SPOUSE AND PARENT SPONSORSHIP

You can sponsor your:

• spouse
• common-law partner
• parents
• children

You can sponsor your:

• at least 18 years old
• a Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident of Canada

Your relatives will become permanent residents. The process, requirements and processing times will vary depending on who you wish to sponsor.

• Spousal Sponsorship


• You must demonstrate the genuineness of your relationship
• If you are not married, you must prove that you have been living together for at least 1 year
• Time: 1 year
• If you apply while in Canada, your non-Canadian spouse can obtain a work permit while the permanent residence application is being processed


• Parental Sponsorship


• As the Sponsor, you must provide Notices of Assessments for the past 3 years showing the below minimum amounts. The amount depends on the total number of people in your current house (ex: spouse + 2 kids) and the number of people you are sponsoring (ex: mother + father).



TOTAL Number of people you will be responsible for	2020	2019	2018
2	$32,270	$41,007	$40,379
3	$39,672	$50,414	$49,641
4	$48,167	$61,209	$60,271
5	$54,630	$69,423	$68,358
6	$61,613	$78,296	$77,095
7	$68,598	$87,172	$85,835



• You can combine your and your spouse’s Notices of Assessments.
• You must monitor the immigration website for updates on the upcoming selections.
• This is so far a lottery system, done once per year, meaning that you cannot have any certainty that you will be selected.
• An alternative to the parental sponsorship application can be a Super Visa, which will give authorization for your parents to stay in Canada for 2 years at a time (compared to a regular visitor visa where you need to leave Canada every 6 months). However, the Super Visa remains a temporary status, without access to Canadian public health system.

To book a consultation with a Canadian Immigration Lawyer and explore your immigration options, email us.