For sponsoring your South African partner for Canadian immigration, there is certain eligibility requirements that you need to fulfill.
These eligibility requirements are mentioned below:
- 18 years of age or above Canadian citizens and permanent residents are eligible or sponsoring their spouses, common law partners or conjugal partners. Citizens of Canada are eligible to sponsor their spouse from even outside Canada. On the other hand, permanent residents can sponsor their spouses only from inside Canada.
- Individuals looking to sponsor their spouses must be able to provide proof of their income depicting that they can financially support themselves and their spouses including dependent children if any. This proof needs to be provided to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
- There is no requirement for meeting minimum income cut off for sponsoring spouses, common law partners and children. Only in few situations, low income cut off score needs to be met.
- If you are receiving benefits such as parental, maternity and sickness etc. still make you eligible to sponsor the partners. On the other hand, benefits like federal training allowances and employment insurance doesn’t make the individuals to sponsor their spouse.
- Quebec residents need to meet all the eligibility requirements at the provincial level also.
Who all can be sponsored?
- Spouses being sponsored need to be over the age of 18 years. All the security, medical and background checks need to be passed.
- Officials will verify at their end that you and your partner are in a genuine relationship.
- Spouses and their sponsors only have to get married in an-in person ceremony. Virtual marriages aren’t recognized.
- For getting sponsored, common law partners must have lived with each other for a minimum period of 12 months.
Inland Spousal Sponsorship
Inland spousal sponsorship option is for those who have been living in Canada on a temporary visa. And if during this time, they got married and now need a permanent resident visa, they are required to fill the inland spousal sponsorship application. In this, the sponsored spouse also has the eligibility to receive an open work permit.
Outland Spousal Sponsorship
It is for those individuals who are being sponsored while residing outside Canada. Also, for those individuals that are living in Canada but at the same time want the freedom for travelling both in and outside the country.
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Reference: https://www.cicnews.com/2022/01/how-to-sponsor-your-spouse-from-south-africa-0120832.html
