 Family
Sponsorships
Certain family members are entitled to apply for status in
Canada because they are related to a Canadian citizen or permanent resident. The following
people, who are defined as members of the family class, may apply under this category:
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the sponsor's spouse, |
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the sponsor's dependent son or
dependent daughter, |
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the sponsor's father or mother, |
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the sponsor's grandfather or
grandmother, |
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the sponsor's brother, sister,
nephew, niece, grandson or granddaughter, who is an orphan and is under 19 years of age
and unmarried, |
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the sponsor's fiance |
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any child under 19 years of age
whom the sponsor intends to adopt and who is: |
(i) an orphan,
(ii) an abandoned child whose parents cannot be identified,
(iii) a child born outside of marriage who has been placed with a child welfare
authority for adoption,
(iv) a child whose parents are separated and who has been placed with a child
welfare authority for adoption, or
(v) a child, one of whose parents is deceased, and who has been placed with a child
welfare authority for adoption, or
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one relative regardless of the
age or relationship of the relative to the sponsor, where the sponsor does not have a
spouse, son, daughter, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, uncle,
aunt, nephew or niece |
There are certain differences in how the above immigrants
are treated by Immigration Canada in terms of the strict application of certain rules. For
example, spouses may receive special treatment, which in some circumstances makes it an
easier sponsorship process than for other members of the family class.
The requirement for the sponsor of an immigrant is that
they must be 19 years of age or more, must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident,
must undertake to care for the immigrant’s essential needs and must meet the Low
Income Cut-Off requirements. This is an income figure which is deemed to be the level of
yearly income, minus certain debts, required to support an immigrant. The Income figure is
strictly adhered to and is determined on the basis of the population of the area in which
the sponsor lives. Furthermore, a sponsor must live in Canada exclusively and without
interruption for the duration of the Sponsorship Agreement.
Certain people, such as those who are bankrupt, or in
default of previous sponsorship undertakings, are not eligible to act as a sponsor.
Once the sponsor has been approved, the immigrant must
submit an application for landing to a Canadian Visa Office. The immigrant is not subject
to the point assessment of an independent immigrant, but must meet the usual criminal and
medical admissibility tests.
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