Immigration Blog about US & Canadian Immigration matters.

The objective of the Family Class of immigration is to reunite family members in Canada. It allows Canadian citizens and permanent residents to sponsor their loved ones. The government of Canada strongly supports keeping families together whenever possible.

For anyone to qualify for a Canadian immigration visa they must be a close relative of a Canadian citizen or a Canadian permanent resident. More precisely to be qualified under the Family Sponsorship category, the sponsored person (s) must be related to the Canadian sponsor in one of the following way mentioned below:

What financial criteria must be satisfied to qualify as a sponsor?

In order for you to be eligible to qualify as a sponsor, you must be able to prove that you meet the financial requirements. This means that as the sponsor you must meet the minimum necessary income or the low-income cut off known as LICO, for the appropriate size of your family. You must meet these requirements in order for you to be able to provide for the essential needs that the person you are wanting to sponsor has.

Are there any exceptions?

There are actually! The financial requirements are exempt if: