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Canada accepts approximately 100,000 family-class immigrants each year and works to reunite families as part of its immigration strategy. A sponsor is required for all family-class immigration procedures.
An undertaking is one of the key criteria for family sponsorship. An undertaking is a legally binding agreement that the sponsor signs stating that you are accepting obligation for your spouse, partner, dependent child(ren), parent(s), or grandparent(s).
Anyone who enters Canada through family sponsorship is not eligible for government help such as government aid, disability, or any provincial advantage. If the person you’re sponsoring asks for and gets funding from the provincial or federal government, you’ll be the one who has to repay it.
All permanent residents have access to healthcare through the provincial health service. If your family member does not have an insurance plan, you are liable for any healthcare that the province does not cover, such as prescription medications, dental treatment, or eye examinations.
Furthermore, once you sign an undertaking, there are no grounds for terminating your responsibility early. If you separate or divorce your partner or spouse, or become alienated from the individual for whom you signed an undertaking, you are still held liable until the undertaking expires. You are also still responsible if you lose your job or get into financial difficulties.
Based on the program, the length of the undertaking varies. Sponsoring a spouse or partner takes three years, whereas sponsoring parents or grandparents under the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) takes 20 years unless you live in Quebec, where it takes ten years.
Dependent children under the age of 22 require a 10-year undertaking, or until they reach the age of 25. Children above the age of 22 have a three-year undertaking.
After Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada issue its final judgment on your application, undertakings cannot be revoked (IRCC). If you change your decision before receiving IRCC’s decision, you can withdraw your application in advance.
The qualifying criteria for sponsoring programs are simple. Each program has slightly different requirements, however, interested sponsors must fulfill the following requirements in all situations:
Total number of people you’ll be responsible for | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
---|---|---|---|
2 people | $32898 | $32270 | $41007 |
3 people | $40444 | $39672 | $50414 |
4 people | $49106 | $48167 | $61209 |
5 people | $55694 | $54630 | $69423 |
6 people | $62814 | $61613 | $78296 |
7 people | $69934 | $68598 | $87172 |
If more than 7 people, for each additional person, add: | $7120 | $6985 | $8876 |
The minimal necessary income determines your ability to sponsor under the PGP (MNI). This demonstrates that you earn enough money to support yourself, your spouse, and any other dependent family members except your parents or grandparents. For each dependent family member, the MNI rises. To be qualified, you must be able to demonstrate that you have made the MNI for the preceding three tax years.
Sponsor your spouse or common-law partner, parent, child
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4711 Yonge Street, Suite 1000, Toronto, ON M2N 6K8
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Address: 4711 Yonge Street, Suite 1000,
Toronto, ON M2N 6K8
Email: info@canadapt.ca
Phone: +1(833)939-9911