Immigration to a foreign land, especially, Canada itself enhances the flow of adrenaline inside the body and having a spouse in this new journey is like icing on a cake. However, if you can’t get the company of your spouse at the time of immigration; don’t be disheartened. You can sponsor them to Canada to stay with you through Canada Spouse visa. Yes, the Canadian government facilitates the entry of spouse of Canadian citizens and permanent residents in Canada very easily through this visa. It is a sub category of Canada Family visa. So, if you are interested in sponsoring your spouse to Canada, then go through the following process of sponsoring a spouse to Canada

Step-by-step process for Canada spousal sponsorship:

Step 1: Check the eligibility to sponsor spouse in 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 Canada spousal sponsorship 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

Step 2: Choose the right partnership for application under Canada spouse visa:

There are three partnership come under spousal immigration Canada:

Spousal partnership: In spousal partnership, sponsored person must be legally married to sponsor and has gone through a completely legal process in the native country for obtaining a marriage certificate.

Common-law partnership: The common-law partnership constitutes two individuals either of same-sex or different sex, and both have been living together for at least one year.

Conjugal partnership: Sometimes, due to certain circumstances, which are beyond the control, the sponsored individual is not able to live with his/her partner and it comes under conjugal partnership. Reasons may be immigration barrier, marital status, sexual orientation and more.

Step 3: Get ready with documents:

Proof of relationship:

• For spousal partnership:

A sponsor needs to show a marriage certificate along with some photographs of marriage as a proof of relationship for bringing spouse to Canada

• For Common-law partnership:

A sponsor needs a signed salutatory declaration stating that his/her relationship with the partner is genuine along with joint bank account statement, or credit card statement involving the activity of both of them for sponsoring common law partner Canada

• For Conjugal partnership:

A sponsor needs to provide proof of relationship as well as conditions like immigration barrier, social or religious barrier because of which they both can’t live together.

 Proof of funds like salary slip, bank transactions

Complete the forms:

For sponsor:

• Application to Sponsor, Sponsorship Agreement and Undertaking [IMM 1344]
• Sponsorship Evaluation and Relationship Questionnaire [IMM 5532]
• Use of a Representative (IMM 5476), if using a representative.

For sponsored person:

• Application to Sponsor, Sponsorship Agreement and Undertaking [IMM 1344]
• Generic Application Form for Canada [IMM 0008]
• Additional Dependants/Declaration [IMM 0008DEP] (PDF, 424.19KB), only if you have more than five dependants on your application
• Schedule A – Background/Declaration [eIMM 5669] required for all principal applicants, and all dependants 18 years of age or older.
• Additional Family Information [IMM 5406]
• Sponsorship Evaluation and Relationship Questionnaire [IMM 5532]
• Use of a Representative (IMM 5476), if using a representative

Make the payment and wait for confirmation:

Go to online payment and pay the processing fee for sponsoring your spouse to Canada. The cost of spousal sponsorship Canada is $1040(in Canadian dollar) including, Sponsorship fee ($75), principal applicant processing fee ($475) and right of permanent residence fee ($490). The processing time for spousal application Canada is around 12 months.

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