Spousal Sponsorship

Canada proffers an opportunity to every Canadian citizen or permanent resident to settle along with their family in Canada. One way for it is spouse visa to Canada. A spousal sponsorship Canada falls under the family sponsorship class. The Canadian spousal sponsorship helps the Canadian citizen or permanent resident to sponsor their spouse, common-law partner, or dependent children to stay with them in Canada, through permanent residence.
This program doesn’t have any point system like other immigration programs. This sponsorship takes around 12 months to process the application. The potential sponsor should be able or willing to provide for the financial needs of a spouse or common-law partner.
To sponsor your spouse or common-law partner or conjugal partner, the potential sponsor must sign a legal contract with IRCC. This program is created with the motive to stay with your loved ones in your destined country. Spousal sponsorship Canada allows your common-law partner, spouse, or conjugal partners to become a permanent resident.

The following are some basic characteristics required for spousal sponsorship Canada though they are married or unmarried:

• They should have a mutual commitment.
• There should be interdependency over them in physical, emotional, financial and social issues.
• They should have a permanent and long-term, genuine and continuing relationship.
• Both should care for their children together.

Spouse Visa Canada Requirements:

Below listed are the few eligibility criteria that should be for spousal sponsorship Canada:

• The potential sponsor should be 18 years of age.
• Should live in Canada or should be planning to return to Canada; once their spouse or common-law partner becomes a permanent resident of Canada.
• They should not be imprisoned.

Submission of the application:

• If you have submitted your application, the sponsorship permanent residence and open work permit applications can be submitted together in the Case processing centre in Mississauga (CPC-M).
• If the permanent resident application submitted yet did not receive approval: the application for Open Work permit can be submitted in hard copy to the Case Processing Centre in Vegreville (CPC-V) in Alberta.
• If the permanent residence application has been approved the open work permit application can be submitted online or on a hard copy to the Case Processing Centre in Vegreville (CPC- V) in Alberta.

Dependent Children

Through spousal sponsorship, the immigrant also can bring their dependent child who is below 22. The child can enhance all the benefits given by the government of Canada.

Common-law partners

A couple is considered to be in a common-law relationship if they had continuously resided together at the same address for at least 12 months.
Apart from proving their joint residence, the couple also needs to prove their codependency that they merge their lives by holding a joint utility account, owning or renting a property together. The individual who is sponsored through spousal sponsorship under a common-law partner is eligible for an open work permit in Canada. To be eligible for this application, the applicants must have sufficient proof of joint residence for at least two months before applying. Both the sponsor and the sponsored person must meet the same eligibility criteria as a spousal class.

Conjugal Partners

The couples who cannot marry each other due to some reasons or who cannot live together as common-law partners are known as conjugal partners. The couples must prove that they had been in a serious relationship for at least one year.
The applicants who submit the sponsorship application under this class must prove that; there is no option available for them. This class generally applies to sponsored persons who live in countries where diverse is not possible or where same-sex marriage is not recognised. In other respects, they are similar to common-law partners or married couples.
To be eligible for their applicants has to include supporting documents about their relationship explaining why married or common law does not apply to them. Both the sponsor and the sponsored person must meet the same eligibility criteria, a spousal class.

Categories of Spousal Sponsorship Canada

Spousal sponsorship is categorised into:

1. Outland Sponsorship
2. Inland Sponsorship

If the sponsored partner is residing outside the Canadian border, then they can apply through outland sponsorship. At first, this application will be received by a processing office in Canada. Then, it will be transferred to the applicable visa centre abroad for the finalization of the application.

If the sponsored partner is living together in Canada but on a temporary Canadian status, then they can apply for inland sponsorship. An open spousal work permit allows the sponsored person to remain and work in Canada on a temporary status, till the sponsorship application is processed.