Family sponsorship is a way to reunite families in Canada. Your relatives can live, study and work in Canada if they become permanent residents of Canada. You can sponsor certain relatives to come to Canada if you’re at least 18 years old and a Canadian citizen or a person registered in Canada as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act or a permanent resident of Canada.
- You and the sponsored relative must sign a sponsorship agreement that commits you to provide financial support for your relative, if necessary. This agreement also says the person becoming a permanent resident will make every effort to support her or himself.
- You must provide financial support for a spouse, common-law or conjugal partner for three years from the date they become a permanent resident.
- You must provide financial support for a dependent child for 10 years, or until the child turns 25, whichever comes first.
The sponsor may sponsor:
- His or her spouse
- Common-law partner
- Conjugal partner
- Dependent child
- Adopted children
- Parents
- Grandparents
- brothers or sisters, nephews or nieces, granddaughters or grandsons who are orphaned, under 18 years of age and not married or in a common-law relationship
You can have peace of mind that your sponsorship application is being processed with the utmost care and detail. For help starting your Canadian Sponsorship Application, please call us or Individuals interested in applying under the Family Class sponsorship category may obtain an assessment of their
eligibility by completing