Spousal Sponsorship

If you're a Canadian citizen or permanent resident with a spouse, common-law partner, or conjugal partner outside Canada, you can sponsor them as permanent residents.

Spousal Sponsorship Requirements

You must meet the following requirements set by the IRCC to sponsor your spouse:

• Prove that you can provide for the basic needs of your partner
• Show that you're not getting social assistance unless it's for disability
• Be 18 years and above
• Be a permanent resident, a Canadian citizen, or registered as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act.
• If you're sponsoring a spouse with a depended child who has a dependent child or children of their own, you have to meet the minimum LICO requirements 
• When completing your application, you must sign the undertaking and sponsorship agreement. As the sponsor, you sign the undertaking promising that:
• You'll provide financial assistance to your partner or spouse for three years even if your relationship ends
• You'll pay back any provisional social aid offered to the sponsored partner/spouse within the undertaking period(3yrs)

PNP

• Ontario Provincial Nomination Program
• British Columbia Provincial Nomination Program
• Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program
• Alberta Provincial Nominee Program
• Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program
• New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program

AIPP

The Atlantic Immigration Pilot helps you hire qualified candidates for jobs you haven't been able to fill locally. These candidates can be overseas or living in Canada temporarily.

There are 3 programs you can use to hire someone:

• Atlantic International Graduate Program
• Atlantic High-skilled Program
• Atlantic Intermediate-skilled Program

Each program has requirements that you and the candidate must meet.

Before you make a job offer, you must be designated by the provincial government of the Atlantic province where the candidate will be working.

Once you make a job offer, you and the candidate will work through several steps. If you and the candidate meet all the requirements, the candidate gets permanent resident status in Canada.