If you are a Canadian Citizen or a Permanent Resident of Canada, age 18 or over, you can sponsor certain family members to become Canadian permanent residents. If you become a permanent resident, you can live, study and work in Canada. If you sponsor a relative to come to Canada as a permanent resident, you are responsible for supporting your relative financially when they arrive.

You can sponsor your:

• ​​Spouse, common-law partner, or conjugal partner.
• Dependent child (or child you plan to adopt): must be under 22 years of age and not married.
• Parents and Grandparents: father, mother, grandfather or grandmother
• Orphaned Relatives: brother, sister, nephew, niece, grandson or granddaughter, who are orphaned, under the age of 18, and not married or in a common-law relationship
• Other relative:  *only Lonely Canadians are eligible to sponsor (have no other family living in Canada)

Length of Undertaking

The “length of undertaking” is the period you’re financially responsible for the person you sponsor. It starts on the day the person you sponsor becomes a permanent resident.

The length of undertaking depends on many factors such as the age of the person you sponsor, their relationship to you, and where you live. Yes, it could be complex, and that’s why we are here to help.