What is the Family class?
Applicants under the family class are sponsored by a close relative who is either a permanent resident or a Canadian citizen. The Canadian relative is known as a sponsor. To qualify under the family class, an applicant must be related to the Canadian sponsor in one of the following ways: The applicant must be the sponsor’s spouse: fiancé, parent or grandparent, orphaned brother, sister, nephew/niece, or a grandchild-under 19 and unmarried. A child under 19 who is either orphaned or placed with a child welfare agency for adoption and who the sponsor intends to adopt: the sponsor’s dependent child; or if the sponsor has no relative as listed above and no relatives who are Canadian citizens or Canadian permanent residents one other relative. Please note that Quebec has different requirements.
