A sponsor is in default if the previously sponsored relative has received any welfare or social assistance, and while the undertaking is in force adequate arrangements have not been made for repayment with either the municipal, provincial or federal government. This office is responsible for the processing of all family class sponsorship applications where the sponsored relative resides outside of Canada. The Case Processing Center's current published time standard for processing sponsorships is 42 days from the date of mailing. Generally, sponsors will receive a decision within 8 weeks after the application is mailed. If the sponsorship is approved, the government will automatically assume that the sponsored immigrant will apply for permanent residency at the nearest Canadian visa office in which the immigrant resides.
Immigrants can apply to any Canadian visa office in the world.
Therefore if the immigrant chooses to apply in an office other than the automatically designated one, the sponsor must notify the Case Processing Center in writing to forward the approved sponsorship to the specified visa post. Second, once the visa office receives the approved sponsorship, it will forward an application for Canadian permanent residency to the sponsored immigrant. As this may take several months, we generally submit the application for Canadian permanent residency to the visa office as soon as the sponsor is notified that the sponsorship has been approved. Once the sponsored immigrant submits their application for Canadian permanent residency, the visa officer will determine whether or not the applicant is criminally or medically inadmissible. The applicant will also be required to submit proof of the family relationship.