Canada Immigration - Family Class Immigration
Sponsoring your family
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
(CIC) knows it is important to help families who come from other
countries to reunite in Canada. If you are a Canadian citizen or a
permanent resident of Canada, you can sponsor your spouse, common-law
partner, conjugal partner, dependent child (including adopted child) or
other eligible relative (such as a parent or grandparent) to become a
permanent resident.
CIC refers to the immigrants to Canada who are eligible to use this family sponsoring process as the Family Class
If
you become a permanent resident, you can live, study and work in
Canada. For more information about being a permanent resident in
Canada, see the Related Links section at the bottom of this page.
When you arrive in Canada as a permanent resident, you must make
every reasonable effort to provide for your own essential needs and
those of your family.
If you sponsor a relative to come to
Canada as a permanent resident, you are responsible for supporting your
relative financially when he or she arrives. As a sponsor, you must
make sure your spouse or relative does not need to seek financial
assistance from the government.
The process to sponsor your family begins when you, as a citizen or permanent resident in Canada, apply to be a sponsor.
There
are two different processes for sponsoring your family. One process is
used for sponsoring your spouse, conjugal or common-law partner and/or
dependent children. Another process is used to sponsor other eligible
relatives.