Sponsoring a Family Member to Immigrate to Canada
How to Sponsor a Family Member to Immigrate to Canada
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has jurisdiction to process sponsorship applications so that you may sponsor your relatives who reside outside Canada to immigrate to Canada, as a member of the Family Class.
An eligible sponsor can also sponsor his or her spouse or common-law partner, who is in Canada, as a temporary resident (student, visitor, worker), which means the sponsor and their spouse or common-law partner can live together in Canada, during the sponsorship application.
If the person being sponsored loses his/her status, during this time, meaning the student permit, visitor visa, or work permit, expires, and no renewal was done, the sponsorship application will continue, but this person can be removed from Canada, if she/he comes to the attention of Citizenship and Immigration Canada. If that occurs, the sponsorship application will automatically terminate The person being sponsored should therefore make every reasonable effort, not to lose his/her status.
This means an eligible sponsor can sponsor his/her spouse or common-law partner, dependent children, and certain close relatives (parent or grandparent), to come to Canada, as well as more distant ones, who are single, less than 18, and not married. Some examples are:
• parents
• grandparents
• children adopted outside of Canada or intended to be adopted in Canada
• brothers or sisters, nephews or nieces, grandsons or granddaughters who are orphaned, under 18 years of age and not a spouse or common-law partner
• any other family member if there is no spouse, or common-law partner, son, daughter, mother, father, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt, niece or nephew who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, residing in Canada or abroad.
When you sponsor a relative to come to Canada as a permanent resident, you are responsible for supporting them financially when they arrive. You must, as a sponsor, make sure the people you sponsor do not need to seek financial assistance from the government, during the sponsorship, since if they do, the sponsor is required to reimburse the government, the amount of social assistance provided to the sponsored relative.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada processes the spousal applications in about 1 year, while other relative sponsorships will take longer.
To be eligible as a sponsor, certain conditions need to be satisfied, such as the sponsor must have no debt owing to the Government of Canada, have not been detained in any prison and not subject to a removal order from Canada, no bankruptcy or certain criminal convictions.
Even if the relative or the sponsor cannot meet Canadian Immigration requirements regarding admissibility to Canada, or eligibility as a sponsor, an application to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration requesting humanitarian and compassionate consideration can be made either on public policy grounds or taking into account the best interest of child, risk to life, etc.
Much more information is available on our website at jtimmigration.com
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has jurisdiction to process sponsorship applications so that you may sponsor your relatives who reside outside Canada to immigrate to Canada, as a member of the Family Class.
An eligible sponsor can also sponsor his or her spouse or common-law partner, who is in Canada, as a temporary resident (student, visitor, worker), which means the sponsor and their spouse or common-law partner can live together in Canada, during the sponsorship application.
If the person being sponsored loses his/her status, during this time, meaning the student permit, visitor visa, or work permit, expires, and no renewal was done, the sponsorship application will continue, but this person can be removed from Canada, if she/he comes to the attention of Citizenship and Immigration Canada. If that occurs, the sponsorship application will automatically terminate The person being sponsored should therefore make every reasonable effort, not to lose his/her status.
This means an eligible sponsor can sponsor his/her spouse or common-law partner, dependent children, and certain close relatives (parent or grandparent), to come to Canada, as well as more distant ones, who are single, less than 18, and not married. Some examples are:
• parents
• grandparents
• children adopted outside of Canada or intended to be adopted in Canada
• brothers or sisters, nephews or nieces, grandsons or granddaughters who are orphaned, under 18 years of age and not a spouse or common-law partner
• any other family member if there is no spouse, or common-law partner, son, daughter, mother, father, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt, niece or nephew who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, residing in Canada or abroad.
When you sponsor a relative to come to Canada as a permanent resident, you are responsible for supporting them financially when they arrive. You must, as a sponsor, make sure the people you sponsor do not need to seek financial assistance from the government, during the sponsorship, since if they do, the sponsor is required to reimburse the government, the amount of social assistance provided to the sponsored relative.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada processes the spousal applications in about 1 year, while other relative sponsorships will take longer.
To be eligible as a sponsor, certain conditions need to be satisfied, such as the sponsor must have no debt owing to the Government of Canada, have not been detained in any prison and not subject to a removal order from Canada, no bankruptcy or certain criminal convictions.
Even if the relative or the sponsor cannot meet Canadian Immigration requirements regarding admissibility to Canada, or eligibility as a sponsor, an application to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration requesting humanitarian and compassionate consideration can be made either on public policy grounds or taking into account the best interest of child, risk to life, etc.
Much more information is available on our website at jtimmigration.com
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