Sometimes, one needs to leave his/her family in search of better job opportunities and a good standard of life; however, living without a family is never easy. The Canadian government understands the same and offers Canada family visa to reunite family members together in Canada.
So, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) introduced Canada family visa to help family members of its citizens and permanent residents to become a permanent resident of Canada. That family member can be anyone like spouse, children, parents or more.
That means relatives of an individual can live, work and study in Canada once they become a permanent resident of Canada. One can sponsor his or her family members or relatives through this program for permanent residency status in Canada.
So, if you are either a Canadian resident or permanent resident in Canada and your age is more than 18 years, then you can sponsor your family members through family visa. Other requirements are:
- A sponsor must not sponsor a spouse within the last five years
- He/she must financially stable and able to take responsibility for his/her spouse for a period of three years
- He/she must not charge with any sexual crime; or,
- He/she must not have involved in any violent crime that involves bodily harm to a relative or partner.
- He/she must not have defaulted on any previous have sponsorship or court-ordered support payment
- He/she must not get any social assistance other than for a disability in Canada
Now, here the question is how long is the processing period for Canada family visa?
Well, as stated earlier spouse, dependent children, parents, grandparents and other relatives can move to Canada through family visa, so processing time for each category varies accordingly.
- For spouse:
- Processing time for assessment of sponsor takes: 22 days
- Processing time for assessment of spouse application takes: 12 months (average)
The processing may vary according to the type of application (inland application and outland application), the nationality of the citizen, number of applicants and more.
The following is the table for different processing time for different visa offices:
| visa office | processing times of person being sponsored (in months) |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 |
| China | 13 |
| Sri Lanka | 15 |
| India | 18 |
| Pakistan | 24 |
| United kingdom | 14 |
| Mexico | 16 |
| Ghana | 16 |
| Jordan | 24 |
| Turkey | 10 |
| Lebanon | 14 |
| Egypt | 11 |
| Senegal | 14 |
| Kenya | 18 |
| South Africa | 15 |
| Morocco | 9 |
| Israel | 10 |
| Philippines | 12 |
| South Korea | 12 |
| Singapore | 11 |
| Australia | 10 |
| Romania | 14 |
| Ukraine | 12 |
| Russia | 11 |
| France | 9 |
| Italy | 11 |
| Austria | 15 |
- For dependent children:
- Processing time for assessment of sponsor takes: 22 days
- Processing time for assessment of spouse application depends on the visa office:
| visa office | processing times of person being sponsored (in months) |
| United Arab Emirates | 16 |
| China | 13 |
| Sri Lanka | 15 |
| India | 18 |
| United kingdom | 14 |
| Mexico | 16 |
| Ghana | 16 |
| Jordan | 16 |
| Turkey | 16 |
| Lebanon | 16 |
| Egypt | 16 |
| Senegal | 16 |
| Kenya | 16 |
| South Africa | 16 |
| Morocco | 16 |
| Israel | 16 |
| Philippines | 12 |
| South Korea | 16 |
| Singapore | 16 |
| Australia | 16 |
| Colombia | 12 |
| Jamaica | 13 |
| Russia | 16 |
| France | 16 |
| Italy | 16 |
| Austria | 16 |
- For parents and grandparents:
- The processing time for the Parents and Grandparents program takes around 20 to 24 months.
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