Who you can sponsor

You can sponsor your own parents and grandparents, related by blood or adoption.

In case of divorce, you’ll need to submit separate applications if you sponsor divorced parents and grandparents. If your divorced parents or grandparents have a current spouse, common-law partner or a conjugal partner, these people become dependants on the application and can immigrate to Canada with your parents and grandparents, if approved.

In the application, you can include your brothers and sisters, or half brothers and sisters, or step-brothers and step-sisters only if they qualify as dependent children.

You must meet the income requirements for all the people you want to sponsor and their dependants (spouse, partner and children).

The people you sponsor must also be eligible

To show they meet the eligibility requirements, your parents and grandparents and their dependants must provide

• all required forms and documents with their application
• any additional information we request during processing, including
  • medical exams
  • police certificates
  • biometrics

Who you can’t sponsor

You can’t sponsor

• your spouse’s parents and grandparents (your in-laws)
  • however, you can be a co-signer on your in-laws’ application
• someone who is inadmissible to Canada (someone who is not allowed to come to Canada)