Canada Family Sponsorship
Canada encourages family reunion. Take your family members along with you to Canada through Family Sponsorship.
Canada, having an estimated population of 36.90 million ranks 38th in the world population count. What’s more interesting is that one in five people in Canada according to the 2016 census were people who immigrated from foreign countries. The immigration programs that constitute most of these population were skilled workers program and provincial nominee programs. It should also be mentioned that the Canadian Family Sponsorship Visa Program has also played a considerable role in helping foreign individuals to immigrate to Canada.
The Canadian Family Sponsorship Program allows individuals to sponsor his/her relative to study and work in Canada.
An individual can only become an eligible sponsor if he/she meets certain requirements as specified by the Canadian government. Below listed are the criteria that make an individual eligible:
The individual can sponsor his/her spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner under the Canada Family Sponsorship Program only if:
If the applicant is sponsoring a spouse or a partner under the Canada Family Sponsorship Program, dependent children should be listed on the respective application form (if any). If the individual is planning to sponsor more than one dependent child, then he/she should submit the entire set of applications for the child.
An individual who wishes to sponsor his/her relatives can only sponsor the below-listed relatives (only when they meet all the conditions).
The individual can sponsor close relatives if they are orphaned and aged below 18 and without a spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner. He/she should also be related by blood or adoption such as brothers or sister, nephews or nieces, and grandchildren.
An individual can also sponsor one relative who is related by blood or adoption, irrespective of his/her age when the following conditions are met under the Canada Family Sponsorship Program. The sponsor shouldn’t be having a living relative that he/she could sponsor such as:
The applicant should also not have any of the above-listed relatives as a Canadian Citizen or a Canadian Permanent Resident.
An applicant cannot become a sponsor if he/she falls under any of the below mentioned categories:
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