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 for a certain amount of time.

Who you can sponsor:

Spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner
Dependent child (or child you plan to adopt): must be 21 and younger
Parents and Grandparents: father, mother, grandfather or grandmother
Dependent child (or child you plan to adopt): must be 21 and younger
Orphaned Relatives: brother, sister, nephew, niece, grandson or granddaughter, who are orphaned, under the age of 18, and not married or in a common-law relationship
Other relative: *only Lonely Canadians are eligible to sponsor (have no other family living in Canada

There are two steps to the application process for your spouse, partner or children to become permanent residents:

As a citizen or permanent resident of Canada, you must apply to sponsor your family member.
Your spouse, common-law or conjugal partner, or dependent children must apply for permanent residence.

Sponsorship application is a very subjective process and giventhe numerous cases of marriage fraud, IRCC officers need to be convinced that the spousal sponsorship is a genuine relationship.

The application process can be complex at time can lead to shattered dreams of reuniting loved ones. At JS Immigration Consulting we are Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants and have a expansive knowledge of the regulations to help guide you in this matter.