SPONSOR FAMILY MEMBERS

Malkus Immigration can help you bring family members to Canada. While there are many complex rules, we guide you through the process and will manage all applications and communications with IRCC.

Family re-unification is one of the most important goals of Canadian Immigration. Canadian Permanent Residents and citizens can sponsor certain family members to come to Canada to become Permanent Residents.

You can sponsor your spouse, common-law partner or dependent child to become a Permanent Resident of Canada if:

• You are at least 18 years old

• You are a Canadian citizen, a Permanent Resident of Canada, or registered as an "Indian" under the Canadian Indian Act

  • If you’re a Canadian citizen who lives outside Canada, you must show that you plan to live in Canada when the people you want to sponsor become Permanent Residents
  • You can’t sponsor someone if you’re a Permanent Resident who lives outside Canada

• You can show you’re not receiving social assistance for reasons other than a disability

• You can provide for the basic needs of the people you want to sponsor

To become a sponsor, you must promise to support the people you are sponsoring financially for a certain period of time. This promise is called an "undertaking".

The undertaking means you will provide financial support for your sponsored family members, starting when they become permanent residents, and you will pay any provincial social assistance your sponsored family members receive during the period of the undertaking.

You and any family members you sponsor will need to agree to certain responsibilities during the undertaking period. This is called a "sponsorship agreement".

A sponsorship agreement means that:

• You will provide for the basic needs of family member(s) you have sponsored
• The person you have sponsored will make every effort to support themselves and their family members

Income Requirement

In most cases, there isn’t an income requirement to sponsor your spouse or partner or dependent child. You only need to show that you have enough money to meet the income requirements if:

• You are sponsoring a dependent child that has 1 or more dependent children of their own, or
• You are sponsoring a spouse or partner that has a dependent child, and their dependent child has 1 or more children of their own

Malkus Immigration can help you manage the family sponsorship process from start to finish.