Any foreign national, who come to Canada with Permanent Resident status or work/study permit, are eligible to call their dependents to the country through Canada Dependent visa. This visa is introduced for the idea of family reunification in Canada and included members are sponsors, common-law partners, conjugal partners, dependent children, parents and grandparents and more.

If you have any near-dear one in Canada who is eligible to sponsor you for a dependent visa for Canada, then check the following requirements for the visa and apply for it.

Dependent visa in Canada Requirements:

For a spouse:

The Canadian government defines a spouse as an individual who has gone through a legal process of marriage with a sponsor. The spouse needs to show a marriage certificate along with some photographs of marriage for Canada spouse dependent visa.

For a Common-law partner:

A common-law partner is an individual who has been living or lived with a sponsor in a marriage-like relationship for a minimum of one year. A common-law partner needs a signed salutatory declaration stating that the genuineness of relationship along with a joint bank account statement, or credit card statement involving the activity of both the partners.

For a conjugal partner:

A conjugal partner is an individual who is in a relationship with a sponsor; however, not living together due to some social, religious reasons. In this partnership, a partner needs to provide proof of relationship as well as conditions because of which they both can’t live together.

For a dependent child:

• A dependent child must be less than 22 years of age
• He/she must not have any spouse or common-ale partner
• He/she must be dependent on sponsor for financial needs
• A child above 22 years of age can also be sponsored; if he/she is mental or physical challenged, and unable to support him/her financially
• He/she needs to provide a copy of birth certificate or documents entitling the name of the sponsor as father or mother

For adopted child:

An adopted child needs to submit a copy of adoption papers

For a sponsor:

• He/she must be at least 18 years old for sponsoring someone to Canada
• He/she must hold a study permit or work permit in Canada
• He/she must have funds to bear the expenses of dependents after they migrate 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

After fulfilling the Canada dependent visa requirements, there are two applications required in the Canada dependent visa process. The first application is from a sponsor and second application is from a dependent family member like spouse/common-law partner, dependent children and more. Canada dependent visa processing time vary according to the nature of application, number of applications, completeness of application and location of applicant.

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