you must receive invitation to apply before submitting an application.

Eligibility:

• you’re invited to apply
• You’re at least 18 years old
• you live in Canada
• you’re a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident of Canada, or a person registered in Canada as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act
• you have enough money to support the people you want to sponsor
  • to show that you have enough, you’ll have to provide your proof of income
  • you may have a spouse or common-law partner co-sign to combine your incomes
• you meet all other requirements under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

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