Family Class Immigration

If you are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident who is 18 years of age or older, you may sponsor family members who wants to immigrate to Canada. The family class category facilitates the reunification of Canadian citizens and permanent residents with their families. A Canadian citizen or permanent resident can sponsor, as members of the family class the following persons:

• Spouse
  
  
• A common-law partner which includes a person who is cohabiting in a conjugal relationship with a person (whether of the same sex or not), having so cohabited for at least one year
  
  
• A dependent son or daughter including adopted children under the age of 22 or, if over 22, unmarried and a full-time student or mentally or physically disabled and dependent on parents
  
• Father or mother
  
  
• Grandfather or grandmother
  
  
• Brother, sister, nephew, niece, grandson or granddaughter who is an orphan and is under 22 years of age and unmarried
  
  
• One relative regardless of age or relationship, where the Canadian citizen or permanent resident does not have a spouse, son, daughter, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece.
  

Under the family class, the sponsor (A Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, living in Canada) must file an Undertaking of Assistance Application inside Canada. The Undertaking of Assistance must include proof of the sponsor's ability to assist the intending immigrant financially, proof of the sponsor's Canadian citizenship or permanent residence, proof of the sponsor's relationship with the intending immigrant and the required processing fee. Only in the case of a spousal sponsorship is a sponsor not required to meet the financial requirements.

Skilled Worker (Independent Immigrants)
Skilled workers are people who may become permanent residents because they have the ability to become economically established in Canada. The new Regulations stress education, English or French Language abilities and work experience involving certain skills, rather than specific occupations.

To be qualified in a skilled worker category you must have at least 67 points based on the six selection factors:

• Age: If your age is 22 to 49, you will have the maximum number of points for the age factor.
  
  
• Education: The higher your education is, the more points you get. A PhD or a Master's degree with at least 17 years of formal full-time or full-time equivalent education will get the maximum number of points.
  
  
• Language: You're given points based on reading, writing, listening and speaking on two official languages.
  
  
• Work Experience: You must have at least a year paid work experience working in an occupation in specified skills categories described in the National Occupation Classification developed by Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC). And you must have had this experience within the last ten years.
  
  
• Arranged Employment: Arranged employment is when you acquire an HRDC confirmed permanent offer of employment.
  
  
• Adaptability: A maximum number of points is given according to your spouse's or common law partner's education, or if you or your spouse or common law partner had worked or studied in Canada, or if you, your spouse or common law partner have a relative in Canada, or if you or your spouse or common law partner have received points under the Arranged Employment in Canada factor.

You must also show that you are able to support yourself and your family (if applicable) in Canada. The amount required is:

A formal assessment of your qualifications will be provided upon request. See contact us.

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