Family Sponsorship

Family Sponsorship 

Family Sponsorship remains an important part of immigration to Canada. Every year, Canadians sponsor their parents and grandparents, spouses and children.

There are four immigration programs for the Family Category of immigration:

* Spousal Sponsorship (including Common Law Partners)

* Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship

* Parents and Grandparents Super Visa

* Dependent Child Sponsorship

🛸**A Canadian citizen or permanent resident to sponsor a spouse or a common-law partner for permanent residence. Both parties must prove that their relationship can be defined as marriage, common-law partnership, or conjugal.

♾️**Canadian Citizen or permanent resident can bring his/her parents and grandparents to Canada. To sponsor your parents or grandparents, you must meet certain income requirements be able to financially support your sponsored family members. They will not receive any financial assistance from the government and will not get any retirement pension plan for the period of 20 years, since the time when they obtained a permanent residency.**

🛃** Canadian citizens and permanent residents can help their parents and grandparents to apply for a multiple entry visa, also known as ‘Super Visa’, which can be valid for 10 years. Super Visa allows your parents and grandparents to come to Canada as visitors for a period of up to two consecutive years at their first visit.**

💂** Dependent children of Canadian permanent residents, both natural and adopted, may be sponsored to live with their parents as permanent residents in Canada. If you are sponsoring your spouse or common-law partner, you must include their dependent children in the application.**

‼️** In exceptional circumstances, Canada allows individuals to apply for permanent resident status in Canada based on Humanitarian and Compassionate Grounds if they don’t meet the requirements of other immigration programs. This program is very helpful for permanent residents who don’t satisfy the requirements for parents’ sponsorship, and whose parents live abroad not having other family members, financial and other links to the country of citizenship/residence.**