Spousal Sponsorships

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has put special measures to assist those affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID‑19). This applies to you if you are: a Chinese, Iranian or South [...]

Many vulnerable individuals fear losing their status to stay in Canada. As a result, they stay in abusive job conditions or relationships. In order to protect and let them reunite with family, [...]

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Processing times are plummeting! One of the mandates of the Immigration Minister, John McCallum, was to expedite spousal processing times in 2016 – and he has certainly lived up to his promise. [...]

If you have made an application for your spouse or common law partner and have been scheduled for an interview by Canadian Immigration, your first concern will be the nature of the questions to [...]

With the revamping of the Immigration Laws in 2005, the scope of Family Sponsorship expanded so that not only can married spouses sponsor each other for immigration to Canada, but also common-law [...]

Question:  I was recently asked by a client as to whether he had to remain in Canada to ensure he was not in violation of his two year conditional permanent status since he had been recently [...]

QUESTION:  If a person applies for a spousal inland sponsorship together with an open work permit application, does the person have implied status as a worker (and able to continue to work) until [...]

The word sponsorship can actually have a variety of meanings when it comes to Canadian immigration. In the true immigration policy sense, to sponsor someone has a relatively narrow definition. It [...]