One of the best benefits of having permanent residence status in Canada is the freedom to sponsor your family member to the country under the Canada Family class. Besides Canada PR holder, Canadian citizen and person registered in Canada as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act also share the same right to sponsor someone to Canada.  So if you are an eligible sponsor, then you can sponsor your relatives for a permanent residency in Canada through Canada sponsorship program.  In case, you are not aware of the eligibility criteria of a sponsor for family class sponsorship Canada, then give a careful read to the following section.

Eligibility criteria for sponsoring someone to Canada:

• A sponsor must be at least 18 years old
• He/she must be a Canadian citizen or a Canadian permanent resident, or a person registered in Canada as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act
• He/she must be ready to support the sponsored relative financially after his/her arrival
• He/she should be financially strong for sponsoring someone to Canada and meet basic needs like food, accommodation, clothing etc for himself/herself and the sponsored individual
• In case the sponsor is living in Quebec, he/she needs to meet additional Quebec’s conditions for sponsoring someone to Canada
• He/she should not be accused of any criminal record
• He/she should not be accused of not paying alimony or child support payments in past
• He/she should not be bankrupt
• He/she should not get any kind of social assistance other than a disability
• He/she should not be accused of not paying any immigration loan or payments
• He/she should not be accused of violating terms of a sponsorship agreement in the past

So check your eligibility now as without fulfilling the criteria, the process of Canada family reunification program cannot be fruitful.

List of members who can be sponsored through Canada sponsorship visa:

On being eligible, a sponsor can call the following members to Canada as permanent residents through Canada sponsorship visa

• Spouse
• Common law partner
• Conjugal partner
• Grandparents
• Parents
• Dependent children
• A family member related by blood or adoption like brother, sister, aunt or uncle (in very specific situations)

Cost to sponsor spouse to Canada:

Spousal sponsorship Canada includes the entry of spouse/common law partner/conjugal partner of sponsor. The cost to sponsor spouse to Canada is 1040 (Canadian dollar) including sponsorship fee, principal applicant fee, and right to permanent residence fee

Cost to sponsor dependent children to Canada:

Dependent child sponsorship Canada includes children of sponsor who are below 22 years of age and do not have a spouse/common-law partner except few cases. The cost to sponsor dependent children is 150 (Canadian dollar) per child

Cost to sponsor parents and grandparents to Canada:

Parents sponsorship Canada includes parents or grandparents of the sponsor and following charges are applied for sponsoring them to Canada.

Note: The government of Canada can change the above amount anytime without any prior notice.

Right of Permanent Residence Fee

The Right of Permanent Residence fee (RPRF) costs 490 (Canadian dollar) and this amount needs to pay once after getting approval for permanent residence. This fee is applicable for all types of sponsorship in Canada except for dependent children or protected persons.

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