The Guidelines for Referring Sponsorship Applications for Investigation to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

Situations could arise where the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga (CPC-M) and the Case Processing Centre in Vegreville (CPC-V) will need to refer some sponsorship applications to the local offices of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) for investigation. The Case Processing Centre (CPC) will then need to assess the application in light of the new information. Thereafter, it will need to provide a recommendation on the sponsorship.

The staff at the Case Processing Centres (CPCs) will remain responsible for entering the recommendation on the sponsorship in the Case Processing Centre System (CPCS).

In order to refer a case to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the case will need to involve:

• Suspected violation of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), which could lead to an A44 (1) report and enforcement action against the sponsor
  • This would usually include cases where criminal charges are pending against permanent resident sponsors, which might also result in the suspension of the processing of the application
• Cases of suspected misrepresentation on eligibility criteria, involving, for instance, employment letters or financial requirements and,
• Cases where officers at the Case Processing Centre (CPC) believe that an interview is essential for assessing an application properly

Chapters

• 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• The Procedures for Handling a Discontinued or Withdrawn Undertaking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