basic question

[amar8580]

Hi, my niece and nephew are currently living in india. They are 8 and 10 years old. My mother's sister is a Canadian citizen. Can she apply for them under the family class and also if she can how long with the process take.

 

[fallenstar831]

As per Here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/relatives-apply-who.asp

You can sponsor:

* parents
* grandparents
* brothers or sisters, nephews or nieces, granddaughters or grandsons who are orphaned, under 18 years of age and not married or in a common-law relationship
* another relative of any age or relationship but only under specific conditions (see Note below)
* accompanying relatives of the above (for example, spouse, partner and dependent children).

In other words, they can only be sponsored if the Canadian Citizen is the only living relatives.

 

[amar8580]

thanks for the quick response..But i am a bit confused.
Do you mean to say that if my niece and nephew are orphaned and have no living relative in india. E.g. mother, father, grandparents, unlce, aunt etc.
Only then do the qualify for the sponsorship under family class.

 

[PMM]

Hi

thanks for the quick response..But i am a bit confused.
Do you mean to say that if my niece and nephew are orphaned and have no living relative in india. E.g. mother, father, grandparents, unlce, aunt etc.
Only then do the qualify for the sponsorship under family class.

Right, only if they are under 18 and both parents are deceased. Or the sponsor is single, never married, has no children, parents and grandparents are deceased and doesn't have a brother/sister/Aunt/Uncle/Niece/Nephew in Canada. Then they can sponsor 1 relative.

PMM

 

[Karlshammar]

Hang on. Are you saying that the mother of these children is a Canadian citizen? Then they would most likely have been born as Canadian citizens, as long as their mother was either naturalized or born in Canada.

 

[RobsLuv]

Hang on. Are you saying that the mother of these children is a Canadian citizen? Then they would most likely have been born as Canadian citizens, as long as their mother was either naturalized or born in Canada.

Good point - this question is far from "basic". It's actually rather complicated!

amar8580, can who apply to sponsor your niece and nephew? The way your thread reads, it seemed you were asking if your mother could sponsor her sister's children . . . but now it seems you were actually asking if your mother's sister (who is a Canadian citizen) could sponsor the children? So it's impossible to answer for sure - we can't tell who is related to whom from what you've written.

 

[PMM]

Hi

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Good point - this question is far from "basic". It's actually rather complicated!

amar8580, can who apply to sponsor your niece and nephew? The way your thread reads, it seemed you were asking if your mother could sponsor her sister's children . . . but now it seems you were actually asking if your mother's sister (who is a Canadian citizen) could sponsor the children? So it's impossible to answer for sure - we can't tell who is related to whom from what you've written.
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I maybe wrong, but the way I read it is the Mother's sister (Aunt) who is a Canadian citizen who wants to sponsor, is not the mother of the children.

PMM

 

[amar8580]

Right...its my mother's sister. So my aunt who is the one who is a canadian citizen. Not the mother (my sister) of my neice and nephew who is a canadian citizen. So basically i wanted to know if there grandmother's (my mom) sister can sponsor her neice and nephew.

 

[Karlshammar]

Based on the family situation you have described, no, she can not.

Right...its my mother's sister. So my aunt who is the one who is a canadian citizen. Not the mother (my sister) of my neice and nephew who is a canadian citizen. So basically i wanted to know if there grandmother's (my mom) sister can sponsor her neice and nephew.