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Family Class: Its main objective of this is “to see that families are reunited in Canada”, that allows the Canadian citizen or permanent residents to sponsor their family member under family class definition based on their relationship as the spouse, common-law partner, child, adopted child, parent and grandparents, brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, grandchildren, under 18 and orphaned children and any relative if the sponsor is along in Canada and has none of the family members to sponsor.
As per IRPA regulations the following section defined as Family class members are as follows:
Spouse: Legally married, at least 18 years old, and not otherwise married or common law or conjugal partner to someone else. The marriage that took place outside of Canada must also be legal in that country where it took place and conform to Canadian law, the onus of marriage’s validity rests on the main applicant.
Common-Law Partner: Also known as common-law spouse; a person who is cohabiting with the person in a conjugal relationship and has done for at least one-year, applies to the opposite sex and same-sex relationships.
Conjugal Partner: A person outside of Canada who has been in a relationship with the sponsor for at least one year but cannot live with him or her, in relation to the sponsor, refers to both the opposite sex and the same sex.
Dependent Children: when a child is “dependent”, less than 22 years of age and not a spouse or common-law partner, another a 22 year old, becomes financially dependent on the parents before even attaining the age of 22, unable to self-support financially due to physical and mental condition. The lock-in date for the age will be the date on which the case processing center receives the sponsorship application.
Adopted Children: The regulation provides for sponsoring of adopted children abroad be under 18 years and over in some exceptions and should be in the best interests of the child. In all cases of adoption, there should be genuine consent from both biological parents, and if there is consent only from one parent, then the officer must be satisfied with the reasons.
