Child or Other Dependent Sponsorship

The Family sponsorship stream helps reassemble relationships by providing Canadian residents or permanent inhabitants who are the parents of a kid abroad to appeal to sponsor their child or another dependent for Canadian permanent residency status.

Canadian residents or permanent residents who meet specific requirements can sponsor their dependent kids to become permanent residents of Canada.

What is a Dependent Child?

To be suitable for sponsorship, kids must meet the description of the dependent child. Whether they are the vital or adopted child of a Canadian resident or permanent inhabitant, a child is admitted to be a dependent if they are not wedded and have an age below 22.

Requirements For Child or Other Dependent Sponsorship Program

As with all family sponsoring programs, both the supporter and the supported person must meet qualification conditions for the kid to be awarded a permanent residency. Parents wanting to sponsor their child must:

• Be a Canadian national or permanent resident residing in Canada.
• 18 years of age required.
• Not be in jail, replenished with severe aggression, or bankrupt.
• Parents will also be asked to give proof of the link with the child, be it through childbirth or an adoption record. Parents in the end frames of an adoption method may sponsor the raised kid before the adoption has been concluded.

In addition to satisfying the definition of a dependent kid, the sponsored body must either be the biological kid of the supporter or the sponsor’s spouse.

Income Requirments – Child or Other Dependent Sponsorship

In most cases, there isn’t an income requirement to sponsor your dependent child. You only need to show that you have enough money to meet the income requirements if you’re sponsoring a dependent child that has 1 or more dependent children of their own.

MNI for Dependent Child

Canadian citizens or residents supporting the dependent child are not expected to satisfy the Minimum Necessary Income (MNI), given that the dependent child does not have kids of their own. If the child has dependent kids, the supporter must meet the MNI demanded their family unit size.

Sponsorship in Quebec

If the Canadian supporter lives in the territory of Quebec, they will require to perform a financial job to maintain the family they are sponsoring. The term of the undertaking varies on the character of the relationship. If the dependent child is below 16, the sponsor must perform financially to sponsor them for 10 years or until they are 18. If the dependent child is 16 or above, the sponsor must perform financial assistance for 3 years or until 25.

If you live outside Quebec and want to become a sponsor, you must promise to financially take care of the persons you are sponsoring for a period of time. We call this promise an undertaking.

The undertaking Commits You to

• Provide financial support for your sponsored family members, starting when they become permanent residents.
• Repaying any provincial social assistance your sponsored family members get during that time.
• Also, you and your sponsored family members need to agree to certain responsibilities during the undertaking period. We call this the sponsorship agreement.

The Sponsorship Agreement Means That

• You’ll provide for the basic needs of your sponsored family members.
• The person you sponsor will make every effort to support themselves and their family members.

When you apply, you’ll have to complete and sign a form that includes the undertaking and the sponsorship agreement.