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This application package includes:
Part 1: Sponsorship forms
&February 2016
&July 2016
&April 2012
&April 2015
&April 2008
&September 2015
Part 2: Immigration forms
&November&2015
&August&2014
&December&2012
&September&2013
&August 2013
&September 2015
Part 3: Information guides
Sponsored relatives must follow specific instructions depending on where they live. To find their region, use the list below.
Includes instructions:
Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia,
Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San
Marino, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
United Kingdom and Vatican City
Includes instructions for:
Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania,
Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia and Ukraine
Includes instructions for:
People’s Republic of China, Special Administrative Region of
Hong Kong and Special Administrative Region of Macau
Includes instructions for:
India, Bhutan and Nepal
Includes instructions for:
Philippines
Includes instructions for:
Australia, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Cook Islands, Federated
States of Micronesia, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia,
Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue,
Palau, Papua-New Guinea, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor-Leste,
Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Vietnam
Includes instructions for:
Bangladesh, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,
Maldives, Mongolia, Pakistan, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Taiwan
Includes instructions for:
Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama,
Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela
Includes instructions for:
Antigua and Barbuda,
Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada,
Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago
Includes instructions for:
United States of America, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Saint-Pierre
and Miquelon
Includes instructions for:
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan,
Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates,
Uzbekistan, West Bank and Gaza Strip, Yemen
Includes instructions for:
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon,
Verde, Chad, Central African Republic, Union of the Comoros,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory
Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali,
Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo,
Rwanda, Sao Tome & and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra
Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia,
Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Includes instructions for:
How to use this application package
Read the Instruction Guide to complete your application forms.
Use the Application to Sponsor, Sponsorship Agreement and Undertaking (IMM 1344) form and the Generic Application Form for Canada (IMM 0008). You can fill them out and save them using a computer. You will need Adobe Reader 10 or higher. You must also turn JavaScript on.
Filling out the forms on a computer is easier than filling them out by hand. It reduces the risk of mistakes that can slow down the application process.
Trouble downloading? Right-click the link and select &Save Target As&&
Fill out, validate, print, sign and date your application forms.
To make sure you submit all the pages of each form, follow these steps.
IMM 1344 and IMM 0008 form
Click the "Validate" button at the top or bottom of the form.
A last page with barcodes and a signature line will automatically be created.
Print, sign and date the form.
For best results:
print on white, bond-quality, non-glossy paper and
use a laser printer.
Place the barcode page on top of your package. If you have more than one package, place a separate barcode page on each one.
Other forms:
Use the Document Checklist to make sure that you include all the other forms and documents you need.
Pay the fees
You must include the fee with your application. .
Mail your completed application to the .
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What Is a Qualifying Relative?
A Qualifying Relative is a person who meets the IRS requirements to be your
for tax purposes. If someone is your Qualifying Relative, then you can claim them as a dependent on your tax return.
Despite the name, a Qualifying Relative does not necessarily have to be related to you.
Simply use the easy step by step tax educator tool below, and you will find out for sure who a qualifying relative is:
What Are the Qualifying Relative Requirements?
An individual must meet all 4 of these requirements in order to be considered your Qualifying Relative.
Not a Qualifying Child: The individual cannot be your Qualifying Child and cannot be someone else's Qualifying Child. They are a Qualifying Child if they meet all the requirements, whether or not they are claimed as a .
Relationship: The person must either have lived with you for the entire year as a member of the household (a person who is not actually related to you may meet the requirements in this way), or be related to you in one of the following ways: your child, stepchild, grandchild or other descendant of one of your children (or stepchildren or foster children), son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, stepsister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, parent, stepfather, stepmother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparent, and, if related by blood, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew. Remember that a child whom you legally adopted is always considered to be your child. Also note that, for the purposes of this requirement, divorce or death does not change any relationship which was established by
(e.g. son-in-law, daughter-in-law, etc.)
Gross Income: The person must have made less than $4,000 in gross income during 2015.
Support: You must have provided more than half of the individual's total support during the year.
Who Is My Qualifying Relative? Use this FREE Tool to Find out Now!
The tax tool below will help you determine whether or not someone is your Qualifying Relative. Read the question and simply answer with Yes or No and follow the next step until you get the answer you are looking for!
Qualifying Relative Special Cases
Temporary Absences
A person is still considered to be living with you during any period of time when either of you are temporarily away from home due to school, business, military service, medical care, or vacation.
If a Qualifying Relative is placed in a nursing home permanently or indefinitely, they are still considered to be away on a temporary absence.
Birth or Death
If someone died during the year, but lived with you as a member of your household for the rest of the year, they are considered to have lived with you for the entire year.
If a child was born during the year, but lived with you as a member of your household for the rest of the year, they are also considered to have lived with you all year.
In the case of either birth or death, any related hospital stay is considered a temporary absence.
Income Not Used for Support
Any income that someone receives but does not spend is not counted as part of their own support.
Multiple Support Agreement
If you and one or more other people together provide more than half of a person's support, and that person meets the requirements to be the Qualifying Relative of each of you, you can agree among yourselves who gets to claim the person as a Qualifying Relative. It can be anyone of you who provides more than 10% of the person's support, but only one person can get the exemption. Each of the other people providing support will need to sign a statement agreeing not to claim the exemption for the year. Whoever claims the exemption should keep the signed statements for their records.
If you claim the exemption under such a multiple support agreement, you should attach to your return .
Qualifying Relative Examples
Adult Child
Your son was 24 and single at the end of 2015. He was
and lived at home all year long. He is too old to be your Qualifying Child, but because his income was under $4,000 and you provided more than half of his support for the year, he is your Qualifying Relative and can be claimed as your dependent.
Your mother was retired and had no income all year. She lived on her own, but you provided more than half of her support for the year. She is your Qualifying Relative and you can claim her as a dependent.
Girlfriend or Boyfriend
Your girlfriend lived with you all year and her income was less than $4,000. Her parents provided some support for her, but you provided more than half of her support. She is 19 years old and is not a , so she is not her parents' Qualifying Child. She is your Qualifying Relative and you can claim her as a dependent.
Child of Girlfriend
Your girlfriend's 8-year old son, who is not your child, lived with you and your girlfriend all year. Your girlfriend had no income and you provided more than half of her son's support. He is your Qualifying Relative and you can claim him as a dependent.
In the past, you would not be able to claim your girlfriend's child as a Qualifying Relative because the child was considered to be the Qualifying Child of his or her mother, even if she did not claim the child as a dependent. But the IRS has revised its views and now allows the boyfriend with whom the mother and child live all year to claim the child as a dependent if the parent&s income is so low that she doesn&t .
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