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7. Federal Immigration ProgramsFamily Class (Spouses, Dependent Children, Parents)

Family Class: Determining Family Membership

Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR), Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada can sponsor the following members of their family:  spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner (opposite or same-sex), dependent children, parents, grand-parents, children adopted from abroad, and under specific circumstances, other relatives. Members of the family class must meet all of the following requirements.

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‘Supervisa’ is Part of Family Reunification Announcement

The federal government says it will repair Canada’s broken family reunification system by boosting the number of parents and grandparents accepted into Canada, imposing a moratorium on new applications, and introducing a new “supervisa” for extended visits.

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