Sponsorship of parents, grandparents, adopted children and other relatives — The sponsor’s guide (IMM 5196)

Sponsors living in Quebec

An agreement reached between the federal and Quebec governments gives the province responsibility for determining whether or not sponsors living in Quebec have the financial ability to sponsor members of the family class.

Sponsors living in Quebec must read the information and follow the general instructions in this application kit. 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 must pay the fees required by the MICC before your undertaking is processed and demonstrate that you have the financial capacity to cover the basic requirements for the following people:

• themselves;
• their family members in Canada or elsewhere;
• the person they are sponsoring and his or her family members, whether or not they are coming to Canada; and,
• the persons for whom they and, if applicable, their co-signer have signed a previous undertaking that is still in effect.

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;
• they cannot demonstrate their financial capability to sponsor;
• they do not meet other requirements imposed by the provincial authorities.

To help Quebec residents decide if they have the financial ability to meet sponsorship requirements, we are providing the Quebec Income Scale (see Table 1 and Table 2) at the end of this application kit. These amounts are indexed each year. Note that any calculation will only be an estimate since a MICC employee will make the official financial assessment.

For further information on Quebec’s requirements, go to the MICC’s website at www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca and click on Sponsors and Sponsored Persons, or call the general information line at 514-864-9191 or 1-877-864-9191.

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