Sponsoring Family Members to Immigrate to Canada

Sponsoring Family Members to Immigrate

If you are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada, you may sponsor your family to become permanent residents of Canada.

You can sponsor relatives or family members from abroad if they are:

• spouses, common-law or conjugal partners 16 years of age or older;
• parents and grandparents;
• dependent children, including adopted children;
• children under 18 years of age whom you intend to adopt;
• brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces or grandchildren who are orphans;
  under the age of 18 and not married or in a common-law relationship;
• you may also sponsor one relative of any age if you do not have a family member  listed above whom you can sponsor

There are different processes for sponsoring your family depending on whom you wish to sponsor.