The Case Processing Centre (CPC) Activities Pertaining to Spouses, Common-Law Partners, Conjugal Partners and Dependent Children Overseas
The Case Processing Centre in Mississauga (CPC-M) will typically assess the sponsorship application. Thereafter, it would need to provide a recommendation on the sponsor’s eligibility and review the applications for permanent residence for completeness.
In some cases, the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga (CPC-M) might find the sponsors to be eligible. In this scenario, the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga (CPC-M) would need to transfer the sponsorship information and a positive recommendation electronically to the appropriate visa office through Computer Assisted Immigration Processing System (CAIPS). In addition, it would send the IMM 0008 and the supporting documents in paper format to the visa office for processing.
Similarly, in some cases, the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga (CPC-M) might find the sponsors to be ineligible. In this scenario, the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga (CPC-M) would need to transfer the documentation to the visa office along with a negative sponsorship recommendation. Or, in case the sponsor has specified a stated preference for discontinuing the application, the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga (CPC-M) would need to discontinue the application for a permanent residence visa. In some cases, ineligible sponsors might opt to not continue with the sponsorship. In this scenario, the Case Processing Centre (CPC) would need to close the electronic sponsorship records.
For more details, offices will need to refer to the:
- Section titled ‘The Guidelines for Assessing a Sponsor’s Eligibility’ that appears subsequently in this document i.e. section 13 of IP 2
- OP 2 for procedures pertaining to assessing applications for permanent resident visas
- The section titled ‘The Guidelines Concerning Discontinued Undertakings and the Refund of the Permanent Residence Application Fees’ i.e. section 5.39 of IP 2 and,
- The section titled ‘The Guidelines for the Withdrawal of the Undertaking and Cases Where No Refund of the Permanent Residence Application Fee Takes Place’ i.e. section 5.40 of IP 2
The Case Processing Centre (CPC) Activities Pertaining to Other Members of the Family Class
The Case Processing Centre in Mississauga (CPC-M) will need to assess the sponsorship application. Thereafter, it will need to provide a recommendation on the sponsor’s eligibility.
In case the officers find the sponsors eligible, the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga (CPC-M) will need to enter the sponsorship information and a positive recommendation in the processing system. Following this, it will need to transfer this information electronically to the appropriate visa office via Computer Assisted Immigration Processing System (CAIPS). When officers enter the recommendation, the activity will automatically generate instructions to Docupost for sending the family class application to the sponsor for forwarding onwards to the sponsored member of the family class.
In case the officers find the sponsors ineligible, the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga (CPC-M) will need to transfer the documentation to the visa office with a negative sponsorship recommendation. Alternatively, the officers could discontinue the application for a permanent resident visa if this is the sponsor’s stated preference. On occasions, ineligible sponsors might choose not to continue with the sponsorship. In this scenario, the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga (CPC-M) will need to close the electronic sponsorship record.
Situations could arise where officers need to forward a case to a visa office. In these situations, it is the responsibility of the sponsored person to send their application for permanent residence directly to the appropriate visa office, once they receive and complete it.
It is worth mentioning that other members of the family class have the ability to apply overseas. However, in some cases, there might be valid Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) reasons, which the officers might need to consider in these applications to Canada. For more details, officers would need to go through the provisions specified in IP 5.
The Case Processing Centre (CPC) Activities Pertaining to Adoptions, Children to be Adopted and Orphaned Relatives
Situations could arise where certain applications specify children that the sponsor still has to adopt or children still in the process of being adopted. In such cases, the recommendation process of the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga (CPC-M) will be the same as described for other family members. fv
Chapters
- What This Chapter is About
- The Program Objectives
- The Instruments and Delegations
- The Departmental Policy
- The Definitions
- The Roles and Responsibilities
- The Overview of the Case Processing Centre (CPC) Activities Pertaining to Sponsorship Applications
- The Procedures for Reviewing Sponsorship and Permanent Residence Applications for Spouses, Common-Law Partners, Conjugal Partners and Dependent Children
- The Guidelines for Reviewing Sponsorship Applications for Other Members of the Family Class
- The Procedures for Processing Sponsorship Applications by the Case Processing Centre in Vegreville (CPC-V) for Spouses or Common-Law Partners in Canada
- The Procedures for Handling a Discontinued or Withdrawn Undertaking
- The Guidelines for Assessing a Sponsor’s Eligibility
- The Guidelines for Assessing Bars to Sponsorship
- The Guidelines Pertaining to Undertakings
- The Guidelines Concerning the Sponsorship Agreement
- The Guidelines for Applying the Financial Test
- The Procedures for Processing Sponsorships Involving Adoptions
- The Guidelines for Referring Sponsorship Applications for Investigation to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)
- The Procedures in Case the Applicant is Not a Member of the Family Class
- The Guidelines for Assessing Additional Family Members
- The Procedures for Dealing with Changes in Circumstances
- The Guidelines for the Suspension of Processing
- The Guidelines for Applications from Sponsors in Quebec
- Appendix A – The Eligibility Check for the Sponsor and the Co-Signer
- Appendix B – The Sample Letter to the Provincial / Territorial Adoption Authority to Request for the Issuance of the No Objection / No Involvement Letter or Notification of Agreement
- Appendix C – The Sample of Sponsorship Approval Letter for Adoption Cases from the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga (CPC-M) to the Sponsor
- Appendix D – The List of Offences Under the Criminal Code that Could Equate to Offences of a Sexual Nature and Offences Concerning Violence Against a Family Member
- Appendix E – The Low Income Cut Offs (LICO) and the Quebec Income Scale – 2011