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What You Need to Know About Sponsorship

There are lots of conditions that you need to know in order to avail the canadian sponsorship. If you want to know more about this, ask for help from Russ Weninger|Calagary Immigration Lawyer

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What You Need to Know About Sponsorship

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  1. What You Need to Know about

  2. Basic Requirement for Sponsors To be able to sponsor family members, the sponsoring party must be: • a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident • must reside in Canada • must be at least 18 years of age • must have sufficient income to support relatives when they arrive in Canada

  3. Basic Requirement for Sponsors The sponsor must enter into a written agreement with the Government of Canada to support a sponsored spouse, common-law-partner, conjugal partner, or other family member for a period of time

  4. Types of Relatives Who May Be Sponsored • Spouse - person who is legally married to the sponsor • Common-law Partner - person whom the sponsor has lived together in a marriage-like relationship for at least 1 year • Conjugal Partner - person with a marriage-like relationship with the sponsor for at least 1 year but has not lived together with the sponsor due to extenuating circumstances

  5. Types of Relatives Who May Be Sponsored • Children - only unmarried, dependent children under the age of 19 • Orphans - sponsor’s sibling, niece, nephew or grandchild who is under 18 years old and whose parents are both deceased • Adopted Child – A person under the age of 18 that the sponsor intends to adopt. • Other Relatives

  6. The process of immigrating through the Family Sponsorship Canada program can be complex both for the applicant and the sponsor.

  7. Need assistance on Calagary Immigration? call us today at 403-265-4496 Visit us through Calgaryimmigrationlawyer.com

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