Sponsorship

Your relatives can live, study and work in Canada if they become permanent residents of Canada. You can sponsor certain relatives to come to Canada if you’re at least 18 years old and a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
If you are looking to sponsor your spouse, dependent child, parents or grandparents, we can help you.
We will evaluate if you are eligible to become a sponsor, help you understand the requirements, and what the next steps are to submit a complete application.​

Dependent Child Sponsorship

​Children qualify as dependants if they meet both of these requirements:

• they’re under 22 years old
• they don’t have a spouse or common law partner

Children 22 years old or older qualify as dependants if they meet both of these requirements:

• they are unable to financially support themselves because of a mental or physical condition
• they have depended on their parents for financial support since before the age of 22.

If they qualify as a dependent child, you can sponsor:

• Your own child
• Your spouse or partner and their child

Spousal Sponsorship

​You can sponsor your spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner​
- Your spouse can be either sex and must be:

• legally married to you
• at least 18 years old

- Your common-law partner
You’ll need to give proof of your common-law relationship.

​- Your conjugal partner
You’ll need to give proof that you could not live together or get married in your conjugal partner’s country. 

Parent Grand Parent Sponsorship

​If you’re eligible, you must complete the Interest to sponsor form to show you’re interested in sponsoring.
In 2021, IRCC invited 30,000 Candidates from the remaining pool of potential sponsors who submitted an interest to sponsor form in 2020.