Canadian citizens and permanent residents can sponsor close family members for permanent residence in Canada.
If you are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, you can sponsor your spouse, common-law or conjugal partner, dependent children (including adopted children), and in some cases parents, grandparents or other eligible relatives.
Sponsors must meet specific income, residency and undertaking obligations. Both the sponsor and the applicant must demonstrate the genuineness of the relationship and the applicant's admissibility to Canada.
Sponsor your legally married spouse to live in Canada permanently.
Learn MoreSponsor a partner with whom you have continuously cohabited for at least 12 months.
Learn MoreFor couples in a committed relationship who cannot marry or cohabit due to exceptional circumstances.
Learn MoreReunite with your parents or grandparents through PR sponsorship or the Super Visa.
Learn MoreSponsor your dependent children, including adopted children, and certain other eligible relatives.
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