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Conjugal Partner

This page is designed to help you with sponsoring conjugal partners.

A conjugal partner is a person who lives outside Canada and who has been in a conjugal relationship with the sponsor for at least one year.

In the sponsoring conjugal partner application, a conjugal relationship is one where there is a considerable amount of physical, emotional, social, and financial attachment between the couple.  Both partners are committed to each other in a permanent, long-term and exclusive relationship.  They share the same values and interests, they spend time together as a couple and with each other's families.   Conjugal partners socially present themselves as a couple with their friends, family, and community, and they are viewed by others as being a couple. Conjugal partners cannot have lived together due to cultural or immigration reasons.

Documents that may prove the existence of a conjugal relationship for your sponsoring conjugal partner application:

• Photos of the couple
• Long distance phone bills (pre-paid phone cards are usually not considered evidence)
• Plane tickets or boarding passes for visits of one partner to the other or for trips the couple has made together
• E-mails, letters, greeting card
• Joint bank accounts
• Joint credit cards
• Money transfers
• Insurance policies showing the partner as beneficiary
• Declarations from family, friends or prominent members of the community (doctors, lawyers, religious workers, etc.) stating their recognition of the couple being in a conjugal relationship

Eligibility

To be eligible for sponsoring conjugal partner, you must meet the following requirements:

1. You are at least 18 years of age
2. You are a Canadian citizen living in Canada or abroad (if living abroad you must prove that your will return to Canada once your partner has received the visa)
3. OR you are a permanent resident of Canada, living in Canada
4. You are not receiving social assistance
5. You are not in default of any previous sponsorship
6. You are not bankrupt
7. You are not in prison

Application Process

Along with the Sponsorship application and the Application for Permanent residence, the following supporting documents are required for sponsoring conjugal partner:

Processing Timelines:

Decisions on sponsorship applications can take from 6 to 18+ months. Completing the application accurately can speed up the process. The following are the main reasons for delays and refusals in applications:

• You did not prove that the relationship between you and your conjugal partner is genuine
• The person being sponsored has a criminal record or serious illness that is contagious and could pose a threat to Canadian health
• Forms are not completed or forms are not signed
• There are missing supporting documents

 Average time to complete application by Immigroup: 2-4 weeks

Fees Fees are paid in installments; last payment is due before the Sponsorship Application is submitted to CIC. If you need more time to make payments, please speak with our accounting department.
Immigroup representation	CDN $3000 + 5% GST
Government:
Sponsorship and permanent residence application fee	CDN $550 *
Right of permanent residence fee	CDN $490 *
TOTAL	CDN $ 4190 *

For more information about sponsoring conjugal partner,
please call Immigroup at 1866 760 2623