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Family Class
Family Class immigrants are people sponsored to come to, or remain in Canada by
a relative who is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada and is of
or above 18 years of age. Sponsors must promise to support the relative or family
member and their accompanying family members for a period of three to 10 years to
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them settle in Canada.
The Family Class applicant must be the sponsor's:
- spouses, common-law or conjugal partners 16 years
of age or older;
- parents and grandparents;
- dependent children, including adopted children;
- children under 18 years of age whom you intend
to adopt;
- brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces or grandchildren
who are orphans; under the age of 18 and not married or in a common-law relationship;
A son or daughter is considered to be as dependent when the child:
- is under the age of 22 and does not have a spouse
or common-law partner;
- is a full time student and is substantially dependent
on a parent for financial support since before the age of 22, or since becoming
a spouse or common-law partner (if this happened before age 22); or
- is financially dependent on a parent since before
the age of 22 because of a disability.
You may also sponsor one relative of any age if you do not have an aunt, uncle or
family member from the list above who you could sponsor.
The key objective of this family class immigration is family reunification. In addition
to that, spouses or common-law partners who are 16 years of age or older, and have
legal temporary status in Canada as visitors, students, or temporary workers (holding
a temporary resident visa) may apply under the In-Canada class.
The applicants and their family members are subject to medical, criminal, and background
checks.
Procedure
The process of Family Immigration Class starts with the sponsor obtaining an application
from Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). Please note that the type of application
and submission procedure differs depending on the relationship between the sponsor
and the applicant, and whether the applicant is abroad or already in Canada.
If the applicant is the sponsor's spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner or
dependent child
In this case, a Joint Application Guide is introduced because it is simpler and
easier to use for both sponsors and applicants. It is designed to make the processing
quicker by streamlining the receipt of applications.
It is sponsor responsibility to obtain a joint application and guide, including
the sponsorship and immigrant applications. Then, sponsor is also responsible to
obtain the necessary documents and information from the applicant and submit both
applications and all supporting documents to the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga,
Ontario.
In case where the applicant is located outside of Canada, the Case Processing Centre
will complete the sponsorship assessment and then send the immigrant portion to
a visa office that serves the area where the immigrant applicant lives. It is visa
office that will assess the applications, interview applicants, if necessary, and
conduct medical, security, and criminal checks.
An application by a spouse or common-law partner under the In-Canada Class (interviews,
and medical, security, and criminality checks) will be assessed by a Citizenship
and Immigration Canada (CIC) staff in Canada.
Other Family Class Applicants
The sponsor starts the immigration process by obtaining a Sponsorship Application
from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The sponsor will fill out the application
and submit it to CIC.
Once the application has been processed, the Case Processing Centre will forward
a copy of the sponsorship to the responsible visa office and send the Application
Guide for Family C lass to the sponsor. The sponsor then has to forward this guide
the applicants aboard.
After receiving the applications, applicants are to complete and submit it to the
responsible visa office. The name of the office is indicated on the correspondence
included with the guide. Please note that the visa office will take no action until
it receives the completed applicants.
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