With Canada increasing its yearly intake of immigrants, it’s an excellent time to consider sponsoring your family’s immigration to Canada. The country expects to welcome a total of 25,000 parents and grandparents and 80,000 partners and children into the nation this year. These encouraging statistics suggest that you and your loved ones may be reunited sooner than you expect.
The Canadian government’s family sponsorship program aims to reunite permanent residents and citizens of Canada with their families. By agreeing to support their family, the sponsor guarantees that they will meet the basic needs of their family members for a set time period, removing the need for government assistance.
Family Class Sponsorship
Many questions arise with family immigration and candidates don’t know where to start, so here’s a guide on family sponsorships in Canada:
Spouses, Partners, and Children
A spousal sponsorship in Canada is a way for a permanent resident or citizen of Canada to sponsor their partner’s immigration to Canada. You can sponsor a partner in marriage, common-law, or conjugal. Applications involving spouses, common-law or conjugal partners, and dependent children are given precedence. They are processed in about ten months to a year on average.
The spouse visa applications are frequently determined by the sponsor’s financial ability to support the members they wish to sponsor, as well as the formation of a true familial link between the applicant and the sponsor.
Parents and Grandparents
Sponsorships for parents and grandparents are slightly different. To begin, you must fill out the interest to sponsor form. The application window for this only opens once a year, for a limited time.
Siblings and Other Family Members
Non-immediate family members are subject to harsher limitations from the government, but it is not impossible. If you meet specific qualifying criteria, you may be allowed to sponsor one relative, such as a brother, cousin, aunt, or uncle.
You can also sponsor an orphaned sibling, nephew, niece, or grandchild through the government, but they must meet certain criteria. Most crucially, they must be orphaned as a result of the deaths of both their mother and father and they must be unmarried and not in a common-law or conjugal relationship. Unfortunately, immigration agents will not recognize the child as an orphan if they were abandoned, cannot locate their parents, or their parents are imprisoned.
Hire a Lawyer
If you are looking to sponsor a family member for immigration to Canada, contact our skilled immigration lawyers at Nanda & Associate Lawyers. We have decades of experience in immigration law and will tailor our services according to your immigration needs.
Get in touch with us today for more information on how to apply for permanent residency under the family class category. We can also assist with spouse open work permits and rejection appeals.
Disclaimer: This article is only intended for educational purposes and shouldn’t be used as a substitute for legal advice.
