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Canada Spousal Sponsorship Immigration News

The latest news about spousal immigration to Canada, obtaining permanent residency for a wife, husband or common law partner of a Canadian citizen or permanent resident. For more information on the immigration process and requirements for family immigration visas to Canada, visit our section on the Spousal Sponsorship Program.

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IRCC Announces New Measures for Family Reunification

By CaseyJune 1, 2023
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Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, made an announcement on May 26th, 2023 on reforms to strengthen family class immigration in Canada. The new measures include: Temporary residence visa (TRV) processing times are reduced for spousal applicants. New and specific tools for spousal TRV candidates A new open work permit is now available for spousal and […]

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Canadian Spousal Sponsorship: Inland vs. Outland

By Ella BergquistSeptember 10, 2024
Family ImmigrationSpouse/Partner

What’s the Differences Between Inland and Outland Sponsorship in Canada? Key Considerations: Spousal Sponsorship is one of the most-sought after immigration pathways to Canada each year and thousands are actively learning more about completing their application. Spousal Sponsorship is when someone residing in Canada sponsors their foreign spouse to live with them as a permanent […]

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How Can I Go to Canada with My Canadian Citizen Spouse?

By CaseyOctober 20, 2020
Family ImmigrationSpouse/Partner

Many Canadian citizens choose to live abroad for a bit – whether it be for work, school, or even just leisure. It is common for them to meet a special individual who they eventually marry and sometimes even have children with. Usually, a time comes when the Canadian citizen wishes to move back to Canada […]

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Are Canada Spousal Sponsorship Processing Times Too Long?

By CaseyAugust 19, 2020
Family ImmigrationSpouse/Partner

Are Canadian spousal sponsorship applications taking too long to process? According to Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, sponsoring a spouse can take up to 12 months under normal circumstances. In many cases, this is seen as too long to wait to be reunited with a spouse. Kimberly Johnson, a Toronto woman, stated she’s waited close […]

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Visa Processing Times for Canada 2025

By Ella BergquistJanuary 25, 2025
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Many times when a foreign national is looking to immigrate to Canada, they want to know how long it will take to get there. Each visa has a different processing time and application process. The processing time for Canadian Visas is defined as how long it takes Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to process […]

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Canada’s LGBTQ2 Refugee Sponsorship Program Expanding

By Ella BergquistDecember 9, 2019
Family ImmigrationSpouse/Partner

There are still many countries that do not support the LGBTQ2 community which can make it difficult for those to live their life in their own country. Canada has a history of providing a safe haven for those who are vulnerable. Canada has opened its arms to the LGBTQ2 community by providing a type of […]

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Canada Spouse Visa Processing Time 2024

By Ella BergquistJanuary 3, 2024
Family ImmigrationSpouse/Partner

Canada is one of the most popular places in the world to immigrate to so it is no wonder that they receive thousands of applications weekly from people hoping to live and work in Canada. A Spouse Visa is one of the more popular applications that come and go through the immigration office. The processing […]

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How To Bring Your Girlfriend to Canada 2024

By Ella BergquistJanuary 9, 2024
Family ImmigrationSpouse/Partner

Dating long distance can be hard for a couple but the battle of getting your fiance into Canada is a whole other hurdle to get over. “How to get my fiance to Canada?” Is often a question our lawyers at VisaPlace get asked daily. Unfortunately, a fiance doesn’t fall under the family class as a […]

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Canadian Spousal Sponsorship: FAQ

By Ella BergquistSeptember 29, 2020
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Spousal immigration is an important aspect of Canadian immigration and thousands of people apply under this category every year. If you have a spouse who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, he/she can sponsor you to immigrate to Canada under certain conditions. We receive thousands of familiar questions about the process. Our VisaPlace licensed […]

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Ending Conditional PR to Stop Abusive Relationships

By Ella BergquistMarch 25, 2020
Family ImmigrationSpouse/Partner

As of April 28, 2017, spouses and common-law partners who are sponsored to immigrate to Canada will not experience a period of conditional Permanent Resident status. From this point further, they will have full permanent residence upon arriving in Canada. The Canadian government suggested that by eliminating the condition, it addressed concerns that vulnerable sponsored […]

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Why You Will Love Canada’s Immigration Laws for Same Sex Marriage

By Michael NirenJuly 20, 2020
Family ImmigrationSpouse/Partner

Being in a same-sex relationship presents challenges: you’re faced with prejudices of others and discrimination against you and your partner, all while trying to live as a couple and make your partnership work. And if you live in a country that doesn’t allow same-sex marriage laws, you’re most likely the target of bigotry at the […]

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Sponsored Spouses Can Get Immediate Permanent Residence for Canada. No More 2-Year Wait.

By Michael NirenMarch 2, 2016
Family ImmigrationSpouse/Partner

Spousal Sponsorship Canada Canada’s Liberal government wants to make it easier for sponsored spouses to become Canadians. Immigration Minister John McCallum recently announced that Canada is eyeing a new system that would be closer to the American spousal sponsorship system. Instead of having to wait 2 years, spouses can get immediate permanent residence. This is […]

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Rodlin Paul

Let me express all my gratitude to all the team for your guidance and support throughout my permanent residency application process.
Your expertise and thorough attention to detail have been invaluable, ensuring that each step of the application was handled with the utmost professionalism….
You’re the best 👌 ❤️❤️❤️✨️💖

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Tom Cameron

Bansuri was very helpful in helping me setup my consultation. She was able to confirm my appointment right away and develop a profile to make the process streamlined. There is a reason why my wife and I have used visa place in twice in the past!

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Tristan Johnston

Visaplace was very accommodating to all my questions and emails, and walked me through everything step by step. After many months and a lot of paperwork, I successfully became a permanent resident of Canada and am now living with my wife, the love of my life. They’re not terribly expensive compared to other immigration lawyers either.

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Krunal Panchal

I had a great experience speaking with Bansuri Pandya from VisaPlace. She was incredibly helpful in understanding my case and clearly explained the next steps. Bansuri was professional, knowledgeable, and empathetic, making the process much easier to navigate. She even assisted in booking my consultation quickly. Highly recommend her services for anyone needing immigration advice!

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Christine Rodriguez

Hi everyone just wanna thank Visa Place for my Permanent Residency with my two children through Common Law.My case is very complicated and it tooks 30months to get our Pr inside Canada application.Today Nov 13, 2024 we finally received our PR cards.Thank you to Miss Reena Sandhu and to her team for helping us out our immigration matters. They are really not always updating you time to time because they are nothing to update. But everytime they have something to update to the clients they asap update you and tell everything what you need to do and to be done…So all in all im very satisfied and happy to this firm…Thank you again and keep up the good work…God bless you all

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Juwel Patil

Our 3 PR cases (Self, Spouse and Son) were processed very professionally via all detailed documentation and other mandates by Felicita (Visa Palace). Her excellent support and guidance, I would strongly recommend for other aspirants. Thank you Felicita !!

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Jade Arnold

Our company needed to fast-track some documents to retain skilled international talent. After shopping around, we settled on partnering with VisaPlace to accomplish this as quickly and efficiently as possible, and they held up their end of the agreement quite well. We will use them again should the need arise.