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Gender Identity & Expression

Gender Identity & Expression

Family reunification remains at the heart of the work that we do. We are aware that your decision to move to Canada will impact your relationships. As such, we are committed to assisting you in finding a suitable solution that will result in the preservation of those relationships as far as possible regardless of whether the relationship involves your spouse/common law or conjugal partner, biological/ adopted children, your parents/ grandparents, or other close relatives.

The process can be extremely hectic and uncertain. Therefore, our team’s expertise and experience become necessary in addressing your concerns. As experienced consultants, we can make the process of sponsoring someone to Canada as certain, smooth and quick as possible.

In order to successfully immigrate to Canada based on your relationship with a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, you will need to establish that you will be economically self-sufficient and that your relationship fits into one of the three following categories:

There are many programs available to unite families in Canada. Some are temporary as in the cases of visitors; others are permanent as in the cases of sponsorships and adoptions.

A Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident may generally qualify to sponsor the following family members:

Basic requirements for family sponsorship:

The sponsor must generally satisfy the following basic requirements:

Definitions:

Spouse – You are a spouse if you are married to your sponsor and your marriage is legally valid.

Common-law partner – You are a common-law partner, either of the opposite sex or same-sex if you have been living together in a conjugal relationship for at least one year continuous (a 12-month period that was not interrupted). You will need proof that you and your common-law partner have combined your affairs and set up a household.

Conjugal partner – This category is for partners, either of the opposite sex or same-sex, where exceptional circumstances beyond their control prevented them from living together and therefore cannot qualifying as common-law partners or spouses.

Dependent children – A son or daughter is dependent when the child: