Without a doubt, Canada is one of the best
places to visit and settle down in the world. According to Canada’s government website,
many people should go to its country because of its nice weather. Yeah, right. For
some, it can be a nice reason to motivate them to visit, especially those who
have not seen or felt snow. However, for those who are already fed up with
winter chills and storms, Canada is the last place they would want to stay
into.
Anyway, one of the easiest ways to enter
Canada is with the Canada immigration
family sponsorship program. This program has been revised and took effect
on October 25, 2012. And it allows a couple (an official citizen of Canada and
an alien/outsider) to live together in Canada legally, and grants permanent
citizenship to the foreigner. Once the immigration office of Canada approves of
the application, the foreign partner must live with his or her Canadian spouse for
two years to finalize the process.
Under this program, a Canadian can become a
sponsor to get his spouse, common-law, or conjugal partner to become a citizen
of Canada. If they have dependent children (kids that are below legal age –
adopted children are also under this description), the sponsor can also get
them covered with the program. The sponsorship is not limited to spouses and
children alone. A Canadian sponsor can also get his other eligible relatives to
become a part of the proud (and cold) country of Canada.
Of course, those who will be naturalized or
become citizens of Canada will be eligible to the perks of living in that
country. To make it simple, the citizenship grant will allow them to live,
study, and work in Canada without worrying about any immigration laws.
Even though the Canada immigration family sponsorship program can apply to spouse,
dependent children, and relatives, the sponsor and the one being sponsored may be
subjected to different processes. Technically, there are two different family
sponsorship processes. The first one works with sponsored spouses and children.
The other one works with eligible relatives including parents, grandparents,
siblings, nephews, and grandchildren. However, the processes under the
sponsorship of eligible relatives may vary depending on the relative that the
sponsor will apply for in the program.
On the other hand, it is important to note
that the family sponsorship for spouses and dependent children has become very
strict for the past few years. Because of the prominent cases of marriage fraud,
the Canadian government has taken various countermeasures to prevent people
from exploiting the immigration processes of the country.
The application for Canada immigration family sponsorship can be summarized to five
steps. Those steps are:
- Checking the
eligibility of the spouse and relatives
- Application
of the sponsor and sponsored ones
- Estimating
and checking the time the application take before it is approved
- Processing
the next steps after the approval
- Preparing
for the arrival of the sponsored family members
To know more about the steps, you should
visit: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/index.asp.
By Fil Can
