Did the brother rule change?

[chx]

So I am remembering this https://web.archive.org/web/20150214054312/http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/relatives-apply-who.asp boneheaded, stupid idiot rule where you couldn't sponsor your brother as long as your parents were alive. A year ago on this forum: http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/sponsoring-my-sister.71118/page-2#post-5248901

But http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/relatives-apply-who.asp#who_can this reads now totally differently. Am I right here? Did this change recently? Could I sponsor my brother now irregardless of how many parents or grandparents are alive?

 

[HeyKenGuy]

no

 

[canuck_in_uk]

So I am remembering this https://web.archive.org/web/20150214054312/http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/relatives-apply-who.asp boneheaded, stupid idiot rule where you couldn't sponsor your brother as long as your parents were alive. A year ago on this forum: http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/sponsoring-my-sister.71118/page-2#post-5248901

But http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/relatives-apply-who.asp#who_can this reads now totally differently. Am I right here? Did this change recently? Could I sponsor my brother now irregardless of how many parents or grandparents are alive?

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The rule is still the same.

You may sponsor one relative, related by blood or adoption, of any age if you meet all of the conditions, including:

• you don't have a living relative you could sponsor instead, such as a:
  • spouse
  • common-law partner
  • conjugal partner
  • son or daughter
  • parent
  • grandparent

 

[chx]

But the living relative instead now includes

• brother or sister

 

[spousalsponsee]

The rule hasn't changed.

You can sponsor a relative if either
they meet all the conditions of under 18, AND unmarried, AND orphaned AND closely related to you
or if
you meet all the conditions of no other relative alive, including parents or spouse.

If your brother is over 18, and your parents are alive, you cannot sponsor them. If they are over 18, and you have a third sibling, you cannot sponsor them. If they are under 18 and your parents are alive, you cannot sponsor them. Etc etc etc.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

But the living relative instead now includes

• brother or sister

That has always been there.

 

[scylla]

What others have said. It's been the same for at least 10 years now and nothing has recently changed.