Before you start
- Use only your own government account.
- Never share government or email credentials.
- Confirm fees, deadlines and checklists when you act.
CHANGING CONDITIONS
Other-relative categories are narrow and fact-specific. Recheck current definitions, exclusions, forms, country instructions and Québec intake controls before submission.
REVIEWED STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
Responsibilities, outputs and checkpoints
- 01RESPONSIBLESponsor
Identify the exact relative category
Use the current IRCC definitions to record the orphaned relative or other-relative category being considered and every living family relationship relevant to its exclusions.
- Expected output
- A dated relative-category and family-tree record.
- Checkpoint
- Civil records support the family tree and FileNorth does not issue an eligibility verdict.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Sponsor your relatives · www.canada.ca - 02RESPONSIBLESponsor
Confirm sponsor responsibilities
Prepare sponsor status, residence, age, prior undertakings, default, assistance, family-size and support facts required by the current sponsorship rules.
- Expected output
- A sponsor-responsibility evidence set.
- Checkpoint
- Every prior undertaking and family member is disclosed and unresolved legal issues are escalated.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Sponsor your relatives · www.canada.ca - 03RESPONSIBLEApplicant
Open the current family checklist
Obtain the current sponsor and principal-applicant guide and personalized checklist, including country-specific and dependant requirements.
- Expected output
- A current family-sponsorship checklist.
- Checkpoint
- The checklist matches the exact relative category and includes accompanying and non-accompanying dependants.
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Prepare and sign sponsor/applicant forms
Prepare identity, civil, relationship, dependency, sponsor-financial, police, medical and history records; each responsible person completes and signs their current forms.
- Expected output
- A complete checklist-indexed sponsorship/PR package.
- Checkpoint
- No relationship or dependency evidence is manufactured, altered or inferred beyond source records.
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Submit and complete the decisions
The principal applicant submits in their own PR Portal, pays IRCC directly and answers federal requests; if Québec is the destination, complete its separate undertaking when instructed.
- Expected output
- A sponsorship/PR submission, requests, Québec handoff if applicable and final decision.
- Checkpoint
- Every official deadline is met and no permanent status is assumed before final confirmation.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Sponsor your relatives · www.canada.ca
DOCUMENT PREPARATION SUMMARY
What this procedure organizes
- Prepare the exact relative-category and complete family tree, sponsor status/residence/prior undertakings/household/support records, civil relationship/dependency evidence, personalized checklist and forms, applicant identity/history, police/medical and country-specific records, receipts, AOR, requests, any Québec undertaking and final decision.