Public policy for undeclared family members - Expired

Status: Expired

When you apply for permanent residence, you must declare all your family members, even if they aren’t coming with you to Canada for them to be eligible to be sponsored in the future. They must also complete medical exams and pass background and security checks.

These family members may include your

• spouse
• common-law partner
• dependent children
• grandchildren (dependent children of your dependent children)

Who you were able to sponsor under this public policy

Under this public policy, previously undeclared family members may have been eligible to be sponsored if:

• they applied to be sponsored as a spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner or dependent child
• they weren’t declared or examined when their sponsor became a permanent resident

• as a resettled refugee (a Convention refugee or a person in similar circumstances)
• after having been determined to be a protected person
• after being sponsored as a spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner, or dependent child under the family class, or
• after being sponsored as a spouse or common-law partner under the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class

Who you couldn’t sponsor under this public policy

Under this public policy, previously undeclared family members weren’t eligible to be sponsored if they had made their sponsor ineligible to immigrate to Canada when they applied, for example, if their sponsor

• immigrated as a spouse, but was married or in a common-law relationship with the undeclared family member at that time
• was married or in a common-law relationship when they came as a dependent child on their parent’s application
• came to Canada under a program that required them to be single, with no dependants