Helping the sponsored person bring his or her spouse or children to Québec

Sponsored persons are usually accompanied by their family members upon their arrival in Québec. In certain cases, however, family members may be unable to travel together.

If this is the case, the unaccompanying members of the sponsored person’s family may be able to join him or her in Québec, provided certain conditions are met.

The One-Year Window of Opportunity Provisions enable family members to be reunited provided an application for permanent residence, under the same category as that of the sponsored person, is filed within one year of his or her date of arrival in Canada.

Family members include:

• your spouse or common-law partner, who is 16 years of age or older
• dependent children
  

These family members must have been previously identified on the undertaking, on the application for permanent residence as well as on the CSQ application.

	USEFUL INFORMATION
	Refugees or persons in similar circumstances in Québec whose spouse or children remaining abroad do not meet the conditions of this program can consider other options, including sponsorship in the family class category. Section Sponsors and sponsored persons

	PRACTICAL ADVICE
	To determine whether the sponsored person’s family members who have remained abroad are eligible for this program, contact the Centre de contacts clientèle.