Excluded relationships

Family Sponsorship

🍁 In Simple Terms

You cannot be sponsored as a spouse or common-law partner if your sponsor is already legally responsible for a previous partner under an active sponsorship undertaking, if you are the subject of a previous sponsorship and that relationship was found to be fraudulent, or if the relationship was entered into primarily for immigration purposes.

Affects: Family class sponsors and their relatives

Legal Text — IRPR Regulation 125

(1)125 (1) A foreign national shall not be considered a member of the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class by virtue of their relationship to the sponsor if

(2)(2) Subject to subsection (3), paragraph (1)(d) does not apply in respect of a foreign national referred to in that paragraph who was not examined because an officer determined that they were not required by the Act or the former Act, as applicable, to be examined.

(3)(3) Paragraph (1)(d) applies in respect of a foreign national referred to in subsection (2) if an officer determines that, at the time of the application referred to in that paragraph,

(4)(4) In subsection (2), former Act has the same meaning as in section 187 of the Act.

Cross-References

r. 132

IRPA Authority

IRPA s. 187

Amendment History (1)

SOR/2023-249

In Practice

Related Regulations

r. 132Undertaking — duration r. 117Member r. 130Sponsor