IP 2 – Processing Applications For Canada Family Sponsorship Immigration

Mar 21, 2017 – Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada frequently publishes immigration policy manuals for its personnel to provide guidance in the exercise of their functions. Below we include annotated summaries of Canada immigration policy manuals.

• What This Chapter is About
• The Program Objectives
• The Instruments and Delegations
• The Departmental Policy
• The Definitions
• The Roles and Responsibilities
• The Overview of the Case Processing Centre (CPC) Activities Pertaining to Sponsorship Applications
• The Procedures for Reviewing Sponsorship and Permanent Residence Applications for Spouses, Common-Law Partners, Conjugal Partners and Dependent Children
• The Guidelines for Reviewing Sponsorship Applications for Other Members of the Family Class
• The Procedures for Processing Sponsorship Applications by the Case Processing Centre in Vegreville (CPC-V) for Spouses or Common-Law Partners in Canada
• The Procedures for Handling a Discontinued or Withdrawn Undertaking
• The Guidelines for Assessing a Sponsor’s Eligibility
• The Guidelines for Assessing Bars to Sponsorship
• The Guidelines Pertaining to Undertakings
• The Guidelines Concerning the Sponsorship Agreement
• The Guidelines for Applying the Financial Test
• The Procedures for Processing Sponsorships Involving Adoptions
• The Guidelines for Referring Sponsorship Applications for Investigation to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)
• The Procedures in Case the Applicant is Not a Member of the Family Class
• The Guidelines for Assessing Additional Family Members
• The Procedures for Dealing with Changes in Circumstances
• The Guidelines for the Suspension of Processing
• The Guidelines for Applications from Sponsors in Quebec
• Appendix A – The Eligibility Check for the Sponsor and the Co-Signer
• Appendix B – The Sample Letter to the Provincial / Territorial Adoption Authority to Request for the Issuance of the No Objection / No Involvement Letter or Notification of Agreement
• Appendix C – The Sample of Sponsorship Approval Letter for Adoption Cases from the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga (CPC-M) to the Sponsor
• Appendix D – The List of Offences Under the Criminal Code that Could Equate to Offences of a Sexual Nature and Offences Concerning Violence Against a Family Member
• Appendix E – The Low Income Cut Offs (LICO) and the Quebec Income Scale – 2011