Family Sponsorship

Once your relatives become Permanent Residents in Canada, they can study, and work. You can sponsor certain relatives to come to Canada. These include:

You’ll need to:

Those eligible to sponsor their spouse, partner or dependent children must be able to:

support them financially
make sure they don’t need social assistance from the government

Meet the language requirements

The ability to communicate and work in English, French or both languages will help your business succeed in Canada.

You must take a language test from an approved agency and include the results with your application, or we won’t process it.

You must meet the minimum level of the Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 5 in either English or French in all these four areas:

Who cannot sponsor their relatives

While all those above the age of 18, having a PR can sponsor their families, there are restrictions if:

You may not be eligible to sponsor your spouse, partner or child if you:

didn’t give the financial support you agreed to when you signed a sponsorship agreement to sponsor someone else in the past (not applicable if you live in Quebec)
declared bankruptcy and are not discharged (not applicable if you live in Quebec)
receive social assistance for a reason other than a disability
you were convicted of attempting, threatening to commit or committing a violent criminal offence, any offence against a relative or any sexual offence inside or outside Canada
can’t legally stay in Canada and must leave the country because you received a Removal Order

This allows individuals with PR to sponsor their spouse (legally married partner), common-law partner, or conjugal-partner

Common-Law Partner:

Conjugal Partners:

Permanent Residents can sponsor those partners who –

live outside Canada
Can be either sex
Are not legally married to you
But have been in a relationship with you for the last 12 consecutive months
Any time spent away should be short or temporary
can't live with you in their country of residence or marry you because of significant legal and immigration reasons such as

their marital status (for example, they’re still married to someone else in a country where divorce isn’t possible)
their sexual orientation (for example, you are in a same-sex relationship, and same-sex relationships are not accepted, or same-sex marriage is illegal where they live),
persecution (for example, your relationship is between different religious groups which is not accepted and they may be punished legally or socially)

You’ll need to give proof that you could not live together or get married in your conjugal partner’s country (for example, proof of refused long-term stays in each other’s country).

You can sponsor your dependent children, if:

Children 22 years old or older qualify as dependants if they meet both of these requirements:

With the exception of age, your dependent child must continue to meet these requirements until we finish processing your application.

One can sponsor their own parents and grandparents, related by blood or adopted.

In case of divorce, you can submit separate applications if you plan to sponsor separated parents or grandparents.

Step-sisters, step-brothers, or half-brothers and half-sisters can be sponsored only if they qualify as per the dependent children rules

The people you sponsor must also be eligible

To show they meet the eligibility requirements, your parents and grandparents and their dependants must provide

all required forms and documents with their application
any additional information we request during processing, including

Other Family Sponsorships

You can sponsor certain relatives if you’re 18 years of age or older and a:

You must live in Canada to sponsor eligible relatives unless you:

are a Canadian citizen who lives abroad and
plan to return to Canada when your relatives immigrate and
are sponsoring your:
spouse or
common-law or conjugal partner or
dependent children who have no dependent children

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Family Sponsorship