Family Visa is usually a Visa that allows anyone to go to another country for a limited period to meet the family of their loved ones.
Usually, no country gives the approval of Permanent Residents (Rs) but if anyone has their close relatives or family members abroad then they can apply for a Family Visa and can get Permanent Residents PRs. Canada helps its citizens to get settled with their families, if anyone lives in another country. So, the Canadian family visa offers to its citizens or to its PRs that they can sponsor their loved ones, family members or their close relatives and can live together.
All you need to do is just submit your application, apply for a Family Visa and pay the required fee of the family sponsorship application. Before submitting or applying for the visa make sure that your spouse or your children meet all requirements or criteria for a Temporary Resident (TR) in Canada.
Types of Family visa
Wife or Husband/Spouse Visa
A Citizen or PR can apply for a family visa if his/her wife or husband is from another country and wants to live together in Canada. If you are a permanent resident of Canada then you are eligible to sponsor your legally married wife or husband.
Basic Requirements
The sponsored person must be at least 18 years of age and not too closely related to The PR. She or he is legally married.
Common-law partners Visa
Any citizen of Canada or PR can apply for the family Visa of his or her common-law partners. Common-law partners are those who have lived at least 1 year in a conjugal relationship.
Basic Requirements
The PR has to demonstrate that he or she can provide for the basic needs of the partner. PR's have to provide documents that prove their relationship.
Dependent/Minor Children sponsorship Visa
A citizen of Canada can apply for a visa for their Children living abroad to live together whether the child is natural or adopted. Children would be able to study and work in Canada for an indefinite time.
Basic Requirements
A child will be considered as a minor or dependent only if he/She will be neither married nor in any Common-law relationship. A child must not be above 22 years of age and he/ she must come under minor age (If the child has any type of mental or physical disability then this age limit can be expanded)
Parents or Grandparents Sponsorship Visa
According to the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) of Canada, any citizen of Canada or Permanent resident can sponsor their parents and Grandparents and the parents can also apply for Canadian citizenship or PR. Parents or grandparents will be able to work in Canada and will get full protection as Any other Canadian citizen.
Basic requirements
- The PR has to provide proof of their Canadian citizenship.
- The PR must be at least 18 years of age.
- The PR has to prove that the sponsored person is my parents or my grandparents.