You can sponsor your own parents and grandparents, related by blood or adoption. In case of divorce or separation, you can sponsor your parents’ and your grandparents’ spouses, or conjugal or common-law partners. You can only include your brothers and sisters, or half brothers and sisters, if they qualify as dependent children. You may sponsor more than one person or couple if you meet the income requirements for all the people you want sponsor and their dependants (spouse, partner and children). Meanwhile, all the persons you are willing to sponsor must be admissible to Canada.
| To be a qualified sponsor, you must be: |
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| – at least 18 years old |
| – a permanent resident or citizen of Canada |
| – living in Canada |
| – able to show your have enough money to support all sponsored persons |
| – meeting other qualifications regarding criminal record, previous undertaking, financial background and so on |
