Frequently Asked Questions - Family Sponsorship

• Who qualifies for a Canada Immigration Visa under the Family Sponsorship category?
• Close relatives of of a Canadian citizen or a Canadian permanent resident.
  More particularly, to qualify under the Family Sponsorship 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.
  
  
• 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
  
  
• 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.