Provenance
- A-number
- A-2025-13310
- Date
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- Source type
- ImmReps
- Institution
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
- Package
- A-2025-13310 Part 1 (pages 229-229)
- Checked
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Official page: IRCC: Access to information and privacy
OCR best-effort from ATIP image [requester] 229-229 of part1.
Record
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Archived: June 3, 2025 10:29:19 AM
From: Immigration Representatives / Représentants immigration (RCC)
Sent: [requester]
To:
Subject: [requester]
~ Due 13-03-2025
Importance: Normal
Sensitivity: None
Good day,
Thank you for contacting the Immigration Representatives [requester] note that this mailbox is intended for general guidance and does not provide responses to case-specific
inquiries but have provided the following information as guidance. If you have case specific questions about a file,
you are encouraged to submit the [RCC Web form
Please see our response to your question,
‘A Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada may sponsor one relative if they meet al of these conditions:
© are related to them (the relative they wish to sponsor) by blood or adoption
© don't have a living relative they (the person who wants to sponsor their relative) could sponsor instead, such as a:
© spouse
© common-law partner
© conjugal partner
© son or daughter
© parent
© grandparent
© orphaned sibling
© orphaned nephew or niece
© orphaned grandchild
* don’t have any relatives (aunt, uncle, or any of the relatives listed above), who are a
© Canadian citizen
© permanent resident
© registered Indian under the Jidian Act
A potential sponsor with a living parent cannot sponsor them under the “other relative” category as they do not meet the criteria
due to having a living parent who they could sponsor as a member of the family class. As a parent can be sponsored under the
parents and grandparents (PGP) program, as prescribed in paragraph 117(1)(c) of IRPR, the potential sponsor must apply
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