If you have family members or close relatives who currently hold permanent residency status in Canada, the Family Sponsorship Visa allows them to extend a formal invite that significantly increases your chances of securing permanent residence in the country.

This allows them to sponsor a spouse, children, parents, and grandparents, as long as the person in Canada is over the age of 18 and has the financial means to support whoever it is that he/she intends to bring into the country.

The Parent and Grandparent Super Visa

Eligibility

To apply for the parent and grandparent super visa, you must be:

• the parent or grandparent of a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident,
• allowed to enter Canada and
• meet all other requirements.

Super Visa is a temporary residence visa, the visa officers consider the following parameters before issuing the visa:

• ties to home country,
• purpose of your visit,
• family and finances,
• economic and political conditions in the home country, and
• an invitation letter from a Canadian host.

You are also required to:

• establish that your child or grandchild meets the minimum income threshold,
• provide a written statement from that child or grandchild that he/she will provide you financial support,
• have valid Canadian medical insurance for at least one year and
• have an immigration medical examination.

Spousal Sponsorship:

If you are a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident and qualify, you are able to sponsor your loved one from abroad for Permanent Resident status in Canada. Canada’s diverse immigration system accounts for all different types of relationships, including marriage. If you were legally married abroad, so long as the marriage was legal where it took place, Citizenship and Immigration Canada will recognize this union.

Family Unification is the cornerstone of Canada’s immigration system. So long as you can demonstrate the validity of your marriage and the genuineness of the relationship, you can definitely apply for sponsorship.

The First step to any sponsorship application is ensuring that you are eligible to sponsor. In order to qualify as a sponsor, you must:

• Be at least 18 years of age;
• Be a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident;
• Agree to provide financial support to the person they are sponsoring.

This allows them to sponsor a spouse, children, parents, and grandparents, as long as the person in Canada is over the age of 18 and has the financial means to support whoever it is that he/she intends to bring into the country.