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Eligibility:

 

When you sponsor your parents and grandparents to become permanent residents of Canada, you must:

 

• meet certain income requirements

• support that person and their dependants financially

 

You and the sponsored relative must sign a sponsorship agreement that:

 

• commits you to provide financial support for your relative (and any other eligible relatives accompanying them):

 

• for a period of three to 20 years

• depending on their age and relationship with you

• beginning on the date they become a permanent resident

• states that the persons becoming permanent residents will make every effort to support themselves

 

Sponsored person (Principal Applicant) and all the dependants for permanent residence must go through:

 

• medical exams

• criminal checks

• background checks

 

An applicant with a criminal record may not be allowed to enter Canada. People who pose a risk to Canada’s security are not allowed to enter Canada. The applicant may have to provide a certificate from police authorities in the home country.

 

Who can not Sponsor Parents or Grandparents:

 

You may not be eligible to sponsor your parents and grandparents if you:

 

• are in prison

• defaulted on an immigration loan (late or missed payments)

• have declared bankruptcy and haven’t been released from it yet

• received government financial assistance for reasons other than a disability

• didn’t pay a court-ordered support order, such as alimony or child support

• didn’t provide the financial support you agreed to when you signed a sponsorship agreement to sponsor another relative in the past

• were convicted of a violent criminal offence, any offence against a relative or any sexual offence, depending on circumstances, such as:

 

• the nature of the offence

• how long ago it occurred

• whether a record suspension (formerly called “pardons” in Canada) was issued

 

Other factors not in this list might also make you ineligible to sponsor your parents and grandparents.

 

Co-Sponsor for Sponsorship

 

Your spouse or common-law partner may help you meet the income requirement by co-signing the sponsorship application. A common-law partner is a person who is living with you in a conjugal relationship and has done so for at least one year prior to the signing of the undertaking.

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The co-signer must:

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• meet the same eligibility requirements as the sponsor;

• agree to co-sign the undertaking;

• agree to be responsible for the basic requirements of the person you want to sponsor and his or her family members for the validity period of the undertaking.

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The co-signer will be equally liable if obligations are not performed.