FAMILY SPONSORSHIP
Being a Canadian citizen or permanent resident gives you certain privilege’s and one of them is family sponsorship. If you are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada, age 18 or over, you can sponsor certain family members to become Canadian permanent residents. If you become a permanent resident, you can live, study and work in Canada. If you sponsor a relative to come to Canada as a permanent resident, you are responsible for supporting your relative financially when he or she arrives.
Sponsorship Requirements:
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You must be 18 years of age or older
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You and the sponsored relative must sign a sponsorship agreement that commits you to provide financial support for your relative, if necessary. This agreement also says the person becoming a permanent resident will make every effort to support her or himself
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You must provide financial support for a spouse, common-law or conjugal partner for three years from the date they become a permanent resident
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You must provide financial support for a dependent child for 10 years, or until the child turns 25, whichever comes first
Relationships Explained:
- Spouse: You are a spouse if you are married to your sponsor and your marriage is legally valid
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Common-law partner: You are a common-law partner, either of the opposite sex or same sex, if you have been living together in a conjugal relationship for at least one year in a continuous 12-month period that was not interrupted. You will need proof that you and your common-law partner have combined your affairs and set up a household
- Conjugal partner: This category is for partners, either of the opposite sex or same sex, in exceptional circumstances beyond their control that prevent them from living together and therefore cannot qualifying as common-law partners or spouses
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Dependent children: A son or daughter is dependent when the child:
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is 21 and younger and does not have a spouse or common-law partner
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is older than 21 and depended substantially on the financial support of a parent since before the age of 22 because of a physical or mental condition
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Sponsors Living Outside Canada
Canadian citizens living outside of Canada may sponsor their spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner or dependent children without dependent children of their own, who have not been convicted of an offence causing bodily harm, provided that they are able to demonstrate that they will reside in Canada after their sponsored landing(s).
Permanent residents residing abroad may not sponsor their family from outside Canada. Furthermore, a spouse or common-law partner in Canada may only file an in-Canada application to sponsor their spouse or common-law partner if they are cohabiting in Canada; otherwise, the application must be filed through a visa office. These are technical areas which needs to be professionally handled.
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