Family Sponsorship
Reunite your family through Canadian government’s Family Class Sponsorship programs
Available Sponsorship Programs
Requirements for the Sponsor:
- The sponsor must be at least 18 years of age
- The sponsor must be a Canadian permanent resident living in Canada or a Canadian citizen
- The sponsor cannot be in prison, bankrupt, under a removal order (if a permanent resident) or charged with a serious offence
- The sponsor cannot have been sponsored to Canada as a spouse within the last 5 years
Requirements for the Sponsored Person:
- The sponsored person must be at least 16 years of age
- The sponsored person must not be too closely related by blood to the sponsor
Requirements for the nature of the relationship:
The applicant must prove that the relationship between the sponsor and the sponsored person qualifies under one of three categories:
- Spouse: This means that the Sponsor and the Sponsored Person are legally married
- Common-law partner: In order to establish a common-law relationship, the Sponsor and the Sponsored Person must cohabit continuously for at least one year, excluding brief absences for business or family reasons
- Conjugal partner: Conjugal partners can be of either opposite-sex or same-sex
Requirements for the Sponsor:
- The sponsor must be 18 years of age
- The sponsor must be a Canadian permanent resident living in Canada or a Canadian citizen
- The sponsor cannot be in prison, bankrupt, under a removal order (if a permanent resident) or charged with a serious offence
Requirements for the Sponsored Person:
The sponsored person must be in one of the following situations of dependency:
- Less than 22 years of age and not a spouse or common-law partner
- 22 years of age or older and has depended substantially on the financial support of the parent since before the age of 22 and is unable to be financially self-supporting due to a physical or mental condition
Requirements for nature of the relationship:
The sponsored person must be either:
- The biological child of the parent if the child has not been adopted by a person other than the spouse or common-law partner
- The adopted child of the parent
Requirements for the Sponsor:
- The sponsor must be the child or grandchild of the sponsored person
- The sponsor must provide a written commitment of financial support
- The sponsor must meet the minimum income threshold for this program
Requirements for the Sponsored Person:
- The sponsored person must be the parent(s) or grandparent(s) of the sponsor
Requirements for the Sponsor:
- The sponsor and their relative must sign a sponsorship agreement that commits the sponsor to provide financial support to their relative, if necessary
- The sponsor must promise to provide financial support for the relative and any other eligible relatives accompanying them for a period of 20 years
- The sponsor must meet the minimum income threshold for this program
Requirements for the Sponsored Person:
- The sponsored person must be the parent or grandparent of the sponsor
- The sponsored person must be admissible to Canada as a visitor
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