For a family be reunited in Canada, a sponsor must file an application with Citizenship and Immigration. A sponsor must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident at least 18 years of age living in Canada. This category of immigration includes the following relatives of a sponsor: spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner, dependent child, adopted child, parent, grandparent, or an orphaned relative under 18 years of age who is the sponsor’s brother or sister, nephew, niece, grandchild or adopted child. Each type of relationship has its own set of forms, requirements, and supporting documents that must be submitted to Citizenship and Immigration.

Sponsoring parents, grandparents, or an orphaned relative (under 18 years of age who is the sponsor’s brother or sister, nephew, niece, grandchild, or adopted child)  is permissible under this program of immigration providing the sponsor is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who lives in Canada and is at least 18 years of age

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Can Immigration Affect Your Family?

Are you planning or in the process of immigrating to Canada? Or, are you immigrating to New Zealand? Well, if you’re planning to immigrate to Australia or whichever country, you should know that one of the biggest motivations for emigrating is to provide a better standard of living for you and your family. Not only will it change the lives of everyone who goes but also the family members left behind. It’s the children and elderly relatives, who generally have the least influence and control over the decision to emigrate, who are affected most by the move.

Children
The younger your children are when you emigrate the less affected they will be. They’ll easily forget the life they had before moving and as long as they have the support and close family around them that’s all they’ll have ever known. The change of routine will be confusing and stressful, but this is a short term issue that soon resolves itself.

More likely it’s the parents who’ll miss the added support of having grandparents close at hand to baby sit, join in and share some of the responsibilities, even if it’s only occasionally.

If children are older and more independent when you migrate, the more significant the affects of the move will be. They have their own social life, ideas about what they want, and want some control over what is happening. It’s natural for them to rebel against this type of decision. To them, you’re destroying their life, having no regard for their feelings. Of course, it’s probably quite the opposite. In my view, if the reasons for older kids not wanting to go are caused by short term issues, such as friends and school, these things will change even if you stay where you are within a few years. You can safely discount these.

If the reason for not wanting to go is focused around long term reasons, career, university opportunities, future life plans, your motivations for moving need to be examined more closely. Your motivations should be aligned with everyone’s long term goals.

Elderly
For elderly parents or relatives left behind, there’s also a whole range of emotions to deal with. On the one hand they’ll be supportive and understanding of your desire to improve your lives, but also will be thinking about how life will be different for them when you’re gone.

Why not sponsor your elderly parents?

Depending upon how much you’ve been a regular part of their lives, they’ll go through a grieving process when you leave. This can take a long time to come to terms with and they may never fully get over your decision. Whilst they can still speak to you and occasionally see you, there’s still a big gap in their lives.

There’s the added complications of travelling to see you, as they get older this becomes more difficult.

There comes a point when you say good bye that you may never see them again. They may worry about what will happen to them as they get older. What new arrangements do they need to make for care if you’re not there to help? Not being able to take an active part in their grandchildren growing up.

Whilst life is moving on to new and exciting pastures for you, it’s also important to appreciate the situation from their viewpoint and recognise that their feelings are important. If your children, when they are grown, decide to move back or to a new country, how will you feel about that? What will you do?

Your approach emigration, it’s extremely hard to create a happy outcome for everyone. The key to success is having clarity as a family in your reasons for emigrating. This will be the solid foundation on which to build your new life. When you’re clear about why you’re going, what the benefits are to each person and why that’s important to them, the more positive the affect of emigrating will be for everyone.

After all emigration is not the goal, it’s just a stepping stone to the life you want. Focus on the end result not the getting there.

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Family Class Immigration to Canada

Canadian citizens and permanent residents may sponsor the following family members:-Spouses,

Common-Law Partners, and Conjugal Partners aged 16 and over

-Parents and Grandparents

-A dependent child of the sponsor, including an adopted child or a child the sponsor intends to adopt

-Orphaned brothers, sisters, nieces, or grandchildren  under the age of 18 and who are not married or living in a common-law relationship

-In cases where there are no persons in the above categories, the “last remaining family member” may sometimes be sponsored but successful applications of this kind are rare.

