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Sponsorship Requirements for Canada

Sponsorship in Canada could mean bringing your spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner, children, and even parents and grand-parents to immigrate to Canada. sponsoring is a two way process, in the sense that it involves a person present in Canada, the sponsor, and person living outside Canada, the applicant, working collaboratively along with the respective agencies that are applicable to their case such as Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Sponsoring another person to immigrate to Canada deals with many requirements and all of these requirements are different depending on the person you are sponsoring, their status to you, and your status as a sponsor.

If the person you are sponsoring is a foreign national residing outside Canada, then you must apply for the sponsorship through the Family Class. Under the Family Class you can sponsor your spouse, common law or conjugal partner and have to meet certain requirements: