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FAMILY CLASS
Every year thousands of families are reunited to Canadians and permanent residents. This is because family reunification is one of its fundamental objectives under the Immigration and Refugee Protection and Act. According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Canada welcomed 62,246 new immigrants under the Family Class in 2004. And in April 18, 2005, Canada's commitment to family reunification has never been more evident by the Minister of Immigration's announcement of measures totaling $72 million over two years to reduce this inventory by 12,000 people per year.
In order to sponsor, you must be at least 18 years of age or older and Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. The three different way you may sponsor your family members are:
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Spousal sponsorship: sponsoring your spouse, common law partner, or a conjugal partner in both same sex and opposite sex relationship. (could be from Canada or from outside of Canada depending on the situation);
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Family sponsorship: sponsoring your parents, grandparents, children, children adopted outside of Canada or intended to be adopted in Canada or grandchildren OR brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces or grandchildren who are orphaned and under 18years of age and not a spouse or common-law partner; and
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Other family sponsorship: any other family member if there is no spouse, common-law or conjugal partner, son, daughter, mother, father, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt, niece or nephew who is a Canadian citizen, registered Indian or permanent resident or whom you may sponsor.
For more information on the different programs to sponsor your family member both Federally and Provincially that you can take advantage, please contact us.
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