Undertaking for family class sponsorship.

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Undertaking for family class sponsorship
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Sponsoring a spouse or family member comes with
an obligation to provide necessities of life for
several years.
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• Canada strives to reunite families as part of its
  immigration policy and welcomes over 100,000
  family class immigrants per year. All family
  class immigration programs involve a sponsor.
• One of the main requirements of family
  sponsorship is an undertaking. Essentially, an
  undertaking is a binding contract, signed by the
  sponsor, that states you are taking on financial
  responsibility for your spouse, partner,
  dependent child/children, parent or grandparent.

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What does financial responsibility entail?

• When you sign an undertaking, that means you are
  legally responsible for providing food, shelter,
  clothing, and everyday living needs for the
  person you are sponsoring. This does not stop
  until the end of the legal undertaking period,
  even if the person becomes a Canadian citizen.
• Anyone who comes to Canada through family
  sponsorship has no access to government provided
  support such as social assistance, disability, or
  any provincial benefits. If the person you are
  sponsoring applies for, and receives, money from
  the provincial or federal government.

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• All permanent residents are entitled to
  healthcare provided under the provincial
  healthcare system but if your family member does
  not have their own private insurance, you are
  responsible for healthcare not covered by the
  province such as prescription medications, dental
  care or eye exams.
• Additionally, once you sign an undertaking, there
  are no circumstances under which you can end your
  obligation early. If you separate or divorce your
  partner or spouse or become estranged from the
  person you signed an undertaking for, you are
  still considered responsible for them until the
  undertaking expires. You are also still
  responsible if you lose your employment or run
  into financial trouble.

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How long is an undertaking?

• Undertakings vary in length depending on the
  program. A spouse or partner requires a
  three-year undertaking while sponsoring parents
  or grandparents through the Parents and
  Grandparents Program (PGP) is 20 years, unless
  you are in Quebec which is 10 years.
• Dependent children under 22 require an
  undertaking of 10 years, or until they turn 25.
  Children over 22 have an undertaking of three
  years.

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Cancelling an undertaking

• Undertakings cannot be cancelled after the final
  decision on your application is issued
  by Immigration Refugees and Citizenship
  Canada (IRCC). If you change your mind before you
  get IRCCs decision, you can send a letter to the
  department withdrawing your application.
• Are you eligible to be a sponsor?
• The eligibility requirements for sponsorship
  programs are fairly straightforward, and there
  are slightly different requirements in each
  program but, in all cases, potential sponsors
  must be

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• at least 18 years old
• a Canadian citizen, a person registered in Canada
  as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act or a
  permanent resident,
• living in Canada
• if you are a Canadian citizen living outside
  Canada, you must show that you plan to live in
  Canada when your sponsored relative becomes a
  permanent resident.
• You cannot sponsor someone if you are a permanent
  resident living outside of Canada.
• able to prove that you are not receiving social
  assistance for reasons other than a disability,
  and

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• You must also be able to show that you can
  provide basic needs for
• yourself,
• your spouse or partner,
• your spouse or partners dependent child(ren) (if
  applicable)
• your dependent child(ren) (if you are sponsoring
  only your dependent child).
• Minimum necessary income
• Part of your eligibility to sponsor under the PGP
  is the minimum necessary income (MNI). This is
  proof that you have a high enough income to
  support yourself, your spouse, and any other
  dependent family members in addition to your
  parents or grandparents. The MNI increases with
  each dependent family member, and you must be
  able to prove that you have made the MNI for the
  previous three tax years to be eligible.

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