Your dependents can get Canadian permanent residence if you become their sponsor. Acquiring residence through sponsorship will be introduced in three main groups.
- Spouse or children
- Sponsorship of father, mother, grandmother and grandfather
- Sponsorship of other relatives
Spouse or children sponsorship
If you intend to sponsor a spouse, partner, or dependent child to obtain permanent residence, you must be able to
- Support them financially.
- Be sure that they will not need financial assistance from the government.
- The sponsor must be at least eighteen years old.
- And be Canadian citizens or permanent residents.
- If you are a Canadian citizen and reside outside of Canada, you must show that you plan to live in Canada when the person (spouse or child) you are sponsoring receives Canadian permanent residence.
- Also, if you are a Canadian permanent resident (PR) and live outside of Canada, you cannot become a sponsor.
- You must prove that you do not receive government social assistance (for reasons other than disability).
- And prove that you can meet the financial needs of the person you will be sponsoring, and you promise to meet the needs of the sponsored person for a certain period.
Spouse | Children under 22 years old | Children over 22 years old | Parents, grandparents | Other relatives |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3 years | 10 years or until the age of 25, whichever comes first | 3 years | 20 years | 10 years |
Necessary sponsorship income (wife and children)
In most cases, there is no specific amount of income to be eligible for spousal and child sponsorship, it is only necessary to show that there is enough money to meet the needs of the sponsored person.
Only if you are the sponsor of a child who has a child himself, or if you sponsor a spouse who has a dependent child and whose child also has a child, you must show that you have enough income (based on the minimum income table based on the number of family members).
Sponsorship of parents, grandmother, and grandfather
In 2021, the process of accepting sponsorship programs for parents and grandparents will be slightly different, and the Immigration Department will randomly select people from among those who have expressed their desire for sponsorship in 2020, to complete 30,000 applications. Achieved in this program.
If you are invited to submit a sponsorship application (parents, grandparents), you must complete two types of applications.
1- Sponsorship application
If these two requests are accepted by the Canadian Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Department, you will sign an agreement whose obligations will start from the day they receive permanent residence.
To be eligible for Canadian citizens or permanent residents of this country to accept the support or sponsorship of parents or grandparents, in addition to having the general conditions that exist for sponsorship, you must also have the following conditions:
1- For a continuous period of three years, have the minimum annual income declared by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
2- Sign a commitment letter (for 20 years) to provide full financial support to their parents or grandparents, as well as, from the time they obtain permanent Canadian residency, any financial or social assistance given to these people refund the amount paid and return it to the Government of Canada.
In order to determine that the sponsor has the required financial requirements, the following rules and conditions must be applied:
1- Only official documents issued by the Canada Revenue Agency are accepted to show the minimum required income for the last three years.
2- If another person (such as the sponsor’s spouse or life partner) also participates and is present among the signatories of the financial support program, the total income of the second signatory and the main sponsor is calculated jointly.
Conditions for sponsoring parents or grandparents to immigrate to Canada through the sponsorship method
As a sponsor who intends to accept sponsorship or support of your parents or grandparents, you must meet the following conditions:
1- Be at least 18 years old.
2- You have received an invitation to apply to the Immigration Department.
3- Have the necessary ability and financial capacity (in the last three years) to support your target.
4- You have received an invitation to apply to the Immigration Department.
Immigration conditions for parents or grandparents to immigrate to Canada through the sponsorship method
A sponsor’s father, mother, grandfather, or grandmother who intends to immigrate to Canada through sponsorship must meet the following criteria to demonstrate eligibility to do so:
1- Performing medical examinations
2- Completing all the forms and providing a certificate of non-submission
3- Perform biometric authentication
4- Presenting a certificate of non-submission
It should be noted that if you have expressed your desire for sponsorship in this program in 2020 but have not been invited, Your parents or grandparents may be eligible for a longer temporary stay through a Supervisa, which will allow them to stay for up to two years.
Sponsorship of other relatives
Here we will introduce family members who you can sponsor in two ways.
1- Brother, sister, niece, nephew, or grandchild if:
– Have a blood relationship or formal adoption.
– Both their mother and father are not alive.
– Be under the age of eighteen.
– Be single.
Therefore, you cannot sponsor the people mentioned above if:
– One of their parents is not alive.
– The resident of the parents is unknown
– Parents have abandoned their children.
– Be under the guardianship of another person if both or one of the parents are alive.
– Both parents or one of them was in prison.
2- You may only be able to sponsor one of your blood relatives at any age for permanent residence in Canada if all of the following conditions are met:
– Among the mentioned relatives (spouse, daughter or son, parents, grandmother, grandfather, brother, sister, niece, nephew, grandchild) no person is alive.
– You do not have any other relatives (aunts, uncles, cousins, or relatives listed above) who are Canadian residents or citizens.
If the above conditions exist, you can sponsor only one other dependent person, along with their spouse and dependent child, to obtain permanent residence in Canada.
The sponsor must also have the following conditions:
1- Be at least eighteen years old.
2- Canadian citizen, Canadian native, or Canadian permanent resident.
3- Be able to meet the basic needs of himself and the dependents he will support financially.
4- Make sure that his dependents will not need government social assistance.
5- Live in Canada unless he is a Canadian citizen who lives outside of Canada and has a plan to return to this country when his dependents plan to immigrate to Canada.
6- sign the financial commitment form from his dependents.