QUEBEC IMMIGRATION LAW

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Quebec is highly esteemed worldwide as one of the best places to call “home”. It’s vibrant, multi-cultural society is ideal for starting, raising and settling families. Here are just a few reasons families settle in Quebec:

  • subsidized rates for health facilities
  • insurance coverage
  • a world-class educational system with preferential fees for permanent residents at any reputed university
  • educational degrees recognized with worldwide value

To ensure your family members have the necessary immigration documentation, allow our law firm to walk you through Quebec’s Family Sponsorship process. The process to sponsor your family begins with a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Canada applying to be a sponsor. There are requirements for both the family member and the sponsor, similar to Federal Family Sponsorship requirements. All Quebec residents sponsoring a family member must submit a sponsorship application to the Case Processing Center of the Government of Canada.

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Sponsoring Spouse or Partner and Dependents

You are eligible to sponsor your spouse, common-law or conjugal partner (must not be in another relationship or living with someone else during the time of marriage), and dependent children (must be unmarried, under the age 22, and financially dependent on you, including children adopted by you prior to settling in Quebec). To qualify as a sponsor, you must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada over age 18 who lives in Quebec.

Please note, when sponsoring a conjugal partner, your partner must not be in another relationship or living with someone else during the time of your marriage. When trying to sponsor dependent children (including adopted children), your children must be unmarried, under age 19 and financially dependent on you.

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You may sponsor your your father, mother, grandfather or grandmother, or your orphaned brother, sister, nephew, niece, grandson or granddaughter, who is under the age of 18 and not married or in a common-law relationship, or, a child you plan to adopt, to immigrate to Canada as permanent residents. In order to be a sponsor, you must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada, over 18, who lives in Quebec. The sponsor must also meet the following qualifications:

  • be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident over age 18 who resides in Quebec,
  • have sufficient financial resources,
  • have sufficient income to facilitate sponsorship, and
  • agree to act as the sponsor.

The sponsorship process begins with the sponsor submitting an application to the IRCC. After this, your family member must complete and sign the Demande de sélection permanente – Catégorie du regroupement familial form (Application for permanent selection – Family reunification class), and return it to you promptly. You must enclose this form with your undertaking application and, submit an undertaking to the Government of Quebec along with the “Application for Permanent Selection”.

Upon acceptance of your Undertaking Application, a CSQ will be issued to your family member and the Government of Quebec will forward their decision to the Canadian visa office. The family member may then apply for permanent residence with the IRCC.

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