Citizenship and Immigration
Canada makes provision for the Permanent Residents and the Canadian citizens to
sponsor spouses or conjugal partners. Similar provisions are there for
common-law, dependent children and parents also. But, this gets underway once
you place an application under Family Class sponsorship for the spouse, common-law or conjugal partner who live
outside of Canada.
The sponsor and the spouse must
meet certain requirements on immigration. The applicants need to go through a
background screening, medical and criminal examination. This is important
because the investigation would establish the credibility and authenticity on
investigation. Any individual with a criminal offence to his/her account is not
allowed to enter the country as this might pose threat to the local populace.
It is therefore very essential that you provide a certificate from the police
department from the home country. CIC does also make clear that a certificate
on health status of the spouse must be provided with all the papers.
The sponsor can make an
application on sponsorship only if he or she is 18 years of age or above. Also,
the sponsor should be the permanent resident of Canada in order to be eligible
for making an application on Family Class Sponsorship. Spouse Immigration visa Canada makes amendment that the sponsor can
still make an application if the spouse doesn’t have the legal status on
immigration, provided all other specifications are met.
It is very necessary for the
sponsor to also show his/her financial ability on supporting the spouse, common
law or conjugal partner. Sponsor should therefore provide papers on his or her
income statement or IT returns. CIC makes it clear that the sponsor should have
a clear record on sponsorship. Any prior attempt on sponsorship that got failed
on account of financial incompetence would be taken as negative on sponsorship.
A sponsor and the spouse must
sign the sponsorship agreement on financial assistance and support. The spouse
would make a declaration that he or she will make a good effort on being self-reliant.
The sponsor is required to declare that the spouse would be financial supported
for a period of 3 years from the date the status on Permanent Residency is
approved. In case the spouse also brings along a dependent child then the
sponsor must take the liability of the child for 10 years.
Spouse Immigration visa Canada is an opportunity for the Permanent Residents or
Canadian citizen to take the route on Relative Sponsorship. This is an easier
route as compared to other forms of visa such as open work visa or business
visa. But, the requirements on spouse visa are somewhat differentiated. In this
case the liability is on the sponsor to take care of the spouse and the
financial obligations. The spouse and the sponsor are required to make sure
that immigration comes clean on law and nationality.
