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Outline - Spousal Sponsorship and Common Law Sponsorship
Successfully sponsoring your spouse or partner will grant them permanent residence in Canada. Receiving Permanent resident status in Canada allows your partner and your dependent children to live and work anywhere in Canada with you and enjoy many of the benefits of a Canadian Citizen. You may qualify to sponsor your common-law partner or spouse if you are a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Canada. To view some potential options please visit the Canadian Immigration Options for my Partner or Spouse page.
Spousal or Common-Law Sponsorship Applications are a two (2) step process and you may have the option to apply from Within Canada or Outside of Canada. Depending on your circumstances and what is most important to you, there are some pros and cons to applying within or outside of Canada.
In general, the first step involves the evaluation of the sponsor to determine if the Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident meets the sponsorship requirements. If the sponsor meets the requirements, the application will commence to Step 2.
The second step of the process is the admissibility check of the foreign national. At this point the application may be transferred to another CIC office and CIC will complete their medical, security and background checks on the applicant. CIC may choose to contact the applicant for an interview at which time the final decision on permanent residence status can be made. Once the applicant is approved for this step, they will receive permanent resident status in Canada.Please contact us through our Free Sponsorship Assessment to submit a request for more information about our professional services.
Spousal Sponsorship Application Review
If you have a Spousal Sponsorship application or a Common-Law Sponsorship application nearing completion and you would like an Immigration Consultant to review the sponsorship application, please contact us to set up an appointment. An Immigration Consultant will meet with you at our Victoria, BC office in person to review your sponsorship application.
A spousal sponsorship application review consists of the following:
- Two (2) in person meetings with a Certified Canadian Immigration Consultant. At the first meeting the Immigration Consultant will speak with you about your concerns and after completion of the review, the consultant will go through suggestions and recommendations in detail.
- Two (2) hours of the Certified Immigration Consultants time to review the application.
Please contact us by phone or email to schedule an appointment for a Sponsorship Application review.
