SPONSORSHIP
Bring your loved ones to Canada
If you are a Citizen or Permanent resident of Canada, and wish to sponsor your spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner and dependent children to Canada it can be done through spousal sponsorship program. Both the sponsor and the sponsored person must meet certain requirements to qualify.
Who can sponsor?
Who can apply as a sponsored person?
Through sponsorship spouse and partners get permanent resident status in Canada, however there are certain eligibility criteria for them.
For a child to be considered as dependent child they should be under the age of 22 and do not have a spouse or common law partner. Children over the age of 22 may still qualify as dependents if they are financially dependent on a parent due to a physical or mental condition and they have depended on their parent for financial support since before the age of 22.