GUIDE 3999 Steps – Sponsorship Of A Spouse, Common-Law Partner, Conjugal Partner Or Dependent Child Living Outside Canada
Note: If you are a parent of a child to be adopted in Canada who is not yet identified, select “Other”.
Note: If you do not know your complete date of birth, please use a “*” (star sign/asterisk) to fill in the spaces for the unknown year, month or day.
Note: If you are a parent of a child to be adopted in Canada who is not yet identified, indicate “Unknown” for the city or town and select the country where you intend to adopt a child.
- From the list, select your country of citizenship.
- If you are a citizen of more than one country, select your other country of citizenship.
Note: If you are a parent of a child to be adopted in Canada who is not yet identified, select the country where you intend to adopt a child.
- The name of your current country of residence. Your country of residence is the country in which you are residing, provided that you have been lawfully admitted to that country.
For refugee claimants in Canada only: select Canada whether you have been lawfully admitted or not.
- Your immigration status in that country (indicate one of the following):
- Citizen
- Permanent resident
- Visitor
- Worker
- Student
- Other
- Protected Person
- Refugee Claimant
- Foreign National
- Other: This section must be completed if you selected “Other” as a status.
- The dates (From – To) you have been living in your current country of residence.
For out-of-status applicants:
- Under “Status” select “Other”;
- Under “Other” type in “Out of status, requires restoration”;
- Leave the “From” and “To” boxes blank.
Note: If you are a parent of a child to be adopted in Canada who is not yet identified, select the country where you intend to adopt a child and “Citizen” as the immigration status in that country.
- The name of the country you lived in
- Your immigration status for the time you were in that country: Citizen
- Permanent resident
- Visitor
- Worker
- Student
- Other
- Protected Person
- Refugee Claimant
- Foreign National
- Other: This section must be completed if you selected “Other” as a status
- The dates (From – To) you were living in that country.
- From the list, choose your current marital status:
- Annulled Marriage:
- This is a marriage that is legally declared as not valid. An annulment can also be a declaration by the Catholic Church that the marriage union did not have a binding force.
- Common-
Law: - This means that you have lived continuously with your partner in a marital-type relationship for a minimum of one (1) year.
- Divorced:
- This means that you are officially separated and have legally ended your marriage.
- Legally Separated:
- This means that you are married, but no longer living with your spouse.
- Married:
- This means that you and your spouse have had a ceremony that legally binds you to each other. Your marriage must be legally recognized in the country where it was performed and in Canada.
- Single:
- This means that you have never been married and are not in a common-law relationship.
- Widowed:
- This means that your spouse has died and that you have not re-married or entered into a common-law relationship.
- Enter the date (year, month and day) you were married or you entered into your current common-law relationship.
- Indicate the family name(s) and given name(s) of your current spouse or common-law partner.
Note: If you are a parent of a child to be adopted in Canada who is not yet identified, select “Single”.
- Family name(s)
- Given name(s)
- Type of relationship:
- Common-law or
- Married
- Dates (From – To) for which you were in the relationship with your previous spouse/common-law partner
- Date of birth.
Contact Information
- Question 1
- Indicate your current mailing address (where information should be mailed) by typing the following information:
- Post Office Box (P.O. Box) number, if applicable. If you do not indicate post office box, the Street number must be provided
- Apartment (Apt.) or Unit, if applicable
- Street number (No.), if applicable. It is the number on your house or apartment building. This must be provided if you did not type in a P.O. Box
- Street name, if applicable
- City or Town
- From the list, select the Country of your current mailing address
- Province or State
- Postal code/zip code
- District, if applicable