Yes an immigrant can sponsor anyone. Yes even a foreigner can sponsor someone so long he/she is living legally in Canada. How?? IndirectlyThe most common method being..the maid. After 2 years, she can apply for PR and if accepted , her hubby and children also qualify for PR. The foreigner is the high income expat worker. Canadians do not call them maid but rather caregiver. For more info pls goto CIC website. Acceptance rate is around 50%
Source... www.thestar.com type in nannygate and read the article by Thomas Walkon(The real Moral of Nannygate) Is there any truth to anyone can sponsor anyone??
Check other websites and they are also not quite the same as CIC.
As for the who can sponsor and who cannot be sponsor, my advise is learn to think out of the box.Indians, PRCs and increasingly Pinoys/pinays will try to beat the system whereas you, an Honest Joe says see the official website says this and is written in black and white. How to beat the system?? Hint...lying is illegal and wrong ...only when caught.
Do you know what your saying, "anyone can sponsor anyone". So does that mean an immigrant can sponsor someone, or a visitor can sponsor someone, let alone, maybe just even a foreigner can sponsor someone. Where do you get this idea from?
I see from your website soscanada, its not exactly the same as CIC (the official canada immigration website) not some unofficial one. I can't seem to find where it says "ANYONE CAN SPONSOR ANYONE".
According to the CIC, this website, this is posted:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/index.aspCitizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) knows it is important to help families who come from other countries to reunite in Canada. If you are a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada, you can
sponsor your spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner, dependent child (including adopted child) or other eligible relative (such as a parent or grandparent) to become a permanent resident.
CIC refers to the immigrants who are eligible to use this family sponsoring process as the Family Class.
If you become a permanent resident, you can live, study and work in Canada. For more information about being a permanent resident in Canada, see the Related Links section at the bottom of this page.
When you arrive in Canada as a permanent resident, you must make every reasonable effort to provide for your own essential needs and those of your family.
If you sponsor a relative to come to Canada as a permanent resident, you are responsible for supporting your relative financially when he or she arrives. As a sponsor, you must make sure your spouse or relative does not need to seek financial assistance from the government.
The process to sponsor your family begins when you, as a citizen or permanent resident in Canada, apply to be a sponsor.
There are two different processes for sponsoring your family. One process is used for sponsoring your spouse, conjugal or common-law partner and/or dependent children. Another process is used to sponsor other eligible relatives.
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Also here is another link from the CIC which is about Who can sponsor and who cannot, maybe I'm wrong but the website certainly posts there are restrictions
, NOT ANYONE CAN SPONSOR ANYONE. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/spo...who.asp#who_canTo sponsor any other eligible relatives (for example, parents and grandparents), you must be living in Canada.
Who can be sponsored
You can sponsor:parents
grandparents
brothers or sisters, nephews or nieces, granddaughters or grandsons who are orphaned, under 18 years of age and not married or in a common-law relationship
another relative of any age or relationship if none of the above relatives could be sponsored, and you have no other relatives who are Canadian citizens, persons registered as Indians under the Indian Act or permanent residents and
accompanying relatives of the above (for example, spouse, partner and dependent children).
Who cannot be sponsoredOther relatives, such as brothers and sisters over 18, or adult independent children cannot be sponsored. However, if they apply to immigrate under the Skilled Worker Class, they may get extra points for adaptability for having a relative in Canada.