A stated aim of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is to achieve reunification of family members. For this reason, sponsorship applications for spouses, common-law partners and conjugal partners and dependent children are processed as a priority. In other cases, for instance where parents are sponsored, the family members may be allowed to stay in Canada while their applications are processed if they can demonstrate adequate funds and that they have their own medical coverage.  Where family class sponsorship is one of several options available to persons seeking to immigrate to Canada, it follows that it will often be the best choice. If a sponsorship application is processed outside Canada and is refused, an appeal may be filed with the Immigration Appeal Division

It is a good idea to seek expert advice when contemplating a sponsorship application as, even in what appear to be relatively straightforward cases such as sponsorship of a spouse, the application requires extensive and accurate documentation if it is to succeed and be processed as quickly as possible.

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Success Story John Immigrates to Canada to be With His Young Family

People on the Move/Success Stories

*John Davies

“I was 23 living at home with my parents, finishing up my apprenticeship as a heavy duty mechanic and trying to gain entry into the police force in Ireland. My life was planned out until I met a girl from Vancouver B.C. Life was good until the time came for her to go home. There were tears but Ireland was where I belonged, or so I thought. We kept in touch and found it difficult being apart. We decided that it was for the best until we found out we were pregnant. What was important before was not so important now. My feelings of where I belonged changed.”

Would you like to migrate to Canada? consider *John’s sucessful experience…

How did you start the migration process?

My father found an advert claiming The Immigration Unit could get me a skilled workers visa in less time than the 5 years the high commission had mentioned on their website.

How long did the process take?

It took about six months. After consulting an IU rep I decided that because of my trade and the need for skilled workers in BC that I would apply for a skilled workers visa.

You’re living in Canada with your family. Are you happy with your decision?

It was a decision I felt I had to make. I was getting very frustrated with filling out forms and getting no closer to Canada, but it would have been worse without IU. I would have struggled with the mass of paper work and the know-how.

How long have you been in Canada?

I’ve been here since August 2007. I’m enjoying life here. The traffic isn’t bad. The weather is better. I joined a soccer club to help meet new people. I also make frequent trips back home to help me feel less homesick. I’ve been busy with my new job and my new baby, who is not so new now, he’s 2 with a little brother aged 6 months.

Do you have any advice for those wanting to migrate?

Don’t set a specific date to be in Canada. It will only frustrate you. When one form is filled be prepared to complete another one.

For a free professional assessment of your circumstances, fill out our free assessment form or call 0845 2 606030. Want to know more about emigrating to Australia, Canada and New Zealand? Visit our website: www.immigrationunit.com.

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Missing Id May Slow Down Haitian Family Class Immigration

Canadian government’s promise to process faster immigration applications from Haiti could be impossible to fulfill. The biggest obstacle is the requirement for a valid passport in order to process an immigration application. The earthquake of two weeks ago left many houses in Haiti in ruins, and it is unlikely to expect that Haitians will be able to produce their passports or any identity documents. Without a proof of name, age, and family relationships it is very hard to process a family sponsorship application. Moreover, the immigration authorities need a passport in which to issue the visa, and a passport with a  visa is the only legal means of entering Canada as an immigrant.

Some people offer an easy solution to this problem. Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act the immigration minister Kenney has the power to modify the requirements for immigration to Canada. It is within his powers to relinquish the requirement for a valid passport. However, according to Minister Kenney this will pose serious problems.

The Misnister has already agreed to relinquish the requirement for passport and medical examinations for a hundred Haitian orphans, who are to be adopted in Canada this year. At this moment he is unwilling to do so for all Family Class emigrants for several reasons. The most important one of them is that lack of identity documents will make it difficult or impossible to perform a security and background check on a potential immigrant. For this purpose a name and date of birth are essential. It is the duty of Canadian immigration authorities to make sure that anybody who enters Canada does not present a health or security risk to other Canadians.

