Family Sponsorship

What is Family Sponsorship

Family sponsorship allows Canadian citizens and permanent residents to sponsor certain relatives to become permanent residents of Canada. Sponsors commit to financially supporting the sponsored person for a specified period (typically 3 to 10 years depending on the relationship and age of the sponsored person).

Eligible relationships include spouses, common-law partners, conjugal partners, dependent children, parents, and grandparents. Parents and grandparents sponsorship operates through an invitation-based intake; sponsors must submit an interest form and may be invited to apply. Spousal and dependent child sponsorship applications are submitted directly without an invitation.

Sponsors must meet income requirements for parents and grandparents; spousal and child sponsorships generally do not have minimum income thresholds. Sponsors must not be undischarged bankrupts, under a removal order, or in prison, and must not have defaulted on previous sponsorship undertakings.

Who This Service Is For

• Canadian citizens and permanent residents sponsoring spouses or common-law partners
• Parents and grandparents seeking to sponsor their children or grandchildren
• Individuals sponsoring dependent children, including adopted children
• Sponsors who need help understanding financial requirements and sponsorship obligations

What This Service Helps With

• Understanding sponsorship eligibility requirements for both sponsors and sponsored family members
• Demonstrating financial capacity to support sponsored family members
• Preparing complete sponsorship applications with all required forms and supporting documents
• Proving genuine relationships, especially for spousal sponsorships
• Understanding sponsorship obligations and the commitment period

How Intact Immigration Supports You

We begin by assessing your eligibility as a sponsor and your family member's eligibility to be sponsored. We help you understand the financial requirements, including minimum necessary income levels, and guide you through gathering the required financial documentation.

For spousal sponsorships, we help you compile evidence of your genuine relationship, including photos, communication records, and other documentation that demonstrates your commitment to each other. We ensure your application tells a clear, compelling story of your relationship.

We guide you through completing all required forms accurately, ensuring both sponsor and sponsored person sections are properly filled out. We help organize supporting documents, including birth certificates, marriage certificates, police certificates, and medical examinations.

Throughout the process, we provide updates on application status and help you respond to any requests from immigration authorities. We also help you understand your ongoing obligations as a sponsor, including the commitment to financially support your family member for the required period. Our goal is to help reunite your family in Canada as smoothly as possible.