Family Sponsorship

Family Sponsorship - Canadian Immigration policy is to facilitate family reunification. It is based on the relationship of applicants to their sponsors, who are either Canadian citizens or Canadian permanent residents. The list of persons who may be sponsored includes the following:

• Spouses, Common law partners, and conjugal partners
• Dependent children
• Children intended for adoption
• Parents, grandparents and their dependent children
• Brother, sister, nephews,nieces and grandchildren who are orphaned, who are under 18, and who are not a spouse or common law partner
• Any relative, if the sponsor is alone in Canada without family members