Immigration lawyers, say that they can work around the requirement for valid passports. They suggests that the immigration authorities take an oath from Canadian citizens with good civil record testifying about the prospective immigrant’s name and family relationship to the sponsor.

While the government is mulling over this problem, it is strongly advisable for Canadians who have family members in Haiti to apply for sponsorship as soon as possible. They can apply on their own or use representatives to make sure that applications are filled out correctly and all necessary documents are attached: www.canadaimmigrationlaw.net

Immigration Canada With Family Members

f) Non-accompanying Family Members Declaration (if applicable)

â?¢ Notarized statutory declaration stating your intention to proceed to Canada without your family members (only in case that you do not intend to include your spouse, common-law partner or dependent children in your application)

â?¢ You also need to confirm that you understand that your spouse, common-law partner or dependent children must meet immigration requirements by themselves if they wish to immigrate to Canada.

g) Proof of Settlement Funds

â?¢ Proof of transferable funds in a convertible currency for your settlement in Canada for the principal applicant and family members.

â?¢ The proof of funds could be:

o A current bank certification letter

o Savings balance

o Fixed or time deposit statements

h) Police Certificates

â?¢ Police certificates of good conduct (Original document) from each country, state or territory in which you and everyone included in the application (18 years of age or over) have lived for six months or longer (since reaching 18 years of age)

â?¢ You should submit your original fingerprints to the authorities conducting the police checks or clearances

â?¢ If the authority in the country where you obtained your certificate will forward the result directly to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, you should attach a note explaining the situation

Please note that:

â?¢ A Police Certificate is required from ALL countries where the applicant and his/her family have resided in for 6 months or more since reaching age 18, along with the country where the applicant currently lives

â?¢ This certificate should be issued by a national or federal police agency if possible. If you do not currently reside in that country, you may need to apply at the local Embassy or High Commission in your country of residence.

â?¢ A Police Certificate (also called certificate of no criminal record), is necessary for every applicant age 18 and older â?¢ You should present original Police Certificates and also an original accredited translation if the certificates are not in English or French.

â?¢ The Police Certificate (s) must have been issued in the last six months.

The table in the following pages indicates some of the local Authorities where you could obtain a Police Certificate in several specific countries. Please note that this information may change from time to time; please confirm with local authorities if this information is still valid.

i) Photos

I recommend sending 10 photographs with your application, in case some of them are lost or damaged. You should send photographs of yourself and each member of your family.

I also suggest that you and your family dress well for the photographs (preferably formal or semi formal dress) and do not forget a sincere and warm smile! It will look much better to the visa officer than if you frown.

You should print each applicantâ??s name and date of birth on the back of each of his / her photographs.

Visa officials have very strict requirements regarding photographs, so make sure that you meet all the requirements.

These photographs must show a full front view of the personâ??s head and shoulders. The personâ??s face should be centered and the photograph should have a white background.

All the photographs should be identical, produced from the same negative, and they should be produced on single weight matte paper.

Education and language ability

a) Education

You should also attach to your application certified/notarized copies of all your diplomas and degrees from all the academic institutions that you have attended. You need to attach certified/notarized copies of the following documents:

â?¢ Post-secondary education documents

â?¢ University (or college) degrees

â?¢ Academic transcripts (original), preferably in university sealed envelopes

â?¢ Other qualifications (notarized professional qualification certificates)

Please note that an academic transcript is an official statement from the University that you attended, detailing your academic record from the period of enrolment. This document normally includes details of the program that you studied since you enrolled in the institution, exemptions granted and also graduation and details of your course status.

b) Language Ability

You have two options to prove your language skills:

1. Take a language test

2. Provide a support written document

I recommend that you choose the first option and take the language test. Even though it will take some time to prepare for the test, present it and receive the results, I believe that it will actually save you a lot of time (since your application could be either refused or delayed if you do not present the test).

