The family class sponsorship application is available if you are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident living in Canada, and you want to sponsor close family members living abroad, including:
If you are a Permanent Resident of Canada or a Canadian citizen, you are eligible to sponsor your spouse to Canada. You will need to provide strong documentation with respect to the genuineness of your relationship. You can file an inland or overseas spousal sponsorship application. Depending on your circumstances, you should consider the differences of both applications so that you can determine which option best suits your circumstances.
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If you have been living together in a conjugal relationship for at least one year in an ongoing 12-month period (you are allowed short absences for business travel or family reasons) then you may be eligible to sponsor your common law partner.
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Conjugal Partner Sponsorship category is for partners either of the opposite sex or same sex in situations beyond their control that keep them from living together so they would count as common-law partners or spouses. A conjugal relationship is more than a physical relationship. It means you depend on each other, there is some permanence to the relationship, and there is the same level of commitment as a marriage or a common-law partnership.
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Another option is the Parent and Grandparent sponsorship. Citizenship and Immigration Canada will re-open the Parent and Grandparent (PGP) program for new applications on January 2, 2014, by which time the backlog and wait times in the program are expected to have been cut in half.
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Dependent children may be eligible to come to Canada in order to reside with their parent(s). You may also be eligible to sponsor your brother, sister, niece grandchildren etc.
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The Family Class Sponsorship application is available if you are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident living in Canada,…
The total number of persons determines the amount of income required to sponsor and determines which LICO to use. Sponsors…
The financial test is needed to prove that sponsors can support their relatives for the period of the undertaking. Sponsors…
Sponsoring your spouse or Common Law Partner abroad should be an exciting experience. Often enough, this joyous occasion can easily…
Sponsorship Agreement The Sponsorship Agreement is a written contract in which sponsors and applicants make promises to each other. The…
Residency Requirements In assessing residency requirements for sponsorship purposes a sponsor must maintain a significant connection to Canada. Officers Will…
In the case of applications for permanent residence from foreign nationals who are spouses, common-law partners, conjugal partners and dependent…
LICO The sponsor's income must meet the minimum necessary income requirement, as identified annually by Statistics Canada in LICO levels,…
The financial test is needed to prove that sponsors can support sponsored persons for the period of the undertaking. Financial…
Sponsors and co-signers these conditions occur cannot sponsor if: They are permanent residents This includes stayed orders,…
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