🍁 In Simple Terms
The relationship has to hold at both ends. You must be a family member when the application goes in and still be one when it is decided. A divorce, or a child ageing out where the lock-in in 25.1(1) does not apply, can end the case even though everything was fine on the day it was filed.
Affects: Family class sponsors and their relatives
Legal Text: IRPR Regulation 121
121 Subject to subsection 25.1(1), a person who is a member of the family class or a family member of a member of the family class who makes an application under Division 6 of Part 5 must be a family member of the applicant or of the sponsor both at the time the application is made and at the time of the determination of the application.
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Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPR r. 121 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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