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Sponsor your spouse, partner or dependent children

You can sponsor your spouse, partner, or dependent child if:

To become a sponsor, you must promise to financially take care of the persons you are sponsoring for a period of time.

The IRCC calls this promise an undertaking. The undertaking commits you to:

Also, you and your sponsored family members need to agree to certain responsibilities during the undertaking period. The IRCC calls this the sponsorship agreement.
The sponsorship agreement means that:

When you apply, you will have to complete and sign a form that includes the undertaking and the sponsorship agreement.

Income requirement

In most cases, there is not income requirement to sponsor your spouse or partner, or dependent child. You only need to show that you have enough money to meet the income requirements if:

The Financial Evaluation form instructions explain how much money you will need and how to fill out the form.

You cannot sponsor your spouse, partner or child if:

You may not be eligible to sponsor your spouse, or partner if you:

You may not be eligible to sponsor your spouse, partner, or child if you:

Whom you can sponsor

You can sponsor your spousecommon-law partnerconjugal partner, or dependent children.

Your spouse

Your spouse can be either sex and must be:

Your common-law partner

Your common-law partner:

Any time spent away from each other should have been
 short
 temporary

If you or your common-law partner choose to end the relationship, the IRCC considers the relationship to be over

You will need to give proof of your common-law relationship.

Your conjugal partner

Your conjugal partner:

You will need to give proof that you could not live together or get married in your conjugal partner’s country (for example, proof of refused long-term stays in each other’s country)

Dependent children

Children qualify as dependants if they meet both of these requirements:

Children 22 years old or older qualify as dependants if they meet both of these requirements:

With the exception of age, your dependent child must continue to meet these requirements until the IRCC finishes processing your 

Use our online tool to check if a child qualifies as a dependant.

If they qualify as a dependent child, you can sponsor:

Eligibility of the people you are sponsoring

To show they meet the eligibility requirements, your spouse, partner, dependent child, and their dependent children (if applicable) must provide:

You cannot sponsor someone who is inadmissible to Canada. This means they are not allowed to come to Canada

How to apply?

You must now apply online
As of September 23, 2022, you must now apply online for this program

To apply to sponsor your spouse, partner, or child, there are 2 applications:

1. You must apply to become a sponsor.
2. Your spouse, partner, or child must apply for permanent residence

If you live in Quebec, find out the steps to take to sponsor your spouse, partner, or child in Quebec.

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