Sponsorship of parents, children, spouses (common-law, conjugal, same sex), refugees.
Spouse Sponsorship and ODSP - Questions
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ForumUser Posts: 539
Posted On: 7/21/2016
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My name is David and I live in Toronto.
I am a recipient Of ODSP, and need some information regarding eligibility to sponsor a spouse to Canada.
Am I eligible?
What would the process be - the same as listed on IRCC's site, or different?
How would this affect my ODSP support?
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Moderator Moderator Posts: 4075
Posted On: 7/26/2016
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Hello,
Thank you for sharing your situation and question with us.
We can appreciate that you would be interested in finding some information related to this.
In terms of whether or not you are eligible to sponsor someone while receiving social assistance, you are not eligible to sponsor anyone to come to Canada, not even your children, while you are receiving regular welfare/social assistance benefits.
However, if you receive disability benefits or ODSP, you can apply to sponsor eligible family members, such as a spouse.
The application process can be found in our Settlement.Org Sponsorship section.
You may want to contact the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) Call Centre directly for some additional information.
I hope this information is helpful. Please let us know if you have further questions and if there is any follow up to your question/situation.
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Anna
Settlement.Org Content and Information/Referral Specialist, CIRS
Settlement.Org
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