Please help - Family Class Immigration Question

[joyhk]

I am a landed immigrant and staying in Canada for about 9 months. Professionally I am doing a good job and thus can satisfy the income criteria (if there is any) for sponsoring someone. My wife wants to sponsor his brother who is 18 plus, unmarried and from the CIC website we found the following:


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You can sponsor relatives or family members from abroad if they are:

spouses, common-law or conjugal partners 16 years of age or older;

parents and grandparents;

dependent children, including adopted children;

children under 18 years of age whom you intend to adopt;

brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces or grandchildren who are orphans; under the age of 18 and not married or in a common-law relationship; or

you may also sponsor one relative of any age if you do not have an aunt, uncle or family member from the list above who you could sponsor or who is already a Canadian citizen, Indian or permanent resident.
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Our question is: Will my wife's brother fall into the last category (you may sponsor one relative of any age....) and if yes, what is the procedure that we have to follow?

Many thanks for your kind attention.

Joy

 

[PMM]

Hi

I am a landed immigrant and staying in Canada for about 9 months. Professionally I am doing a good job and thus can satisfy the income criteria (if there is any) for sponsoring someone. My wife wants to sponsor his brother who is 18 plus, unmarried and from the CIC website we found the following:


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You can sponsor relatives or family members from abroad if they are:

spouses, common-law or conjugal partners 16 years of age or older;

parents and grandparents;

dependent children, including adopted children;

children under 18 years of age whom you intend to adopt;

brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces or grandchildren who are orphans; under the age of 18 and not married or in a common-law relationship; or

you may also sponsor one relative of any age if you do not have an aunt, uncle or family member from the list above who you could sponsor or who is already a Canadian citizen, Indian or permanent resident.
Unquote

Our question is: Will my wife's brother fall into the last category (you may sponsor one relative of any age....) and if yes, what is the procedure that we have to follow?

Many thanks for your kind attention.

Joy

Nope, as your wife is married to you, therefor she has a spouse.

PMM

 

[shaniekj]

does anyone know how long the process takes when you hand in your application with medical and police record?

 

[KelseyTVS]

does anyone know how long the process takes when you hand in your application with medical and police record?

It depends on your visa office aka which country the principal applicant is coming from.

 

[shaniekj]

Thanks for responding. I have sent my application and I was a bit confused about the 8 photos they are requesting for the family members of the individual you are sponsoring. Do you send 8 pictures of all the intimidate family members or are they just requesting 8 photos of the family members you are sponsoring?