Responsibilities for Sponsor and Applicant

For all sponsorship applications, sponsors must:

• Ensure that they meet sponsorship criteria and eligibility requirements and are sponsoring a relative that is a member of the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class,
• Complete the undertaking and the sponsorship agreement,
• Respond to the self-declaration schedules related to sponsorship eligibility and their relationship with sponsored persons, including the length of the relationship,
• Include bank or HPM receipt for payment of all applicable fees
• State whether application should be discontinued if sponsorship requirements are not met,
• Submit correctly completed and signed sponsorship and permanent residence application forms, with all required schedules and all required supporting documents to the CPC-V.

Roles and responsibilities of the CPC-V

The CPC-V will:

• Review both the sponsorship and permanent residence applications to ensure that they are correctly completed and signed and contain the minimum requirements stipulated in the Regulations,
• Ensures that the application includes proof of payment of applicable fees at a Canadian bank. Fees include:

• sponsorship processing fee (non-refundable);
• application processing fee for each person included in the application (refundable in certain circumstances); and
• Right of Permanent Residence Fee (RPRF) (may be deferred, or is refundable if permanent residence not received).

• Processes the sponsorship application and assesses sponsors against sponsorship criteria and eligibility requirements including reviewing the application against the spousal policy criteria as needed,
• Processes the application for permanent residence and assesses the applicant against eligibility requirements, including reviewing the application against the spousal policy criteria as needed;
• Refuse the application or grants “approval in principle” based on sponsorship eligibility requirements,
• Requests admissibility assessment for family members residing overseas from appropriate visa office, providing visa office with a copy of the application listing the names and addresses of these individuals,
• Initiate request for background/security checks for applicant and in-Canada dependent children through an electronic download of required information with appropriate policing authority,
• Refer to local CIC any cases requiring in depth investigation,
• Completes admissibility checks (i.e. medical, security and background) and updates electronic record in FOSS. Once these updates are completed in FOSS, the local CIC will contact the applicant for a permanent residence interview and complete the permanent residence process.

Assessing Relationship Types

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