Family sponsorship.
Cohen Immigration Law represents sponsors and applicants in spousal and partner sponsorship, dependent children, parents and grandparents, and super visa applications for parents and grandparents visiting Canada for extended periods.
The practice
Canadian citizens and permanent residents may sponsor certain family members for permanent residence. Spousal and common-law partner sponsorship is among the most document-intensive categories: the application must establish both the genuineness of the relationship and the sponsor’s eligibility to sponsor.
Parents and grandparents sponsorship operates through an annual interest-to-sponsor intake when IRCC opens the pool, followed by invitations to apply. Where the permanent residence cap or processing timeline does not fit the family’s needs, the super visa offers a long-term temporary alternative.
The firm prepares inland and overseas sponsorship applications, responds to procedural fairness letters on relationship genuineness or financial eligibility, and advises on restoration of status where a sponsored applicant is already in Canada.
Instruments
- Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
- Family class regulations
- Sponsorship undertaking
- Procedural fairness response
- Immigration Appeal Division
Pathways we file
- Spousal and common-law partner sponsorship
Inland and overseas applications for spouses and partners, including conjugal partners where the relationship category applies.
- Dependent children
Sponsorship of biological and adopted children, including age-lock and dependency assessments.
- Parents and grandparents
Interest-to-sponsor registrations, invitations to apply, and permanent residence applications under the parents and grandparents program.
- Super visa
Multi-entry visas for parents and grandparents, with mandatory medical insurance, allowing extended stays without permanent residence.
- Sponsor eligibility and undertakings
Financial assessment, undertaking obligations, and resolution of prior sponsorship defaults or social assistance history.
Related practice areas
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