Family Class
Family Class
Family reunification is a key objective of Canada Immigration. If you are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident who is 18 years of age or older, you may sponsor family members who wants to immigrate to Canada. The family class category facilitates the reunification of Canadian citizens and permanent residents with their families.
A Canadian citizen or permanent resident can sponsor, as members of the family class the following persons:
- Spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner
- Dependent child (or child you plan to adopt): must be 21 and younger
- 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)
