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Family Sponsorship

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Your relatives can live, study and work in Canada on the off chance that they become lasting occupants of Canada. You can support certain relatives to come to Canada in case you’re somewhere around 18 years of age and a:

  • Spouse, common-law or conjugal partner
  • Dependent child
  • Parent
  • Grandparent
  • Sibling, nephew, niece, or grandchild under 18 years who is unmarried and whose parents are deceased

The individual supported should live outside Canada, except if they are living legitimately in Canada briefly, for instance with a work or study license.

What is a Spouse/Partner?

Individuals under these categories are eligible for sponsorship:

  • Life partner: lawfully substantial marriage in the nation of root and under Canadian law
  • Customary law accomplice: At least 1 year of continuous dwelling together in a matrimonial relationship
  • Matrimonial accomplice: Conjugal relationship for somewhere around a year (perpetual quality and responsibility like marriage or customary law) where a couple is kept from living respectively because of movement hindrances, religious reasons, sexual introduction or conjugal status (for example hitched to another person, where separate from is preposterous in nation of birthplace).
  • Same-sex connections: considered substantial for movement purposes under these classifications

What is a Dependent Child?

An offspring of the support, or an offspring of the support’s companion or customary law accomplice, can be viewed as a reliant tyke on the off chance that they are under age 22 and don’t have a mate or precedent-based law accomplice of their own. Kids over age 22 can be wards on the off chance that they depended on their folks for monetary help before age 22, and are unfit to monetarily bolster themselves due to a psychological or physical condition.

Youngsters in sole guardianship of a past life partner are still viewed as needy kids and should be announced on the sponsorship application. On the off chance that a reliant tyke being supported has at least one ward offspring of their own, at that point the support must demonstrate their monetary limit by meeting a low-pay cut-off.

Who can Sponsor?

Support must be a grown-up Canadian lasting occupant or native beyond 18 years old. Support must dwell in Canada except if they are a native as of now living abroad and wanting to live in Canada once the supported individual arrives. An individual may not support on the off chance that they:

An individual may not support on the off chance that they:

  • Are in prison
  • Are subject to a removal order
  • Are in the process of bankruptcy
  • Capture social assistance from the almighty government (except for disability)
  • Have been convicted of (or attempted/threatened to commit) an offense of a violent or sexual nature, or resulting in bodily harm of a family member
  • Have failed to pay child support payments
  • Have removed to pay back immigration loans, or have payed late or missed payments
  • Have supported a family member in the past time and failed to meet the terms
  • Have sponsored a previous life partner who has not been a permanent resident for 3 years or more
  • Were they sponsored and became a permanent resident less than 5 years ago

Fees

The Canadian government requires installment of sponsorship and preparing expenses for Family Class applications. Also, there is a “Right of Permanent Residence Fee” for each supported relative who is definitely not a needy youngster – this is the main charge that will be discounted if the application is pulled back or can’t.

Family Member Fees ($CAN) Total Fees/Person ($CAN)
Spouse, partner, or relative age 22 or older
  • Sponsorship fee ($75)
  • Processing fee ($475)
  • Right of permanent residence fee ($490)
$1,040
Relative under age 22 and not your dependent child
  • Sponsorship fee ($75)
  • Processing fee ($75)
  • Right of permanent residence fee ($490)
$640
Dependent child, adopted child or orphaned relative
  • Sponsorship fee ($75)
  • Processing fee ($75)
$150