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Application to Sponsor a Member of the Family Class

This application package is for Canadian citizens and permanent residents who wish to sponsor:

• a spouse, common-law or conjugal partner; or
• dependent children.

The package includes three parts:

• Part A: The sponsorship application;
• Part B: The application for permanent residence; and
• Part C: The region specific forms.

What to do with the applications:

1. Part A: You (the sponsor) must fill out the sponsorship forms. Use the checklist (form IMM 5491) to make sure you fill out all the right forms.
2. Gather the documentation to support your sponsorship application.
3. Part B: Have the person you are sponsoring, and any family members included in the application, fill out the immigration forms. You can send the forms to them or have them print the forms from this page.
4. Part C: The person you are sponsoring must fill out the forms specific to their region. They should use the checklist from the information guide specific to their region (Appendix A) to make sure they fill out all the right forms. You can send the forms to them or have them print the forms from this page.
5. After filling out the immigration and region specific forms, the person you are sponsoring must send them to you with the supporting documentation.

After you complete all the sponsorship forms and receive the completed immigration and region specific forms from the person you are sponsoring, you must send them to the Case Processing Centre. Make sure you send the sponsorship application, the immigration application and all supporting documentation at the same time.

Case Processing Centre – Mississauga
P.O. Box 3000, Station A
Mississauga, Ontario L5A 4N6

If you do not send the sponsorship and immigration applications together or these are not completed correctly, the Case Processing Centre will not process them. They will return the applications to you (the sponsor.)

Sponsors living in the province of Quebec who wish to obtain further information on the province’s sponsorship requirements should contact the Ministère de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles.

This application includes the following items: Part A: Sponsorship Forms General information on making a sponsorship Guide to sponsorship [IMM 3900] >>> also in HTML format Forms Application to Sponsor and Undertaking [IMM 1344A] Sponsorship Agreement [IMM 1344B] Sponsorship Evaluation [IMM 5481] Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union [IMM 5409] Sponsor Questionnaire [IMM 5540] Use of a Representative [IMM 5476] Document Checklist [IMM 5491] Medical Condition Statement Fees Receipt You have two options to obtain a fees receipt: Payment of fees on the Internet If you have Adobe® Acrobat Reader software, a printer, and a Visa, MasterCard or American Express credit card, you can pay your fees on-line. Payment of fees at a financial institution in Canada If you cannot or do not wish to pay on-line, you must obtain an original receipt form IMM 5401 in order to pay at a financial institution. Because of this form’s special features, it cannot be downloaded and printed from the Web site. You may, however, order it and it will be mailed to you. Part B: Immigration Forms General information on immigration Guide to Immigrating [IMM 3999] >>> also in HTML format Forms Application for Permanent Residence [IMM 0008 GENERIC] Schedule 1 Background/Declaration [IMM 0008 SCHEDULE 1] Additional Family Information [IMM 5406] Sponsored Spouse/Partner Questionnaire [IMM 5490] Use of a Representative [IMM 5476] Part C: Information Guides Specific to Geographic Regions Specific instructions that sponsored relatives must follow vary according to their place of residence. Select from the list below the geographical region where the relative you wish to sponsor resides to get the correct set of instructions. West Europe [IMM 3901] View list... -------------------- Albania Andorra Austria Azores Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Canary Islands Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Faeroe Islands Finland France Germany Greece Greenland Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Macedonia Madeira Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Portugal San Marino Serbia and Montenegro Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Vatican City Order form East Europe [IMM 3902] View list... -------------------- Armenia Belarus Bulgaria Estonia Georgia Latvia Lithuania Moldova Poland Romania Russia Ukraine Order form China [IMM 3903] View list... -------------------- Hong Kong Macao People’s Republic of China Tibet Order form India [IMM 3904] View list... -------------------- India Bhutan Nepal Order form Philippines [IMM 3905] View list... -------------------- Philippines Order form South East Asia and Pacific [IMM 3906] View list... -------------------- Australia Bora Bora Brunei Cambodia Choiseul Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cook Islands East Timor Fiji French Polynesia Gambier Islands Guadalcanal Guam Indonesia Kiribati Kosrae Laos Loyalty Islands Malabo (Santa Isabel) Malaysia Marquesas Islands Marshall Islands Micronesia Micronesia, Fed. States of Moorea Myanmar Nauru New Caledonia New Ireland New Zealand Niue Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua-New Guinea Pitcairn Island Sabah Samoa Singapore Society Islands Solomon Islands Tahiti Thailand Tonga Tavalu Vanuatu Vietnam Wake Island Wallis and Futuna Islands Order form General Asia [IMM 3907] View list... -------------------- Bangladesh Japan Korea, Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea, South Maldives Mongolia Pakistan Sri Lanka Taiwan Order form Latin America [IMM 3908] View list... -------------------- Argentina Aruba Belize Bolivia Bonaire Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Curaçao Ecuador El Salvador Falkland Islands French Guiana Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Martin Uruguay Venezuela Order form Caribbean [IMM 3909] View list... -------------------- Anguilla Antigua & Barbuda Bahamas Barbados British Virgin Islands Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guadeloupe Guyana Haiti Jamaica Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands Order form United States [IMM 3910] View list... -------------------- Bermuda St. Pierre and Miquelon United States of America Order form Middle East and Central Asia [IMM 3911] View list... -------------------- Afghanistan Azerbaijan Bahrain Cyprus Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Tadjikistan Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan West Bank and Gaza Strip Yemen Order form Africa [IMM 3912] View list... -------------------- Algeria Angola Ascension Island Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoro Islands Congo, Dem. Rep. of the Congo, Rep. of the Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Réunion Island Rwanda Saint Helena Island Sao Tome é Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tristan da Cunha Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Order form If you cannot view and print this application from this Web site we can mail it to you. Be certain that you need this application before placing an order. The delivery of this application may take several weeks. The Fees Receipt will be included and does not have to be ordered separately.