Nabafu Immigration Services | Spousal and Child sponsorship

You can sponsor your spouse, common-law partner, or conjugal partner and dependent children for Canadian Permanent Residence if you:

at least 18 years of age
Canadian permanent resident living in Canada or a Canadian citizen
not in prison, bankrupt, under a removal order (if a permanent resident) or charged with a serious offence

Your responsibilities
When you sponsor a relative to become a permanent resident of Canada, you must:

meet set income guidelines
agree in writing to give financial support to your relative and any other eligible relatives coming with them

You may not be able to sponsor a relative if you:

are in prison
have not paid your alimony or child support payments
have declared bankruptcy and haven’t been released from it yet
got social assistance for reasons other than being disabled
didn’t pay back an immigration loan, made late payments or missed payments
sponsored another relative in the past and didn’t meet the terms of the sponsorship agreement
were convicted of a violent crime