Applying for permanent residence from within Canada: Spouse or common-law partner in Canada class (IMM 5289)

Sponsors living in Quebec

An agreement reached between the federal and Quebec governments gives the province responsibility for managing sponsorship undertakings agreed to in Quebec. This responsibility lies with the Ministère de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles (MICC).

If you live in Quebec, you must first send your application to the Case Processing Centre in Vegreville (CPC-V), and we will then forward it to the MICC. If your sponsorship application is approved, CPC-V will send you a letter telling you how to proceed with the MICC. You must attach a copy of the letter to the undertaking application that you submit to the MICC.

If you are sponsoring your spouse or common‑law partner, you do not need to demonstrate your financial ability to comply with the sponsorship undertaking, unless your spouse’s or common-law partner’s dependent child has dependent children of his or her own.

The MICC will examine your sponsorship application and will tell you whether your undertaking has been accepted or refused.

The MICC may refuse your sponsorship application if:

• you failed to fulfil the obligations of a previous undertaking because the person you sponsored received social assistance and you have not reimbursed the Quebec government;
• during the five years before you submitted your sponsorship application, you failed to meet your obligations to pay support to your children or former spouse(s) and a judgment order was issued requiring you to fulfill your alimony obligations, but you have not yet reimbursed the amounts due;
• you failed to comply with any other requirements imposed by the Quebec authorities or with any federal regulatory requirements, particularly if you receive social assistance and are not exempt from that condition.

A decision on your application will not be made until our office receives the decision of the MICC concerning your undertaking application.

Read and follow the instructions in this guide. However, you only need to complete the Application to Sponsor and Undertaking (IMM 1344A). For more information, consult the table in Step 1 of the section “How to Apply to Sponsor” for information concerning Quebec residents.

For more information on Quebec’s requirements, go to the MICC’s website at http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/index.asp 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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