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Family Class Immigration
Canadian citizens and permanent
residents living in Canada, 18 years of age or older, may sponsor
close relatives or family members including spouses, common-law/same-sex
partners, conjugal partners who cannot live together and dependent
children applying outside of Canada who want to become permanent
residents of Canada.
Eligibility
To qualify as a member of a
Family Class the principal applicant must be a sponsor's:
- Spouse
16 years of age or older;
- Fiance(e);
- Dependent child(ren)
including a child adopted before age of 22, who are:
- under age 19 and unmarried;
or
- have been continuously
enrolled and in attendance as a full time student in educational
institution and financially supported by their parents since
turning 22 (or from the date of marriage if married before
the age of 22);
- unable to support themselves
due to a medical conditions and are financially supported
by their parents.
- Parent or grandparent
- Brother, sister,
nephew, niece, or grandchild who is an orphan, under
age 22 and unmarried;
- Child under
age of 22 who will be adopted in Canada and who is an orphan,
or an abandoned;
- Child whose
parents cannot be identified, or child who has been placed with
a child welfare authority for adoption because:
- a child was born out
of wedlock;
- the child's parents
are separated;
- one of the child's parents
is deceased.
- Relative,
regardless of the age or relationship to the sponsor, where the
sponsor does not have any relatives (a spouse, son, daughter,
mother, father, brother, sister, grandparent, aunt, uncle, niece,
or nephew) but the relative which sponsor intents to sponsor.
Students who interrupt their
full time studies continue to be considered dependents as long as
they are not away from school for a total of more than 12 month
and continue to be supported by parents during that time. School
holidays need not be included.
Family Class applicants and
ALL their dependents must:
- undergo and pass medical
examination;
- not to be criminally or
otherwise inadmissible;
- be bona fide immigrants:
- the Family Class does
not include a spouse who entered into the marriage primarily
for the purpose of gaining admissions to Canada as a member
of the family class and not with intention of residing permanently
with the other spouse;
- the family Class does
not include a person who is adopted, or is intended to be
adopted otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of
the Hague Convention.
Where a sponsor does not have
any relatives, listed above, to sponsor, and where he or she has
no close relatives in Canada who are permanent residents or Canadian
citizens, he or she may sponsor one relative regardless of his or
her age or relationship to him or her.
To be eligible as a sponsor
an applicant must:
- be a Canadian citizen or
Permanent Resident;
- be 19 years of age or older;
- reside in Canada unless
sponsoring a spouse or child under 22;
- sign an undertaking to provide
for the relative's essential needs for the period of 10 years;
- provide the government of
Canada with statement that shows financial resources and obligations
for the period of 12 months prior to the date of sponsorship application
submission;
- meet the Low Income Cut-Off
figures unless sponsoring a spouse or child under 22;
- sign an agreement with the
sponsored relatives agreeing to meet the terms of the undertaking.
Complete
our Free Online Assessment
to see whether you qualify under the Family Class.
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