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You may NOT sponsor if you…

[...]-receive social assistance for a reason other than disability,

Who is a dependent child?


Note: As of August 1, 2014, a dependent child must be under 19 years old (previously 22), according to Citizenship and Immigration Canada

For sponsorship purposes, a dependent child may be your own child or those of the person you are sponsoring.

According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, they must:

• Be under the age of 19 and not a spouse or common-law partner; or
• Have depended substantially on the financial support of a parent since before the age of 19 and unable to provide for themselves due to a medical condition.

In such cases, officers must ask for documentary evidence of full time attendance at school, evidence of the institution's accreditation with the relevant authority, evidence of the physical or mental condition and evidence of financial dependency on parents.

Assessing dual intent

A person’s desire to apply for permanent resident status in Canada may be legitimate. An officer should distinguish between an applicant whose intentions are bona fide and an applicant who has no intention of leaving Canada at the end of their authorized stay if the application for permanent residence is refused.

In assessing bona fide, the individual circumstances of the temporary resident applicant must be examined; refusals of non-bona fide temporary residents may only withstand legal challenge when the refusal is based on the information related to the specific case before an officer.

In assessing an application for temporary residence an officer may also consider factors such as:

-the length of time that the client will be spending in Canada;
-the means of support;
-obligations and ties in the home country; and
-compliance with requirements of the IRPA and Regulations applicable to temporary residents (visitors, students and workers).

If an officer has concerns/doubts about the applicant’s bona fide, the applicant must be made aware of these concerns and given an opportunity to respond to them. If an application for temporary residence is not approved, the CIC visa officer will provide the client with a letter explaining why an application has been refused.

Temporary residence status might be refused for several reasons, including:

-history of having contravened the conditions of admission on a previous stay in Canada;
-lack of or insufficient proof of adequate funds to support oneself while in Canada, and to affect one’s departure from Canada;
-medical inadmissibility;
-not satisfying the visa officer that the individual will leave Canada at the end of their period of authorized stay.

Usually, your landlord must:

• Send you a note that says why they want to come in,
• Let you know 24 hours before they enter, and
• Come into your home between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. only

But, if there is an emergency, your landlord can come into your home without letting you know first.

Under Ontario’s Human Rights Code, housing providers have a legal obligation to respond to the needs of tenants with disabilities, such as those suffering from environmental sensitivities. When a resident requests modifications to a building’s structures, policies or practices in order to address particular needs related to a disability, the housing provider will have to do its best to accommodate this request. In the case of a person with environmental sensitivities, this could mean changing to less toxic, unscented cleaning products and establishing new protocols with respect to renovations, maintenance and cleaning, among other things.

Once a resident has established a medical need for some action, the housing provider will need to act on the request promptly, respecting the resident’s need for confidentiality. The housing provider must accommodate the resident’s needs to the point of “undue hardship.” That is, the provider should take the most appropriate action unless it can demonstrate that this action would be clearly unaffordable (taking into consideration available sources of funding) and/or would be an unreasonable health or safety risk. If the “best” solution is not possible, the housing provider will have to investigate other options.

The Visitor Record states ***THIS DOES NOT AUTHORIZE RE-ENTRY*** but I have planned a trip to Germany in August, as my sister had a baby. My husband will not be able to come. Will I have trouble getting back in the country?

Your partner might threaten to have you deported from Canada if you report their abuse or if you leave them. Deported from Canada means being forced to leave the country.

Your partner does not have the right to have you deported. Only federal immigration authorities can decide to deport someone.

The risk of you being forced to leave Canada depends on your immigration status here.

Permanent resident with conditions

Immigration authorities might not do anything if you leave your partner. But if you have permanent resident status with a condition to live with your partner who sponsored you, you're expected to live with your sponsor for 2 years after you receive status.

If you separate during those 2 years, you could lose your status and be forced to leave Canada.

But, if you separate because of abuse or neglect, IRCC could set aside the condition that you must live with your sponsor. This means you don't have to follow this condition.