<p class="text-justify" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; max-width: 100%; color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI Historic', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">The government of Canada allows immigration for family members under the dependent work permit category. Some of the members of a family like spouses or children can be included in the visa application for immigration to Canada, whereas parents and grandparents must be sponsored by permanent residents or citizens of Canada. Sponsors have to promise to support the family member or relative and accompany them for a period of 3 to 10 years to ensure they are well settled in Canada.</span>

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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Spouse, conjugal or common-law partners over 16 years of age</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Parents, grandparents</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Dependent children, including adopted children</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Children under the age of 18 whom you want to adopt</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Siblings, nephews and nieces, and grandchildren under 18 years of age, orphans, and unmarried</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Other relatives residing in Canada or abroad</span></li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Children under 22 years of age, unmarried or not having common-law partner</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Children who are full-time students before attaining 22 years of age and are substantially dependent on parents for financial support</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Children who have become a spouse/common-law partner before attaining the 22 years of age and are substantially dependent on parents for financial support</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Children who are financially dependent on parents before attaining 22 years of age because of some disability</span></li>
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; overflow-wrap: break-word; max-width: 100%; color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI Historic', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">To sponsor parents/grandparents entering Canada as permanent residents, you and your dependent applicants must co-sign the Canadian sponsorship agreement that states the following:</span>

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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">That you agree to provide them with the necessary financial support in case they become unemployed, for a period of 3 to 10 years.</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">That your parents and grandparents would take rational measures to support themselves financially.</span></li>
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<p class="text-justify" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; max-width: 100%; color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI Historic', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">In order to qualify for the aforementioned category, you have to meet the income requirements.</span>

<p class="text-justify" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; max-width: 100%; color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI Historic', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Visit us: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; max-width: 100%;" data-sheets-root="1"><span dir="auto" style="box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: inherit;">Canada Dependent Work Permit</span></span>