Parents & Grand-parents Sponsorship

If you are 18 years of age or older, living in Canada and are a Canadian Citizen OR Permanent Resident OR persons registered in Canada as Indian under the Canadian Indian Act, you can sponsor your parents and grandparents to become Permanent Resident of Canada.

For the purpose, the sponsored person must go through medical exams, criminal checks and background checks. An applicant with a criminal record may not be allowed to enter Canada. People who pose a risk to Canada’s security are not allowed to enter Canada. The applicants may have to provide a certificate from police authorities in the home country.

When you sponsor your parents and grandparents to become permanent residents of Canada, you must meet certain income requirements and support that person and their dependents financially. You and the sponsored relative must sign a sponsorship agreement that commits you to provide financial support for your relative (and any other eligible relatives accompanying them) for a period of three to 20 years depending on their age and relationship to you. This undertaking shall come into force on the date when they become permanent residents. The sponsored person also undertakes that they will make every effort to support themselves.

You may not be eligible to sponsor a parent or grandparent if you :

• are in prison
• defaulted on an immigration loan (late or missed payments)
• have declared bankruptcy and haven’t been released from it yet
• received government financial assistance for reasons other than a disability
• didn’t pay a court-ordered support order, such as alimony or child support
• didn’t provide the financial support you agreed to when you signed a sponsorship agreement to sponsor another relative in the past
• were convicted of a violent criminal offence, any offence against a relative or any sexual offence, depending on circumstances, such as:
  • the nature of the offence
  • how long ago it occurred
  • whether a record suspension (formerly called “pardons” in Canada) was issued

Canadian Government is committed to family unification, whenever possible. It knows that your family is important to you and for that reason, it offers many ways to allow Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents to sponsor their loved ones to come to Canada under its Family Sponsorship Class. Sponsoring a family member is one of the fastest category of Canadian Immigration.

Super Visa

In the meantime, if you want your parents and/or grand-parents to come to Canada, you can apply for Super Visa. Super Visa Program allows Parents and grand parents to come to Canada as long term Visitors allowing them to stay with their children as a long time Visitors. Successful applicants will receive multiple entry visitor visa lasting upto 10 years allowing them to stay with their children for two years at a time. The parents and grand-parents are required to meet standard visitor visa requirements. They must submit written commitment of financial support from their child or grandchild in Canada, purchase Canadian Health Insurance for at least one-year and complete a medical exam. In addition, the sponsor needs to meet minimum income requirements.