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Requirements for the Sponsor:
- The sponsor must be 18 years of age;
- The sponsor must be a Canadian permanent resident living in Canada or a Canadian citizen; and
- The sponsor cannot be in prison, bankrupt, under a removal order (if a permanent resident) or charged with a serious offence.
Requirements for the Sponsor:
- The sponsor must be 18 years of age;
- The sponsor must be a Canadian permanent resident living in Canada or a Canadian citizen; and
- The sponsor cannot be in prison, bankrupt, under a removal order (if a permanent resident) or charged with a serious offence.
Requirements for the Sponsored Person:
- The sponsored person must be in one of the following situations of dependency:
- Less than 19 years of age and not a spouse or common-law partner; or
- Has been an ongoing full-time student since before the age of 19 and has depended substantially on the financial support of the parent since that time; or
- Is 19 years of age or older and meets the following:
- Became a spouse or partner before the age of 19;
- Has been an ongoing full-time student since before the age of 19; and
- Has depended substantially on the financial support of the parent since they became a spouse or partner; or
- Is 19 years of age or older and has depended substantially on the financial support of the parent since before the age of 19 and is unable to be financially self-supporting due to a physical or mental condition.
Requirements for nature of the relationship:
- The Sponsored Person must be either:
- The biological child of the parent if the child has not been adopted by a person other than the spouse or common law partner; or
- The adopted child of the parent.
Note: The government of Canada has outlined a plan to increase the maximum age of dependent children that may be sponsored to less than 22 years of age. This page will be updated when further news is announced.
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