Can a Canadian citizen sponsor a non-family member?
Gitanjali Mangal
October 6th 2020 04:04 PM --
Updated:
October 27th 2020 06:06 PM
Many Canadian Permanent Residents or Citizens want to bring their siblings or non-family members to Canada. There are several requirements for the one who wants to sponsor and the sibling being sponsored. You can only sponsor relatives like a brother, sister, aunt or uncle in very specific situations. They need to meet the criteria below and find out which programs they may be eligible to apply for. There are 2 options for who you can sponsor: Orphaned brother, sister, nephew, niece or grandchild You can sponsor an orphaned brother, sister, nephew, niece or grandchild only if they meet all of these conditions:
- they’re related to you by blood or adoption
- both their mother and father passed away
- they’re under 18 years of age
- they’re single (not married or in a common-law or conjugal relationship)
- one of their parents is still alive
- no one knows where their parents are
- their parents abandoned them
- someone else other than their parents is taking care of them while one or both their parents are alive
- their parent is in jail or otherwise detained
- spouse
- common-law partner
- conjugal partner
- son or daughter
- parent
- grandparent
- orphaned brother or sister
- orphaned nephew or niece
- orphaned grandchild
- Canadian citizen
- permanent resident
- registered Indian under the Indian Act
- apply for a visa or an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) or
- when you arrive at a port of entry.
- are in prison
- have not paid your alimony or child support payments
- have declared bankruptcy and haven’t been released from it yet
- got social assistance for reasons other than being disabled
- didn’t pay back an immigration loan, made late payments or missed payments
- sponsored another relative in the past and didn’t meet the terms of the sponsorship agreement were convicted of a violent crime, any offense against a relative or any sexual offense, depending on details of the case, such as:
- the type of offense
- how long ago it was
- whether a record suspension was issued (formerly called “pardons” in Canada)-PTC News