Canadian Family Regroup Visas

The importance of anyone seeking to immigrate to the USA or Canada contracting an immigration law firm cannot be over-emphasized. This is even compounded if they are dealing with a family regroupment visa. People do not realize and understand how complicated and confusing that process can be. A simple mistake which is very easy to make can and will result in rejection of the application.

Canadian Family Regroupment Type Of Visa

In Canada, the visa known as the family regroupment type is also identified as Family Class visa. The great advantage offered by this visa is there no employment restrictions imposed by it. This is the direct opposite of the work visa which restricts the person involved to one employer only. To obtain the Family Class visa, the party involved must have a relation that is either a permanent resident or a Canadian citizen. That individual will then serve as the sponsor required by the application process.

These are the requirements of the sponsor relationship:

1. Conjugal partner, common-law partner or spouse.
2. Grandparent or parent
3. Dependent child
4. