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Family Sponsorship FAQs


*   Who qualifies for a Canada Immigration Visa under the Family Sponsorship category?


*   Who can be included in the Sponsored person's application for a Canada Immigration Visa?


*   Who qualifies as a "Dependent Child"?


Q. Who qualifies for a Canada Immigration Visa under the Family Sponsorship category?


Immediate family of a Canadian citizen or a Canadian permanent resident Visa holder can be sponsored under this category. The Sponsored person(s) must be related to the Canadian Sponsor in one of the following ways: * Spouse, common-law partner, or conjugal partner; or * Parent or grandparent; or * Dependent child; or * Orphaned, unmarried, and under 18 years of age brother, sister, nephew, niece, or grandchild; or * Intended adopted child under 18 years of age; or * One other relative, if the sponsor has no relative listed above and no relatives who are Canadian citizens or Canadian permanent residents.


Q. Who can be included in the Sponsored person's application for a Canada Immigration Visa?


Under the Family Sponsorhsip category, the following individuals can be included in the Sponsored person's application for a Canada Immigration Visa: 



  • The spouse, common-law partner, or conjugal partner of the Sponsored person 

  • The dependent children of the Sponsored person 

  • The dependent children of the Sponsored person's spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner 

  • The dependent children of the Sponsored person's dependent children 

  • The dependent children of the Sponsored person's spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner's children


Q. Who qualifies as a "Dependent Child"?


For Family Sponsorship purposes, a dependent child means a child who is:



  • Under 22 and unmarried on the date the application for sponsorship is submitted (and still unmarried on the date the child lands in Canada); or 

  • Of any age or marital status and is a continuously enrolled full-time student, who is financially dependent on his or her parents since before the age of 22 (or since becoming a spouse or common-law partner, if this happened before 22); or 

  • Is financially dependent on a parent since before the age of 22 because of a disability.

Posted on: 2009-07-21 22:57:36


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