Categories: Family Class Sponsorship

Family Class Sponsorship Bars to Sponsorship

Sponsors and co-signers	these conditions occur
cannot sponsor if:
They are permanent residents	This includes stayed orders, departure orders, exclusion orders
subject to a removal order	and deportation orders.
	Exception: People who were granted permanent residence
	despite an unexecuted removal order.
They are detained in any	Sponsors being held in correctional or pre-trial holding facilities
penitentiary, jail, reformatory or	are unlikely to be able to support their relatives.
prison	Exception : Persons on parole, on probation or serving a

	suspended sentence. Persons held in immigration detention
	centres may be ineligible because of other bars. (For example,
	charged with an offence).
They are convicted of a sexual	Sponsors or co-signers convicted of either of these offences
offence under the Criminal	where five years have not passed since the completion of the
offence under the Criminal	sentence imposed, cannot sponsor unless:
Code [against anyone]; or	sentence imposed, cannot sponsor unless:
Code [against anyone]; or	• for convictions in Canada, they have been pardoned or
an offence [against the person]	• for convictions in Canada, they have been pardoned or
under the Criminal Code	finally acquitted;
under the Criminal Code	• for convictions outside Canada, they have shown, at least
against a family member	• for convictions outside Canada, they have shown, at least
	five years after the expiry of the sentence, that they have
	been rehabilitated, or there has been a final acquittal.
	For the purposes of calculating the five-year period above, a
	sentence includes probation, suspended sentences and
	intermittent sentences. However, conditional discharges and
	absolute discharges should not be considered for the purposes
	of these provisions of IRPA.

They are in default of spousal or	Persons in default of a court-ordered or court-registered support
child support payments ordered	obligation to pay support are not eligible to sponsor. This
by a court. This includes	includes persons who are and who are not registered with the
payments ordered by a court	responsible federal, provincial or territorial authority as being in
outside of Canada.	default of family support obligations are not eligible to sponsor. A
	person who is unable or unwilling to live up to current family-
	related legal financial obligations is likely a poor risk for
	honouring a future family related financial commitment.
	Sponsors must demonstrate that they have resolved the matter
	to the satisfaction of the responsible provincial or territorial
	authorities before they can be eligible to sponsor.
They are in default of a debt	An immigration debt includes:
owed under the Immigration	• a transportation, adjustment assistance, admissibility or
and Refugee Protection Act	• a transportation, adjustment assistance, admissibility or
and Refugee Protection Act	Right of Permanent Residence Fee (formerly ROLF) loan;
	Right of Permanent Residence Fee (formerly ROLF) loan;
	• a deposit or guarantee of performance of an obligation;
	• costs incurred to remove a foreign national.