How to sponsor your partner for Canadian immigration from inside Canada

SponsoryourpartnerforCanadianimmigration
ApplyingforyourpartnertolivewithyouinCanadaisdiferentthanifyouareapplyingoutsideofthecountry.
Theprocesshasdiferentsteps,butifdonecorectly,theresultsshouldseeyouandyourspouselivingtogether
inCanada.
TheSpouseorCommon-LawPartnerin-CanadaclassrouteisforpermanentresidentsandCanadiancitizens
wholivetogetherinthecountryandwanttostaythatway.TheforeignnationalinthecouplemusthaveCanadian
immigrationstatusasaworker,visitor,orstudent.
Iftheindividualalsowantstogainanopenworkpermit,theyshouldapplyunderthesameclass.Thiswilalow
them toworkwhilewaitingontheirSpouseorCommon-LawPartnerin-Canadatobeapproved.Possessingan
openworkpermitmayhelpreducetheeconomicandemotionalissuesofapossiblylongapplicationprocess.In
addition,anopenworkpermitalowsyourpartnertobeprofessionalyactivewithworkandtojointheCanadian
labormarket.
ItisexpectedthatapplicantswilstayinCanadaduringapplicationprocess.Ifyourpartnerdoesnotplanto
remaininCanadaormusttraveloutsidethecountryduringtheapplicationprocess,thentheoutlandsponsorship
program maybeabeteroptionforyou.
Tosponsorapartnerorspouse,aCanadianinternationalmustfirstensuretheyareeligibletosponsorthe
individual.YouwilneedtobeaCanadiancitizen,FirstNation,orpermanentresidentofCanadaovertheage
of18tosponsoryourpartnerorspouse.
Alongwithmeetingthefirststepsofsponsorship,youwilneedtoproveyoucanprovideforyourbasicneeds
alongwiththeneedsofyourpartner.Ifthereareanydependentchildren,youwilneedtoproveyoucansupport
them too.Therearesomefactorsthatcanmakeyouineligibletosponsoryourpartner.Ifyouwereconvictedof
aviolentcrimethenyouwon’tbeabletosponsoryourlovedone.
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OtherrequirementstosponsoryourpartnerforCanadianimmigrationinclude:
YouarelegalymariedanditisvalidundertheCanadianlawofthejurisdictioninwhichitisregisteredand
underCanadianlaw
Youarecohabitingorhavebeencohabitingwithyourpartnerinamariage-likerelationshipforatleast12
consecutivemonths
ThesponsoredindividualmustnothavebeensponsoredbyyouinCanadainthefiveyearspriortotheapplication’ssubmission
Neitheryounoryourpartnermustbeinprison,chargedwithaseriousofenseorbankrupt
Conjugalpartnershipssuchasrelationshipsinwhichtwopeoplearenotalowedtolivetogetherormarydue
toreligiousormaritalstatusbariersarenoteligibleforsponsorship
Yourpartnermustalsobeeligibleforsponsorship.Theymustbeover18-yearsold,passabackgroundcheck,
securitycheck,andmedicalexaminations.AccordingtotheCanadiangovernment,yourrelationshipmustbe
considered“genuine”andnotbuiltonobtainingpermanentresidencystatusinCanada.
Immigration,RefugeesandCitizenshipCanada(IRCC)wiltakearound12monthstoprocessthepartner
sponsorshipapplications.Thereisalsoatwotothreemonthsperiodastheyensuretheapplicationiscompletedthoroughly.
TheIRCCmayaskyoupartnerwhoisapplyingforCanadianpermanentresidencetosubmitbiometricdata
duringtheprocessingperiod.Yourpartnerwilhaveamaximum of30daystosendthebiometricdatato
theIRCC.AdditionalinformationmayberequestedbytheIRCC.Thisadditionalinformationmayinclude
anin-personinterview,whichcouldoccuratanytime.Thosebeingsponsoredhave30daystoundergoa
medicalexam fortheirapplication.Youwilbeabletotrackyourapplicationstatusonline.
AfteradecisionismadeonyourapplicationbytheIRCC,youwilbesentinstructionsforthenextstepsof
theprocess.ThepartnerwhoisapplyingforimmigrationtoCanadawilhaveafewmorestepstotakebefore
permanentresidencyisgranted.
YourpartnermustvisitaCanadianportofentrytomeetwithanimmigrationoficialforalandinginterview.
SpecificdocumentswilbeneededandtheIRCCwilinform youaboutthosepapersneeded.Thetimeand
locationoftheinterviewwilalsobeoutlinedbytheIRCC.Afterthelandinginterviewiscompleted,yourpartner
wilbecomeanoficialpermanentCanadianresident.Thenextstepistoreceiveapermanentresidentcard,
whichwilariveinthemail.
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