1. Take the language test

One of the options that you have to prove your language skills is taking a language test. You can claim points for both official languages (English and French).

One of the advantages of taking the test is that you can be certain of how many points will you receive based on your test results.

You have to take one of the approved language tests in order to claim points for language ability.

Refugee, Skilled Worker, or Family Member – All Are Welcome in Canada

Have you been out of work for months? Is the path our country has chosen conflict with your beliefs and standards? Is all the drama just getting to you. For quite a few years all we’ve heard is how much longer past 65 we’ll have to work to receive a Social Security retirement. Even worse that it might very well not be there when it’s time to collect.

Our Government has run us off into the ditch. Bush pushed the idea of privatizing Social Security, our one and only life line. We spend our lives working hard expecting that for at least a few years we can kick back to some extent. Now with the stock market loosing ground in leaps and bounds, just think of the fine mess we’d be in if that notion had been successful. Maybe a brand new start is what it will take to get clear of all these headaches. So what are your options?

One choice would be to abandon normal society and join the group of misfits living as squatters in the New Mexico desert. Living Off the Grid on the Mesa proves the old Wild West still exists. With a complete distrust of anything authority or government, these people take care of their own. “We don’t call 911, we call 357…Magnum”. It’s a hard life, but they feel it’s the closest thing to true freedom you can find in this country.

If this is a bit extreme for you and your family you can always immigrate to that friendly, all be it chilly, country to our north. Canada has a heck of a lot more space then people. With the majority of the population concentrated around a handful of large cities, many areas of the country are made up of small towns and isolated little hamlets.

Their immigration opportunities are wide open, with a variety of categories that will facilitate your Immigrating to Canada. Skilled workers are in high demand as are Entrepreneurs. If you have family members who are already citizens, they can sponsor you for immigration. If you’ve worked or lived in Canada, your experience may be enough to get you in.

It’s a lengthy process that takes up to 2 years to arrange and unless you qualify as a refugee the paper work needs to be done from outside Canada. The status of refugee is limited to those who fear for their life or are in risk of personal injury where they are coming from. Having a bone to pick with your current government doesn’t qualify you, and attempting to gain fraudulent entry could result in deportation.

Once you’ve managed to immigrate to Canada, it takes at least 2 yrs and more commonly 3 yrs to qualify for Canadian Citizenship. Once you’ve gained citizenship you are a true Canadian and will be eligible for their nationalized medical system and all other government sponsored benefits.

It’s not an overnight process, but for some it’s worth the effort. There are lots of opportunities in Canada, immigrating is an option not to take lightly, but it’s worth giving some serious thought.

There is one more choice when it comes to dealing with all the issues being displayed by our media. With all the drama being presented every day, maybe the best solution is to just Turn Off the TV, Turn off the Radio, Cancel the Newspaper and go for a walk in the country.

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Canadian immigration policy recognizes the fundamental importance of assisting immigrants reunite their families in Canada. Accordingly, family reunification is a key objective of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC).The CIC is the government agency responsible for all immigration and citizenship matters including family sponsorship. The CIC refers to those who are eligible to use the family sponsorship process as the Family Class.

A permanent resident of Canada or a Canadian citizen may sponsor a spouse, dependent child or other eligible relative, such as a sibling, parent or grandparent, to become a Canadian permanent resident. The eligibility to sponsor a spouse also extends to common law and same sex partners.

Those who sponsor a relative to come to Canada as a permanent resident, undertake significant legal responsibilities including the obligation to support the family member financially upon arrival. A sponsor must ensure that the spouse or relative does not seek government financial assistance.

Those admitted to Canada as a family class immigrant become permanent residents. They can live, study and work in Canada. They enjoy the same rights and privileges as all Canadians except the right to vote which is an exclusive right of citizenship.

Any Canadian citizen or permanent resident may apply to become a sponsor. There are two different processes for sponsoring your family depending on the relationship to the family member.

This area of immigration law can be complex and presents considerable legal considerations. As such, one should always always seek the appropriate legal assistance before proceeding.