Family Class Sponsorship

Family Class Sponsorship enables you to sponsor certain family members or relatives if you become a permanent resident or citizen of Canada. You must be a citizen or a permanent resident, provided you are at least 18 years old and will meet their needs upon arrival.

The sponsor should be canadian citizen or PR holder
The sponsor should be 18 years of age or older
The sponsor should exceed the minimum necessary income level for this program
The sponsor should sign an undertaking to repay any provincial social assistance benefits paid to the sponsor and accompanying family member, if any, for a period of 20 years
If the sponsor resides in quebec an additional “undertaking” must be signed

Sponsor your parents or grand parents

If you have submitted the “Interest to sponsor form” and were invited to apply to the following year’s intake, you can sponsor your parents and grandparents to become permanent residents of Canada.

If you’re invited to apply, there are 2 applications that are submitted and reviewed for the parents and grandparents’ program:

the sponsorship application and
the permanent residence application

If both applications are approved, you’ll sign an agreement called an undertaking that starts on the day the person you’re sponsoring (and their family members, if this applies) becomes a permanent resident of Canada.

Sponsor your adopted child

There are two processes that you must go through when you adopt a child from another country: the adoption process and the immigration process.

The immigration process has two parts:

the application for sponsorship and
the application for permanent residence for the child.

After your child arrives in Canada as a permanent resident, you can apply for citizenship on the child’s behalf. However, the adoption must be finalized before the child can be granted citizenship.

Sponsor your relatives

You may be able to sponsor certain relatives to immigrate to Canada under the Family Class if you’re at least 18 years old and a:

Canadian citizen or
person registered in Canada as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act or
permanent resident of Canada

If you sponsor a relative to come to Canada as a permanent resident, you must:

support your relative financially when they arrive

be able to meet basic needs for yourself and your relative, such as:

food
shelter
clothing

make sure your relative doesn’t need social assistance