Eligibility Guide For Quebec Sponsors Of A Family Class

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The additional conditions and criteria as to meet by the sponsor in the province of Quebec, when sponsoring the members of the family class in Quebec, the sponsor is also assesses under the specific requirements as to qualify for the sponsorship application in the province, and meet certain criteria, eligibility, to qualify as sponsor to determine the sponsor's financial situation, and no need for the sponsor in Quebec to complete the financial evaluation form.

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Excerpt from IP 2

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The sponsor is assess against the federal sponsorship eligibility requirements If the sponsor is able to meet the eligibility requirements, Central Processing Center (CPC) sends a copy of IMM1344AE to ministère de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles (MICC) in Montreal.

The sponsor completes, signs, and returns a demande d’engagement as per instructions received from MICC to the address provided by MICC. MICC verifies settlement arrangement and notifies the sponsor if the application is approved or refused. If approved, sends the sponsor two copies of the engagement, one with the notation Copie conformeMICC Sponsor:#, an MICC stamp, and the ministerial decree number of the employee who signed it The sponsor sends the copy with the notation and stamps to the sponsored applicant, who attaches it to the application for permanent residence.

A sponsor must meet the requirements set out in R130 as well as those contained in R133, as follows:  • not under a removal order;  not detained in a penitentiary, jail, reformatory or prison;  • not convicted of a sexual offence or offence involving domestic violence unless five years have elapsed since completion of the sentence or if a rehabilitation or a pardon was not granted at least five years have elapsed since the completion of the sentence;  • not in default of payments of any debt to the government, e.g., transportation loan; and  • not on social assistance, except for reasons of disability. 

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Processing is suspended if the sponsor is subject to: • citizenship revocation proceedings; • an A44(1) report; • serious criminal charges; • an appeal of a decision on residency obligations has been made and no final determination has been reached

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not bankrupt not in default of a previous undertaking not in default of court-ordered support payments Sponsorship Agreement must meet federal minimum necessary income

Both the sponsorship and applications for permanent resident are submitted together to CPC-M.    

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CPC-M: • performs the completeness checks on the both applications; • assesses the sponsor’s eligibility against federal criteria; • if application meets federal criteria, notifies MICC of the sponsorship received by a resident of Quebec to initiate the process for the review of provincial eligiblity to determine if engagement and CSQ will be issued; • sends the application for permanent residence to the visa office for processing.

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• sends the Engagement and the CSQ to the visa office.

Thereafter, the applicant can choose whether which Kit he/she has to download or complete from the government site (province of Quebec) such as for Kit A- when sponsoring spouse, de -facto spouse, conjugal partner and their dependent children, for Kit Bif you are sponsoring your father, mother, grandfather and grandmother, and their dependent children, your brother and sister, nephew, niece, grandson, granddaughter, who is an orphan with no mother and father and not married or a de facto relationship, Or a dependent child who in turn has dependent child. For more information regarding sponsorship of a family class in Quebec, you can visit the official government site of Quebec.

Source :CIC