Family Sponsorship

Sponsor your family member

Spousal Sponsorship

Parental Sponsorship

One of the objectives of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (the Act) is to see that families are reunited in Canada.

Canadian Citizen or Permanent residents can sponsor their partners if they are:

Married Legally
Common Law
Conjugal Partner

Parental Sponsorship

The Family Class sponsorship program includes a stream for parents and grandparents of Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

In order for you to sponsor your parents or grandparents, you must be able to demonstrate you meet minimum income requirements for the past three years. You can meet these requirements by yourself or including your spouse or common-law partner.

Dependent Child Sponsorship

You can sponsor your children if they are still a dependent family member.

For a child to be considered a dependent family member, they must be under 22 years old and not be legally married or in a common law relationship.

However, if your child is 22 or older, they can still be considered dependent.

● they are unable to financially support themselves because of a mental or physical condition;

● they have depended on you for financial support since before the age of 22.

Family member Sponsorship

Dependent Child Sponsorship

If you are a permanent resident or a citizen of Canada, you can sponsor your orphaned brother, sister, nephew, niece or grandchild if they meet all of these requirements:

they’re related to you by blood or adoption;
both their mother and father passed away;
they’re under 18 years of age;
they’re single (not married or in a common-law or conjugal relationship);