Sponsoring Guide

[Yaya Marei]

Sponsoring an eligible relative
You can sponsor certain relatives if you are a citizen or permanent resident of Canada and if you are 18 years of age or older.

You may not be eligible to sponsor a relative if you:

* failed to provide the financial support you agreed to when you signed a sponsorship agreement to sponsor another relative in the past
* defaulted on a court-ordered support order, such as alimony or child support
* received government financial assistance for reasons other than a disability
* 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 and whether a pardon was issued
* defaulted on an immigration loan—late or missed payments
* are in prison or
* have declared bankruptcy and have not been released from it yet.

Other factors not mentioned in this list might also make you ineligible to sponsor a relative.

When you sponsor a relative to become a permanent resident of Canada, you must promise to support that person and their dependants financially. Therefore, you have to meet certain income requirements. If you have previously sponsored relatives who later turned to the Canadian government for financial assistance, you may not be allowed to sponsor another person. Sponsorship is a big commitment, so you must take this obligation seriously.

To be a sponsor:

* You and the sponsored relative must sign a sponsorship agreement that commits you to provide financial support for your relative if necessary. This agreement also states that the person becoming a permanent resident will make every effort to support themselves. Dependent children under age 22 do not have to sign this agreement. Quebec residents must sign an “undertaking” with the province of Quebec—a contract binding the sponsorship.
* You must promise to provide financial support for the relative and any other eligible relatives accompanying them for a period of three to ten years, depending on their age and relationship to you. This time period begins on the date they become a permanent resident.
Who can be sponsored

You can sponsor:

* parents
* grandparents
* brothers or sisters, nephews or nieces, granddaughters or grandsons who are orphaned, under 18 years of age and not married or in a common-law relationship
* another relative of any age or relationship but only under specific conditions(see Note below)
* accompanying relatives of the above (for example, spouse, partner and dependent children).

Who cannot be sponsored


Other relatives, such as brothers and sisters over 18, or adult independent children cannot be sponsored. However, if they apply to immigrate under the Skilled Worker Class, they may get extra points for adaptability for having a relative in Canada.

reasons of delay in Canadian Immigration -
Too many applications to process,You do not provide correct documentation (forms etc.),Your selected an “incompetent” consultant,You do not respond promptly.You send documents by “ordinary” mail service,You are not lucky enough!.

Sponser and Income

You can sponsor your spouse without having any income (even if you are on employment insurance). But, you should not be on welfare. So as long as some one is not on welfare you can sponsor your spouse and no proof of income is required. but if you provid will be good.

Proof of relationship
Typically proof can be joint bank account statement, show that your life insurance is to be paid to each other, joint mortgage or rental agreement, plane itineraries if you don't live together, photos of your wedding, photos of your life togethe,money transfers, bills in both of your names, joint health insurance policy, bills/evidence of trips taken together, etc. They aren't really specific about what you have to have, but they give some ideas in the application guide packet.

people do medicals before submitting their applications

When you make an apt. with the DMP, they have the forms there supplied for you. Once you arrive the day of your medical, you fill out part of it, and the rest the doctor signs and fills in. But make sure to keep the good copy, it's what you have to send in with the rest of your application, without that, you will have to do it over again,The medicals are usually valid for a period of 1 year only..if your application is not processed in the mean time..they may ask you to take your medicals again. Also the visa time they allow you for landing depends on the medical expiration date..You may end up having less time to complete the landing process if you submit it early

while you waitting what should you do.
learn English, and french if you can.
Contact colleges and University to see if you can have cources there, even if you have PHD, you have to have Canadian certificate to be able to work.
Read about Canadian culture, if your not from west read a lot, understand the differece,.Understand what people like and dislike,
if you believe your in the last stage of processing, contact friend to find any job as you be in Canada, even part time job.
There one other thing Canada is wonderful place, I have been there I worked, I studied, and I am tellig you if you work hard there you llget what you want, but you need to be pationet. but you have to have canadian certificat and then canadian experience then you ll like it

Thanks for all I hope this ll be help for you.

 

[AllisonVSC]

One comment on the DMP section. The applicant keeps a copy (I think the green one) to submit with their application, but the DMP keeps "the good one" attaches a picture and submits it to the Regional Medical Center directly. At least that's the way it works for outland applicants.

Otherwise, nice post, Yaya.

 

[leroadrunner]

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When you sponsor a relative to become a permanent resident of Canada, you must promise to support that person and their dependants financially. Therefore, you have to meet certain income requirements. If you have previously sponsored relatives who later turned to the Canadian government for financial assistance, you may not be allowed to sponsor another person. Sponsorship is a big commitment, so you must take this obligation seriously.
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To be a sponsor:

* You and the sponsored relative must sign a sponsorship agreement that commits you to provide financial support for your relative if necessary. This agreement also states that the person becoming a permanent resident will make every effort to support themselves. Dependent children under age 22 do not have to sign this agreement. Quebec residents must sign an “undertaking” with the province of Quebec—a contract binding the sponsorship.
* You must promise to provide financial support for the relative and any other eligible relatives accompanying them for a period of three to ten years, depending on their age and relationship to you. This time period begins on the date they become a permanent resident.
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I just want to add that there is an exception to this rule, if you are sponsoring your spouse, there is no financial requirement, they assume that he/she will find suitable work.