Specific requirements

In addition to the prerequisites for sponsorship, you must also take into consideration the following specific requirements pertaining to the close relative you wish to sponsor.

Spouse, de facto spouse or conjugal partner

To sponsor this person, you must demonstrate that:

• your spouse, de facto spouse or conjugal partner is at least 16 years of age
• a previous undertaking to sponsor a spouse, de facto spouse or conjugal partner has come to an end.

Dependent child

If the dependent child you are sponsoring has a child of his or her own, you must satisfy the financial requirements.

Parents, grandparents and their dependent children

To qualify as sponsor, you must demonstrate that:

• you have the capacity to support the person you wish to sponsor as well as all members of that person’s family, whether or not they are accompanying the sponsored person. You must therefore pass the financial evaluation.

Orphaned brother, sister, nephew, niece, grandson or granddaughter, who is under the age of 18, and not married or in a common-law relationship

To qualify as sponsor, you must demonstrate that:

• you have the financial capacity to support the person you wish to sponsor;
• you have completed a positive psychosocial evaluation of the conditions under which you will be receiving the child, which can be obtained during your application process, conducted by the youth protection centre in your region.

Child for adoption (international adoption)

To sponsor a child you wish to adopt, you must contact a licensed agency or the Secrétariat à l’adoption internationale before beginning the process in the child’s home country.

Once you have obtained authorization from the Secrétariat à l’adoption internationale, you will receive a letter that you must submit to the Ministère de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles for the review of your undertaking application.

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	Are you planning on traveling abroad to adopt a child? Make sure that you have read the Notice on the process for an international adoption before beginning the process in the child’s home country.