You can sponsor your family members or certain relatives to come to Canada if you’re at least 18 years old and a, Canadian citizen or person registered in Canada as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act or, permanent resident of Canada.
As a sponsor (and co-sponsor if applicable), you must meet certain eligibility requirements (previous sponsorship agreements, criminal background, financial admissibility etc.). Your obligations as a sponsor: When you agree to be a sponsor, you must sign an undertaking, promising to give financial support for the basic needs. Before signing the undertaking agreement, you must make sure the people you sponsor won’t need to ask the government for financial help. If they receive social assistance, you’ll have to pay back what they received during the time you are legally responsible for them. You won’t be able to sponsor anyone else until you’ve repaid the amount. The undertaking is a binding promise of support, meaning that it is your responsibility to support the applicant(s) and will stay in effect for the length of the undertaking period, even if your situation changes.
Spousal Sponsorship: You can submit an application to sponsor your spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner to Canada. In order to be considered common law partners, you and your partner must have been living together continuously for a period of at least one year. There are two types of spousal applications: inland and overseas. Depending on your personal situation, you will need to determine which application works best for your couple. In order to ensure that your application is approved, you must be in a genuine, long-term and permanent relationship with your partner. Supporting documentation should be submitted in order to demonstrate the genuineness of the relationship along with details of the progression of your relationship and your future plans as a couple.
Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship: Parents and grandparents can be sponsored to Canada. Sponsors will need to meet the income requirement for parental sponsorship set out by Citizenship and Immigration Canada matching your family size. if you are not eligible or invited to apply for sponsoring PR for your parents. An option of Super Visa lets one visit their children or grandchildren for up to 5 years at a time. It’s a multi-entry visa that provides multiple entries for a period up to 10 years.
Child Sponsorship: As a Canadian or Permanent Resident of Canada, you can also sponsor your child or adopted child to Canada.
Sponsor Other Relatives: If you wish to sponsor other relatives to Canada, you may be eligible to do so depending on your personal circumstances in Canada and your relative’s situation in her/his country of citizenship.
In order to ensure that applications are processed efficiently, forms and supporting documentation must be adequately prepared. Missing information can cause long delays or even the refusal of your application. The processing time of the application will vary depending on the visa office that is assessing the application as well as the completeness of the application submitted.
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