Overseas Applications for Landing: The Family Class

• Author: Donald Galloway
• Pages: 142-152

CHAPTER

7

OVERSEAS

APPLICATION

FOR

LANDING:

THE

FAMILY

CLASS

One of the

primary objectives

of

immigration law, identified

in

section

3(c)

of the

Immigration Act,

is to

facilitate

the

reunion

in

Canada

of

cit-

izens

and

permanent residents with their close relatives

from

abroad.

This policy

is

realized

by

permitting Canadian citizens

and

permanent

residents,

who are at

least nineteen years

of age and who

reside

in

Can-

ada,

to

sponsor

the

application

for

landing

of

those close relatives

who

meet

the

criteria

of

membership

of the

family

class. Family-class immi-

grants

are not

required

to

meet

the

selection criteria imposed

on

inde-

pendent

immigrants.

A.

ELIGIBILITY

Section

2 of the

Immigration Regulations defines

a

member

of the

family

class

as

follows:

"member

of the

family

class",

with

respect

to any

sponsor,

means

(a)

the

sponsor's

spouse,

(b)

the

sponsor's

dependent

son or

dependent daughter,

(c)

the

sponsor's

father

or

mother,

(d)

the

sponsor's

grandfather

or

grandmother,

(e)

the

sponsor's brother, sister, nephew, niece, grandson

or

granddaugh-

ter,

who is an

orphan

and is

under

19

years

of age and

unmarried,

(/)

the

sponsor's

fiancee,

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