Canadian

Immigration

Immigration

Family and Spousal

Sponsorship

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Sponsor

Canadian
Immigration

Canadian citizen or
permanent resident, be at
least 18 years of age, reside
in Canada, and have
sufficient income to support
their relatives once they
arrive in Canada. A sponsor
must enter into a written
agreement with the Canadian
government to support their
relatives for a period of three
years for spouses, commonlaw partners, or conjugal
partners, and ten years for

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Canadian
Spouse
Immigration
A spouse is a husband or
wife. To be considered the
sponsors spouse, the
sponsor and the applicant
must be legally married. If
the marriage did not occur in
Canada, provided that the
marriage is legal in the
country where it occurred,
then it will be accepted by
the Canadian immigration
authorities (assuming
immigration authorities
regard the marriage as
genuine)

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Canadian
Immigration
Conjugal Partner
A conjugal partner is a
person who has been in
a marriage-like
relationship with the
sponsor for at least one
year although they have
not lived together
because of extenuating
circumstances.

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Canadian
Immigration
Common-law Partner
A common-law partner is a
person with whom the
sponsor has lived together
with for at least one year in
a conjugal relationship. A
conjugal relationship is a
marriage-like relationship.

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Canadian
Children
Immigration
A sponsors dependent
children include children who
are under the age of 22 and
unmarried. Children over the
age of 22 and children who
are married can be sponsored
if, since reaching the age of
22 or the date they were
married, they have remained
full-time students and have
been financially dependent
on the sponsor.

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Canadian
Parents
Immigration
Mother or father. It should be
noted that when parents are
sponsored they may also
bring their dependent
children with them, which will
be the sponsors brothers and
sisters. In this way a sponsor
can bring their siblings, who
are under the age of 22, or
who are over 22 and are fulltime students, to Canada as
permanent residents

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Canadian
Orphans
Immigration
An orphan is someone
whose parents are both
deceased. An orphaned
sibling (brother or sister),
nephew or niece, or
grandchild may be
sponsored if he or she is
under the age of 18 and
unmarried.
Adopted Children
A person who is under the
age of 18 who the sponsor
intends to adopt in Canada
may be sponsored.

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Canadian
Other Relative
Immigration
Where a sponsor does not
have any spouse, commonlaw partner, conjugal
partner, child, parent,
grandparent, sibling, uncle,
aunt, nephew, or niece
living in Canada, and no
relative living abroad who
may be sponsored under
the regular categories, then
they may sponsor any other
relative regardless of their
age. It should be noted that
this category is only very
rarely applicable

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