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Posted on April 30 2022

Indians No.1 in getting Spouse and Partner visas in 2021

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Updated May 10 2023
Indians No.1 in getting Spouse and Partner visas in 2021
  • Over the last two years, Canada has been welcoming immigrants from various countries. And it is said that there is a huge migration from India, that too there been a massive increase in immigrating the number of spouses and partners in recent years.
  • But according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) reported in 2015.
  • Many registered to become permanent residents from spouses and partners from the Philippines than the Indians.
  • Later in the consecutive years, Indians conquered these numbers and became number one in getting the spouses and partners to Canada by 2021.
  • Around 10,705 Indian spouses and partners have become Permanent residents in 2021, which means it is 17% out of 64,340.
  • The next places are followed by the US, the Philippines, and China, who were also the top performers bringing their spouses and partners to become permanent residents.
  • For this year, 2022, Canada's immigration levels plan to invite and allow 80,000 partners, spouses, and children to Canada.
  • This target has been increased to 1,05,000 by adding the parents and grandparents into the program.

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Statistics of the Countries with the number of partners and spouses in 2015 & 2021

Country Number of spouse and partner immigrants 2015 Number of spouse and partner immigrants 2021
India 3720 10705
US 3510 4805
Philippines 4370 4805
China 3310 4260
Pakistan 2805 2735
Vietnam 690 1945
UK 1480 1900
Mexico 1045 1575
Jamaica 1490 1340
France 700 1125

Spousal reunification:

The merging of spouses and partners was a critical reason for increasing immigration streams during the covid-19 pandemic.

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Immigration Minister Sean Fraser Statement:

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser stated, "This is one of the streams that were first immigration processing that has been relapsed to the 12-month service standard for processing."

Other immigration processing systems like Federal high-skilled workers take a long time to process the service standards still. The Status of Family Sponsorship Applicants can be checked online. Canada has just launched a new application tracker to check immigration file status for this process.

This tracker was made available for partners, spouses, and dependent children trying for permanent residency ship during the initial launch in February.  The Dependents, spouses, and partner categories now use this tracker to watch the application status.

Canada immigration Minister Fraser in his words...

Sean Fraser "This new tool is made available to check the status of an application under processing for partners, spouse, and dependent children. And we are working on providing more trackers like this for other programs".

Eligibility for Spousal sponsorship:

  • Sponsors should be 18+ years old.
  • Sponsors must be Canadian citizens, have a permanent residence, or a person registered under Canadian Indian Act as a Canadian.
  • Canadian Citizens living outside Canada must provide a plan to live in Canada during the sponsored applicants become permanent residents.
  • The citizens living outside Canada with only permanent residency ships cannot sponsor.
  • Excluding the disability reason, one should not receive social assistance for other reasons.
  • Must be able to provide support for the basic needs of those being sponsored.

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The Sponsored:

The person who is being sponsored and their family members must be passes background, medical and security checks.

Spouse:

The spouse could be of either sex and:

  • Minimum of 18 years ago.
  • Must be legally married to the Sponsor.

Common-Law Partner and Conjugal partners can be of either sex and must be:

Common-Law Partner Conjugal Partner
Must not be legally married to the sponsor Not legally married to common-law relationship with the Sponsor
Must be of 18 years old Must be of 18 years old
Must be living with the sponsor for at least 12 continuous months in a conjugal relationship without any long gaps. Live outside Canada, Must not have been living with the sponsor in their home country or marry the sponsor due to few legal and immigration reasons, marital status etc.

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Proofs to be submitted for common-law relationship:

  • Shared ownership of the residential properties.
  • Rental agreements.
  • Shared utility account bills.
  • Personal Identification documents like age proof, address proofs, insurance policy details, or driving license detail proof must be submitted.

Cost to sponsor your partner or spouse:

Name of the Fees Fee in Dollars
Principal candidate’s application fee 475
Sponsorship fee 75
For Biometrics (photo and fingerprints) 85
Right of Permanent Residence fee 500

     

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