Hi all,
I am quite early in the process of working out the best option for my application to move to Canada. Considering study visa or family sponsorship. On the latter I have an uncle (mothers brother) who is a Canadian citizen in Ontario and is prepared to sponsor me to come to canada. However, I am unsure as to whether there is an age limit as the below text from the Canadian immigration website seems contradictory particularly bullet point 2 & 3. The 2nd bullet says that you can sponsor someone if they are under 18, but the final bullet says you can sponsor someone regardless of age. I am 25 and being my uncles nephew I am not sure if he can sponsor me.
This application is for children that are adopted or to be adopted and persons who wish to be re-united with close family members in Canada. In order to use this application package, you must, with respect to the sponsor, be
1) a child he or she adopted outside Canada or intends to adopt in Canada,
2) his or her brother, sister, nephew, niece, grandson or granddaughter, and be an orphan, under the age of 18 and not a spouse or common-law partner,
3) his or her relative, regardless of your age, if the sponsor does not have a spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner, son, daughter, mother, father, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece, who is a Canadian citizen, Indian or permanent resident or whose application for permanent residence in Canada he or she could sponsor.
Also I am not sure whether it is my uncle who has to make the application or myself? There are two separate sections on the site where one is for application within Canada or application outside of Canada.
I'd be grateful for any information or advice anyone can offer me on this.
I am quite early in the process of working out the best option for my application to move to Canada. Considering study visa or family sponsorship. On the latter I have an uncle (mothers brother) who is a Canadian citizen in Ontario and is prepared to sponsor me to come to canada. However, I am unsure as to whether there is an age limit as the below text from the Canadian immigration website seems contradictory particularly bullet point 2 & 3. The 2nd bullet says that you can sponsor someone if they are under 18, but the final bullet says you can sponsor someone regardless of age. I am 25 and being my uncles nephew I am not sure if he can sponsor me.
This application is for children that are adopted or to be adopted and persons who wish to be re-united with close family members in Canada. In order to use this application package, you must, with respect to the sponsor, be
1) a child he or she adopted outside Canada or intends to adopt in Canada,
2) his or her brother, sister, nephew, niece, grandson or granddaughter, and be an orphan, under the age of 18 and not a spouse or common-law partner,
3) his or her relative, regardless of your age, if the sponsor does not have a spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner, son, daughter, mother, father, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece, who is a Canadian citizen, Indian or permanent resident or whose application for permanent residence in Canada he or she could sponsor.
Also I am not sure whether it is my uncle who has to make the application or myself? There are two separate sections on the site where one is for application within Canada or application outside of Canada.
I'd be grateful for any information or advice anyone can offer me on this.