Document #1201841
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
An officer of the Catherine Street branch
of Immigration Canada in Ottawa provided the following public
information during a telephone interview on 24 January 1996.
A Canadian citizen or landed immigrant can
sponsor his/her parents and their dependents under the family class
category. In this context, "dependent" means children who are under
the age of 19, or if they are over that age, are full-time students
and therefore dependent on their parents.
The brothers and sisters of a Canadian
citizen or a landed immigrant can be sponsored under the family
class category if they are under the age of 19 and were never
married and/or orphaned. Those who do not meet these requirements
and wish to immigrate to Canada cannot be sponsored; they are
required to apply as independent immigrants.
For additional information on the Canadian
immigration regulations, please consult the Immigration Act of
Canada, which is available in Regional Documentation Centres.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
Immigration Canada, Catherine Street
branch, Ottawa. 24 January 1996. Telephone interview with
officer.