Canada • Family Reunification
Spouse & Family Class Sponsorship
Eligible Canadian citizens and permanent residents may be able to sponsor a spouse, partner or dependent child for permanent residence. Jarmar helps families prepare a clear, complete and well-documented application.
Who may be sponsored
Bring your immediate family together in Canada.
IRCC’s spouse, partner and child sponsorship program can lead to Canadian permanent residence for eligible family members. The sponsor and the person being sponsored must each meet the applicable requirements.
- Spouse who is legally married to the sponsor
- Common-law partner who meets IRCC’s cohabitation requirement
- Conjugal partner who meets the specific IRCC definition
- Eligible dependent child
Sponsor basics
A sponsor generally must be at least 18 and be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or a person registered in Canada under the Indian Act, while meeting residence and other sponsorship requirements. In most spouse, partner and dependent-child cases there is no minimum income requirement, although exceptions apply.
The sponsor signs an undertaking to provide financial support. Quebec has additional provincial requirements.
How Jarmar can help
Check sponsor and sponsored-person eligibility
Plan relationship, identity, status and supporting evidence
Prepare the sponsorship and permanent residence applications
Submit through the applicable online PR process and respond to IRCC requests
Check whether an in-Canada sponsored spouse/partner may qualify for an open work permit
Useful for in-Canada families
An open work permit may also be possible while PR is processing.
A spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner living in Canada and being sponsored for permanent residence may be eligible to apply for an open work permit if the current IRCC requirements are met. This is separate from the family-member SOWP rules for spouses of students and workers.
Independent information and application guidance. Jarmar Immigration is not affiliated with or endorsed by IRCC. Past case outcomes do not guarantee future results; every application is decided on its own facts under the rules in force at the time.
Family sponsorship deserves careful evidence, not assumptions.
Let us review the sponsor, relationship category and application circumstances before the file is prepared.