Difference between revisions of "Permanent Residence Application Process (18:V)"

To sponsor a family class member, a potential sponsor must fill out an application to sponsor, and the relative being sponsored must fill out an application for permanent residence.  The sponsor must also provide a signed undertaking with the federal government that he or she will support the prospective immigrant and accompanying dependents, if necessary, for three years if the applicant is a spouse or conjugal/common-law partner, or ten years for most other categories of applicants (see IRP Regulations, Part 7, Division 3).  If an application for sponsorship under the Family Class is refused, the '''sponsor''' may (in most cases) appeal the refusal to the Immigration Appeal Division.