Canadian

Immigration
Immigration

Family and Spousal

Sponsorship
RUSS WENINGER
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public

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Sponsor
Canadian
citizen or permanent
resident, be at least 18 years
of age, reside in Canada, and
have sufficient income to
support their relatives once
they arrive in Canada. A
sponsor must enter into a
written agreement with the
Canadian government to
support their relatives for a
period of three years for
spouses, common-law
partners, or conjugal

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Spouse
A spouse is a
husband or wife. To be
considered the sponsors
spouse, the sponsor and the
applicant must be legally
married. If the marriage did
not occur in Canada,
provided that the marriage is
legal in the country where it
occurred, then it will be
accepted by the Canadian
immigration authorities
(assuming immigration

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Conjugal Partner :
A conjugal
partner is a person who has
been in a marriage-like
relationship with the
sponsor for at least one
year although they have not
lived together because of
extenuating circumstances.

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Common-law Partner
A commonlaw partner is a person
with whom the sponsor has
lived together with for at
least one year in a conjugal
relationship. A conjugal
relationship is a marriagelike relationship.

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Children
A sponsors
dependent children include
children who are under the
age of 22 and unmarried.
Children over the age of 22
and children who are married
can be sponsored if, since
reaching the age of 22 or the
date they were married, they
have remained full-time
students and have been
financially dependent on the
sponsor.

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Parents
Mother or
father. It should be noted
that when parents are
sponsored they may also
bring their dependent
children with them, which
will be the sponsors
brothers and sisters. In this
way a sponsor can bring
their siblings, who are under
the age of 22, or who are
over 22 and are full-time
students, to Canada as

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Orphans
An orphan is
someone whose parents are
both deceased. An
orphaned sibling (brother or
sister), nephew or niece, or
grandchild may be
sponsored if he or she is
under the age of 18 and
unmarried.
Adopted Children
A person who
is under the age of 18 who

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Other Relative
Where a
sponsor does not have any
spouse, common-law
partner, conjugal partner,
child, parent, grandparent,
sibling, uncle, aunt,
nephew, or niece living in
Canada, and no relative
living abroad who may be
sponsored under the
regular categories, then
they may sponsor any other
relative regardless of their
age. It should be noted that

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Other Relative
Where a
sponsor does not have any
spouse, common-law
partner, conjugal partner,
child, parent, grandparent,
sibling, uncle, aunt,
nephew, or niece living in
Canada, and no relative
living abroad who may be
sponsored under the
regular categories, then
they may sponsor any other
relative regardless of their
age. It should be noted that