Sponsoring a cousin

[Nana22]

Hello!

I am a Canadian Citizen and so are my parents. We are currently looking for a way to bring my cousin who is under the age of 18 to Canada. What is the best way to do this/what are our options?

Thanks!

 

[zardoz]

This is not possible given the supplied information.

 

[zardoz]

You can sponsor:

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).

Note: You can sponsor one relative regardless of age or relationship only if you do not have a living spouse or common-law partner, conjugal partner, a son or daughter, parent, grandparent, sibling, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece who could be sponsored as a member of the family class, and you do not have any relative who is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident or registered as an Indian under the Indian Act.

 

[Maddants]

Hello!

I am a Canadian Citizen and so are my parents. We are currently looking for a way to bring my cousin who is under the age of 18 to Canada. What is the best way to do this/what are our options?

Thanks!

i would say to adopt your cousin a your child...that is the only way i see it might work...or get your parent to do that...if the adopt your cousin then i will work...

 

[scylla]

i would say to adopt your cousin a your child...that is the only way i see it might work...or get your parent to do that...if the adopt your cousin then i will work...

This will only work if the cousin is an orphan (i.e. both parents are deceased) and the cousin is under 18.

 

[Nana22]

i would say to adopt your cousin a your child...that is the only way i see it might work...or get your parent to do that...if the adopt your cousin then i will work...

What would this entitle? Would his parents have to give up his guarianship or something along the lines?

 

[MadeInCanada]

His parents would have to be deceased. (dead)