Family Immigration Class: Spouses, partners and dependent
children
Canadian citizens and
permanent residents living in Canada, 19 years of age or older,
may sponsor close family members who wish to immigrate to
Canada. Sponsors must agree to support the family member and
accompanying dependents for 10 years, to help them settle in
Canada. If you wish to be reunited with a close family member in
Canada, your relative in Canada must first apply to sponsor you.
Both you and your sponsor will sign an agreement saying that
your sponsor will support you financially for 10 years so that
you will not apply for welfare and that you will make an effort
to become self-supporting (unless you are elderly).
Family members eligible for sponsorship are:
-
spouses,
finance, parents and grandparents

-
dependent children,
including adopted children
-
children
under 19 whom the sponsor intends to adopt
-
brothers,
sisters, nephews, nieces, or grandchildren who are orphans
unmarried and under 19
-
any other
relative if the sponsor has none of the above family either in
Canada or aboard
A dependent son or daughter is either:
-
under the age
of 19 and unmarried
-
a full-time student
since the age of 19 and financially supported by the patents,
or
-
financially
supported by the parents because of disability
Routine cases involving spouses and
dependent children can be processed within six months, if your
family member meets all requirements quickly.
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