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Canada Welcomes You is proud that we have helped families reunite from all over the world and assisted spouses and their children remain together or join one another. We understand how stressful and lonely it can be without your loved ones. We hope you find the following information helpful and please let us provide you with the expert representation you need to get your family here as soon as possible. Contact us with your questions and fill out our free assessment for immediate service.
Family Class Objective: To reunite families who come from other countries with their close relatives in Canada.
Eligible Applicants: This includes, spouses, common-law, same-sex or conjugal partners, mother, father, dependent children, and other relative. In this category, applicants are sponsored by a relative and they do not have to meet the point system or other selection criteria used in other permanent visa applications.
Who can be a Sponsor? If you are a Canadian citizens or a permanent resident of Canada, who is at least 18 years of age, and who physically resides in Canada, or can demonstrate an intention to reside in Canada by the time the sponsored family member lands in Canada and meet other criteria including not being in prison or bankrupt. Please contact us for full eligibility criteria.
Responsibilities of Sponsor: When you sponsor a spouse, or relative to come to Canada as a permanent resident, you must support them financially when they arrive. As a sponsor, you must provide for their essential needs and make sure your spouse, or relative does not need to seek financial assistance from the government. You will enter into a written agreement with the Canadian government to support your relative for a period of 3 years in the case of spouses, common-law, conjugal or same-sex partners, and 10 years for other relatives.
Who can you sponsor?
Spouse. A spouse is a husband or wife. To be considered the sponsor's spouse, the sponsor and the applicant must be legally married. If the marriage did not occur in Canada, provided that the marriage is legal in the country where it occurred, then the Canadian immigration authorities will accept it.
Common-law partner. A common-law partner is a person who the sponsor has lived with for at least one year in a conjugal relationship. A conjugal relationship is a marriage-like relationship.
Same-Sex Partner: A same-sex partner is a person who the sponsor has lived with for at least one year in a conjugal relationship.
Conjugal partner. A conjugal partner is a person who has been in a marriage-like relationship with the sponsor for at least one year although they have not lived together because of extenuating circumstances.
Parents. Mother or father.
Children. A sponsor's dependent children include children who are under the age of 22 and unmarried. Children over the age of 22 and children who are married can be sponsored if since reaching the age of 22, or the date they were married, they have remained full-time students and have been financially dependent on the sponsor.
Parents. Mother or father.
Dependent Children of Parents: When you sponsor your parents they may also bring their dependent children with them, which are the sponsor's brothers and sisters. In this way a sponsor can bring their siblings who are under the age of 22, or who are over 22 and are full-time students, to Canada as permanent residents.
Grandparents. Grandmother or grandfather.
Orphans. An orphan is someone whose parents are both deceased. An orphaned sibling (brother or sister), nephew or niece, or grandchild may be sponsored if they are under the age of 18 and unmarried.
Adopted children. A person who is under the age of 18 who the sponsor has adopted abroad or intends to adopt in Canada may be sponsored.
Other relative. Where a sponsor does not have any spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner, child, parent, grandparent, sibling, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece living in Canada, and no relative living abroad who may be sponsored under the regular categories, then they may sponsor any other relative regardless of their age.
Who you Cannot Sponsor:
Brothers and sisters cannot be directly sponsored unless they are accompanying dependents of sponsored parents and are under the age of 22, or who are over 22 and are full-time students.
Aunts, Uncles, Nephews and Nieces cannot be directly sponsored unless the sponsor does not have any other relative as outlined above in Other Relative category.
How to Sponsor: There are different procedures and criteria depending on who you are sponsoring.
If you wish to sponsor your Spouse, Partners (including Common-Law, Conjugal and Same-sex) click here.
If you wish to sponsor your parents click here.
If you wish to sponsor your dependent children click here.
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