Your relatives can live, study and work in Canada if they become permanent residents of Canada. You can sponsor certain relatives to come to Canada 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
Sponsor your spouse, partner or dependent children
If you’re eligible, you can sponsor your spouse, partner or dependent children to become permanent residents of Canada.
If you do, you must be able to:
- Support them financially
- Make sure they don’t need social assistance from the government
Sponsor your parents and grandparents
You can sponsor your own parents and grandparents if
- you’re invited to apply
- you’re at least 18 years old
- you live in Canada
- you’re a Canadian citizen,
- A permanent resident of Canada, or
- A person registered in Canada as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act
You have enough money to support the people you want to sponsor
to show that you have enough,
- You’ll have to provide your proof of income
- You may have a spouse or common-law partner co-sign to combine your incomes
You meet all other requirements under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
If you live outside Quebec
To become a sponsor, you must promise to financially support the people you are sponsoring for a period of time. We call this promise an undertaking.
Also, you and your sponsored family members need to agree to certain responsibilities during the undertaking period. We call this the sponsorship agreement.
This agreement shall remain valid for the period it covers.
When you apply, you’ll have to complete and sign a form that includes the undertaking and the sponsorship agreement.
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.
Visit your children or grandchildren
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.