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Sponsor Spouse / Common Law / Conjugal Partner
The Spousal Sponsorship program is a subsection of the Family Class immigration category.
Under this program, a Canadian citizen or permanent resident may sponsor a spouse or common-law partner for Canadian permanent residence.
In order to receive a visa through this immigration program, the Sponsor and Sponsored Person must prove that their relationship qualifies under one of three categories:
- Spouse
- Common-law Partner
- Conjugal Partner
Requirements for the Sponsor:
- The sponsor must be at least 18 years of age
- The sponsor must be a Canadian permanent resident living in Canada or a Canadian citizen
- The sponsor cannot be in prison, bankrupt, under a removal order (if a permanent resident) or charged with a serious offence
- The sponsor cannot have been sponsored to Canada as a spouse within the last 5 years
Requirements for the Sponsored Person:
- They are at least 18 years old
- The relationship between the sponsor and the sponsored person is genuine and wasn’t entered into just to get permanent resident status in Canada.
- If the spouse or common-law partner is applying in the Spouse or Common-law Partner in Canada class, they must already co-habit (live) with the sponsor in Canada
Important:
- A conjugal partner is, in relation to a sponsor, a foreign national residing outside Canada who has been in a conjugal relationship with the sponsor for at least one year.
- A foreign national residing inside Canada cannot be sponsored as a conjugal partner.