Family Sponsorship

These are separate legal categories. Being emotionally or financially close to someone does not by itself make that person a member of the family class.

1. 01

   Check for an unresolved application to sponsor the same person, an active previous undertaking, or the five-year bar that can apply to a person who became a permanent resident through spousal sponsorship.

2. 02

   Resolve sponsorship debt, certain immigration loans or bonds, court-ordered support arrears, undischarged bankruptcy and social-assistance issues where the rules make them a bar.

3. 03

   Review criminal history carefully. Certain violent, sexual or family offences can prevent sponsorship depending on the offence and legal outcome.

4. 04

   A person in custody or subject to an enforceable removal order may be ineligible. Québec has additional provincial conditions and some federal bars are treated differently in its undertaking assessment.

This is the latest Federal Income Table currently published by IRCC (2025), for sponsorship cases outside Québec that require the standard 12-month income assessment. It is not the PGP three-year table and it is not Québec's calculation.

After AOR, a sponsored spouse or partner outside Canada can still apply for a visitor visa and may receive faster processing if the visitor requirements are met. A qualifying sponsored partner living in Canada with the sponsor—and in some cases an accompanying dependent child—may apply for an open work permit under the current public policy.

1. 01

   Build a clear relationship chronology: first contact, meetings, cohabitation, engagement or marriage, important family events, separations and plans in Canada.

2. 02

   Use representative evidence across time: travel and entry records, communication, photos in context, shared residence and finances, insurance/beneficiary records, support transfers and recognition by family or community.

3. 03

   Explain cultural, religious, family, age, language or living arrangements that could otherwise look inconsistent. Quality, dates and consistency matter more than sheer volume.

4. 04

   Disclose every spouse, partner, child and relevant prior relationship. Non-accompanying family members generally still need to be declared and may need examination; failure can create inadmissibility and future sponsorship problems.

5. 05

   For a child, establish parentage or adoption, custody, the other parent's consent or the legal authority permitting immigration. Never assume one parent's signature is enough.

6. 06

   Keep forms, civil records, addresses, employment, travel and relationship answers consistent. Correct mistakes and report births, marriages, separations, deaths, custody changes, charges and status changes promptly.

Divorce, separation, loss of employment, worsening finances or the sponsored person becoming a citizen does not cancel an undertaking already in force. Québec has different undertaking periods and a separate provincial contract.

1. 01

   Contact the adoption authority in the sponsor's province or territory before committing to a child or foreign process. Country restrictions, the Hague Convention and local child-protection law may apply.

2. 02

   Complete the adoption process with both the province/territory and the child's country. IRCC does not replace those adoption authorities.

3. 03

   Choose the citizenship or immigration process. Eligibility depends in part on the adoptive parent's citizenship and whether the child will live in Canada immediately.

4. 04

   The adoption must be legal, in the child's best interests, create a genuine parent-child relationship and not be primarily for immigration or citizenship status.

5. 05

   Use a separate application for every adopted child, even siblings. Do not arrange travel before the required adoption and immigration/citizenship approvals are complete.

These figures are the official table for the 2025 PGP intake and are relevant to invited or existing 2025-intake applications. The program is paused for new intake, so this is not a new 2026 intake table.

1. 01

   The sponsor—and eligible co-signer, if used—must meet the applicable amount for every one of the three tax years, not an average across the years.

2. 02

   Family size can change by tax year. Count the sponsor, applicable spouse or partner, dependent children, persons covered by active undertakings, and everyone in the PGP application as IRCC instructs.

3. 03

   Use Notices of Assessment and the exact income-source rules for the intake. Do not substitute the standard Federal Income Table above or the Super Visa income table.

1. 01

   Apply to IRCC first. Do not send the Québec undertaking until IRCC issues the eligibility letter or, for an in-Canada spouse/common-law case, the qualifying AOR that MIFI accepts.

2. 02

   From July 2, 2026 to June 30, 2028, Québec set a maximum of 13,300 spouse/partner undertaking applications and 2,400 parent, grandparent or listed-other-relative applications.

3. 03

   A staged intake calendar controls when MIFI may receive the undertaking based on the date of the IRCC sponsor-eligibility letter or qualifying AOR. Sending early makes the application inadmissible and it will be returned.

4. 04

   Dependent children, minor children to be adopted, orphaned minor qualifying relatives and certain adult dependent children are exempt from the cap and schedule under the published rules.

5. 05

   The undertaking is mailed to MIFI, uses Québec forms and fees, and may require a provincial financial-capacity assessment. Always verify remaining capacity and the current schedule immediately before filing.

For applications requiring a Québec financial assessment from January 1 through December 31, 2026, start with Table A for the sponsor's family, then add the applicable Table B amount for the sponsored people and any required amounts for current undertakings.

1. 01

   Table B: no adult and 1 child, $10,261; no adult and 2 children, $16,262; each additional child under 18, +$5,422.

2. 02

   Table B: 1 adult and no child, $21,682; 1 adult and 1 child, $29,131; 1 adult and 2 children, $32,895; each additional child, +$3,760.

3. 03

   Table B: 2 adults and no child, $31,796; 2 adults and 1 child, $35,617; 2 adults and 2 children, $38,450; each additional child, +$2,823; each additional adult, +$10,107.

4. 04

   Québec generally requires eligible income for the previous 12 months and proof that it will continue. Use MIFI's definitions and calculation worksheet; the federal IMM 1283 and federal LICO table do not replace it.

1. 01

   Choose the exact category and obtain its current document checklist and country-specific instructions. The spouse/partner/child process uses two linked applications: sponsorship and permanent residence.

2. 02

   The principal applicant normally submits both applications together through the PR Portal. A paid representative uses the representative PR portal; the client must review and personally complete required declarations and signatures.

3. 03

   Upload signed forms, civil-status and identity documents, relationship or custody evidence, financial documents where required, police certificates, photos, translations and the full fee receipt.

4. 04

   After completeness review, use the AOR and application number to track the file. Complete biometrics within the deadline in the letter, medical instructions, police/document requests and any interview.

5. 05

   Keep contact information and family composition current. At approval, follow portal/COPR, passport, visa or virtual-landing instructions exactly; do not make irreversible travel plans before the necessary documents are issued.