Family sponsorship
Bringing Your Family to Canada
Of everything I do, sponsorship files are the ones I carry closest. They are not about points or programs. They are about how long a husband and wife spend apart, or whether grandparents meet their grandchildren.
Sponsoring a spouse or partner
Canadian citizens and permanent residents can sponsor a spouse, a common-law partner and dependent children. The application proves two things: that you are eligible to sponsor, and that the relationship is genuine. The second part is where files live or die. Photographs, messages, money transfers, the story of how you met, told consistently across every form. I know what officers look for because I know what they refuse.
Inland or outland?
If your partner is already in Canada, you may choose between an inland application, which can come with an open work permit while you wait, and an outland application, which keeps the right to appeal and suits people who travel. The right choice depends on your status, plans and risk tolerance. This is a fifteen-minute conversation that saves months, and it is exactly what a Focused Consultation is for.
Parents and grandparents
The parents and grandparents program runs on invitations and fills instantly when it opens. If you hope to sponsor your parents, we prepare in advance so you are ready the day the window opens, and we set up a Super Visa in the meantime so the waiting years are not spent apart.
When sponsorship goes wrong
A refused sponsorship is painful and personal, but it is rarely final. As an RCIC-IRB I am licensed to represent clients in sponsorship appeals before the Immigration Appeal Division, which most consultants cannot do. If you have a refusal in hand, bring it to me before you decide anything.
Related services
Visitor and Super Visas
Time together while the sponsorship waits.
Refusals
Appeals to the Immigration Appeal Division.
Citizenship
The last step, once everyone is home.
Your family should not be a waiting room
Bring me the situation as it is. We will find the fastest honest route.