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Immigration
Family Migrants
A key objective of Canada's
immigration policy is to help families reunite
in Canada. Family class immigrants are the
persons sponsored by relatives to come to
Canada.
Qualifications
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 22 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
Note: 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.
Note: Family Class applicants
and ALL their dependents (including those
not immigrating) 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
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