Is my common-law girflfriend sponsoring me part of my family members?

[reservoirdog]

Hi all,
I'm filling in the IMM3901 http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/guides/3901e.pdf for West Europe. It's asking to include:

Photocopy of Citizenship Certificate or
Immigrant or Permanent Resident Visa for any family members who are Canadian citizens or
permanent residents of Canada.

And at the bottom it says:

List all trips you, and if applicable, your family members have taken outside your country of origin or of residence in the last ten years (or since
your 18th birthday if this was less than ten years ago). Include all trips: tourism, business, training, etc. If you or your family member did not
travel outside of your country during this period, check "did not travel".

I'm not sure what the mean by family members. I went on trips with my girlfriend (who is sponsoring me), and she also went on other trips during the last 10 yrs, but again, do I have to include her in this list if she's already in Canada as a citizen and sponsoring me?

The same question applies to the Citizen Certificate. Do I have to include one of my girlfriend who is sponsoring me? Isn't a copy of her passport enough?

 

[truesmile]

Which means that's also a "yes" to a copy of her passport being enough. It is!

 

[reservoirdog]

Thank you!
I had another related question some time ago about the IMM0008:

in the Dependant's section it clearly says: "You must list all family members"
Do I have to list all my family members which are depedants? Or any of my family members (including mother, father etc. which do not depend on me)?

I was told I have to list only my dependants (i.e. children, and not my parents or siblings): does that mean if I don't list my parents there I won't be able to sponsor them in the future?

 

[canadianwoman]

No. 'Family members' means your spouse, common-law/conjugal partner, and children - for most of the forms. (For the "Additional Family Information' form, you do list your parents and all siblings.) You can sponsor your parents (once parental sponsorship is no longer on hold) without mentioning them in the form IMM0008.

 

[reservoirdog]

That makes sense! Thank you once again