The Family Class Sponsorship Program reunites families by enabling adult permanent residents or citizens to sponsor a relative for immigration to Canada. To be eligible, the person seeking sponsorship must be a:

• Spouse, common-law or conjugal partner
  

• Dependent child
  

• Parent
  

• Grandparent
  

• Sibling, nephew, niece, or grandchild under 18 years who is unmarried and whose parents are deceased.

The person sponsored must live outside Canada, unless they are residing legally in Canada temporarily, for example with a work or study permit.