Canada Family Sponsorship
Permanent Residency in Canada by getting sponsored by a family member
Canada has one of the most generous family reunification visa programs in the world. Through Family Sponsorship visa, the government lets its citizens and permanent residents to bring their immediate family members to Canada to live with them.
There are various visa streams offered under the Family Sponsorship visa.
Spousal/Conjugal or Common-law Sponsorship: Through this stream eligible sponsors (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) can sponsor their spouse or legal partner to live with them in Canada as permanent residents, regardless of whether the sponsored partner is currently living in Canada or not.
Parent and Grandparent Sponsorship: Through this stream, sponsors can sponsor their parent and grandparent to live with them. In addition to this visa stream, Canada immigration also offers Parent and Grandparent Super visa, which lets citizens and permanent residents’ parents and grandparents to have an extended (10-years) permanent residency in Canada.
Dependent Child and Other Relatives Sponsorship: This stream is for those who want to bring their children (adopted/biological) and other near relatives like brother, sister, nephew, niece, or grandchild to Canada. In exceptional circumstances, sponsoring a distant relative is also allowed.
Additionally, each province’s Provincial Nomination Program (PNP) also has these family sponsorship categories. So, as a resident of a province you can also make use of these categories additional tofederal sponsorship. Once the family sponsorship visa is approved, your family member can live, study and work in Canada without any restriction. Apart from that, on December 22, 2014, Canada immigration department announced that eligible applicants of Family Sponsorship visa, who are already living in Canada, can work until a decision on their visa application is made.
If you are looking forward to bring your dear ones to Canada on the Family Sponsorship visa, but are not aware of how to go through the visa process, then Go For Visa’s professional assistance can be of great help. Our expertise in Canada immigration not only helps people in understand the visa norms clearly, but also makes the visa process easier. Our services include:
Helping clients with the sponsorship process and ensuring whether applicants meet the eligibility criteria properly
Helping clients in understanding the immigration related norms
Helping clients in preparing and lodging the visa application
Providing various post immigration services
Go For Visa’s immigration consultants, through their expertise and dedication, strive hard to make the visa process easier for clients.
