- The Duration of Family Class Sponsorship Undertakings
- The regulatory amendments that support the new definition of a dependent child include changes to certain sections of Paragraph 132 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR)
- These sections govern the duration of sponsorship obligations
- The duration of undertaking for sponsorship of dependent children of the sponsor or of the sponsor’s spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner, or of persons specified in R117 (1) (g) – children that the applicants could adopt in Canada – have changed with effect from August 01, 2014
- The changes specify:
- If the individuals are below 19 years of age when they become permanent residents, the duration of sponsorship ends on the earlier of:
- The last day of the period of 10 years following the day on which these individuals became permanent residents or,
- The day on which the foreign national reaches 22 years of age
- This is in accordance with the provisions specified in R132 (1) (b) (ii)
- If the dependent children are 19 years of age or above when they become permanent residents, the duration of sponsorship ends on the last day of the period of three years following the day on which these individuals become permanent residents
- This is in accordance with the provisions specified in R132 (1) (b) (iii)
- If the individuals are below 19 years of age when they become permanent residents, the duration of sponsorship ends on the earlier of:
- These amendments specify one significant change i.e. they reduce the age from 25 to 22 years for the age limit at which the sponsorship obligation period ends for a dependent child
- The authorities have included these changes in the new version of Form IMM 1344 i.e. Application to Sponsor, Sponsorship Agreement and Undertaking, which they have made available to applicants with effect from August 01, 2014
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