A Quick Guide On How To Sponsor Your Spouse From The UAE

Planning to sponsor your spouse from the UAE? Before anything else, the first step is to know and to make sure that both you and your spouse are qualified for the sponsorship program. To be eligible to sponsor your spouse you must:
• Be either a Canadian or a permanent resident in Canada
• Be over the age of 18 years old
• Be able to support yourself as well as your family financially

There are two ways to do this sponsorship; On is Outland sponsorship, wherein your partner is living abroad during the process of the sponsorship. Given that it is possible for a Canadian citizen to live in the UAE during the course of the sponsorship process, but you must show that both you and your partner will move to Canada if the permanent residency was approved. Inland sponsorship is when you and your partner are living in Canada; and as a perk, your spouse may be eligible for an Open Work Permit while your application is being processed in Canada.

Note that if you are a Canadian, it is possible for you to sponsor your spouse even from outside of Canada; however, if you are a permanent resident, you must sponsor your spouse from inside of Canada if your partner happens to be out of the country. Meanwhile, if you are living in Quebec, you must meet the province’s eligibility requirements at the provincial level. To know more about the information you need to sponsor your partner to Quebec, you could visit their website (https://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/)

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada will be processing the immigration applications and in charge of checking if your spouse is permissible through the submitted medical and background security checks. Generally, individuals who have criminal convictions are not permitted to come to Canada, however, there are options to overcome criminal inadmissibility. In connection to this, to avoid individuals who got married just for the purpose of getting a Canadian permanent residency, immigration officers would also need to see that both you and your partner are in a true and genuine relationship with each other.

For a spouse to be eligible to be sponsored one must:
• Be over the age of 18 years old
• Pass the background, security, and medical checks

Remember to make sure that all the documents submitted are correct and complete because once the IRCC receives your complete application, it will be further reviewed and if they happen to see that your application is incomplete, it will be returned back to you and you will have to submit again. On standard processing, it will take 12 months for the IRCC to process your application, although in some instances it may take longer. During the process, the IRCC may also require an in-person interview anytime; in addition to this they will be asking for more information supplementing your application, they will also be asking for biometrics as well as a medical exam from your foreign spouse which you will be given 30 days to submit.

Online, you can always track your application and see for updates until the IRCC makes a decision with regards to your application. Instruction will be sent to you by the IRCC about the final steps that your foreign spouse or your common-law partner must need to take to become a permanent resident in Canada. The final step of this application is to complete the landing process then you have successfully become a Canadian permanent resident.