Sponsorship of a spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner or dependent child living outside Canada — Part 1: The sponsor’s guide (IMM 3900)

Sponsors living in Quebec

An agreement reached between the federal and Quebec governments gives the province responsibility of managing sponsorship undertakings with Quebec and, if applicable, for determining whether or not sponsors residing in Quebec have the financial ability to sponsor family members.

Sponsors living in Quebec must read the information and follow the general instructions in this guide. However, they only have to complete those forms specified in Step 1 of the section titled How to Apply to Sponsor.

If you are found eligible to sponsor, you will receive a letter from CIC’s Case Processing Centre telling you how to proceed with the Ministère de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles (MICC). You have to include a copy of this letter with the sponsorship application submitted to the MICC.

If you are sponsoring your common-law or conjugal partner or your dependent child, you do not need to demonstrate your financial ability to provide a sponsorship undertaking, unless your dependent child or the dependent child of the principal applicant has a dependent child of his or her own.

The MICC may refuse Quebec residents as sponsors if:

• they or their co-signer, if applicable, have failed to fulfil the obligations of a previous undertaking because the person they sponsored received social assistance or special benefits and they have not reimbursed the Quebec government all amounts owing;
• during the five years preceding the submission of their application to sponsor, they or their co-signer, if applicable, have failed to meet their support payment obligations. A court order was issued requiring them to fulfil their alimony obligations, and they have not yet reimbursed the amounts owing;
• they cannot demonstrate their financial capability to sponsor, if this requirement applies to them;
• they do not meet other requirements imposed by the provincial authorities or any federal regulatory requirements, particularly if they receive social assistance.

For more information on Quebec’s requirements, go to the MICC’s website at www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca to obtain the address of their regional offices or call the general information line at 514-864-9191 or 1-877-864-9191.

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