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Family Sponsorship in Canada

Are you a resident of Canada and looking forward to sponsoring your family to Canada? Canada Family Class immigration stream facilitates the Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada to offer sponsorship to their close family members. The Government of Canada shows their utmost commitment to help the citizens reunite with their family wherever and whenever possible.

How can you be an eligible sponsor?

You can be a Sponsor if ...

  • if you’re at least 18 years old
  • Citizen of Canada, or
  • Permanent resident of Canada
  • Registered in Canada as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act

if you meet this criterion, you may be eligible to sponsor your family members to Canada.

Who can you sponsor?

  • You can sponsor your spouse, partner, or dependent children to become permanent residents of Canada.
  • you can sponsor your parents and grandparents
  • You may be able to sponsor certain relatives like a brother, sister, aunt, or uncle in very specific situations.
  • You can sponsor an orphaned brother, sister, nephew, niece, or grandchild only if they meet certain conditions.
    1. They’re related to you by blood or adoption
    2. both their mother and father passed away
    3. they’re under 18 years of age
    4. they’re single (not married or in a common-law or conjugal relationship)

 

  • You can’t sponsor your brother, sister, nephew, niece, or grandchild if:
    1. one of their parents is still alive
    2. no one knows where their parents are
    3. their parents abandoned them
    4. someone else other than their parents are taking care of them while one or both their parents are alive
    5. their parent is in jail or otherwise detained

 

  • You can also sponsor one relative (related by birth or adoption), of any age, if you meet the requirements mentioned below:
    • You don’t have any other living relatives such as spouse, parents, grandparents, siblings, orphaned niece, or nephew; you could sponsor.
    • You don’t have any other relatives in Canada who are:
  • Canadian Citizens
  • Permanent Canadian Citizens
  • Registered in Canada as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act

Who can you not sponsor?

You cannot sponsor someone who is Inadmissible to come to Canada, which means they are not allowed to come to Canada.

Tejomaya can help…

If you want to know whether you are an eligible sponsor? Who, and how you can sponsor certain family members or relatives to live in Canada, we are happy to provide answers to all your questions.

If you’re unable to sponsor the desired family member to Canada, we can work out your problem and discuss other options to invite them to visit/live in Canada.

Sponsor Your Spouse or Conjugal Partner to Canada
Canadian Spouse Sponsorship Program allows the Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada to sponsor their partner to come to Canada and live here permanently. In Canada, the government recognizes the importance of living with the partner and family. Therefore, the spouse sponsorship applications are at the topmost priority in Canada.

How much time does it take to get sponsorship application accepted?
The average processing time for this category is 12 months get processed from start to finish. More complex cases can take a bit longer. It depends on the nature of your case and the number of applications Canada Immigration receives every year. You can find the processing time on their website.


In case of complicated cases, you may also require providing additional proof of your relationship, which may further delay the processing of your application.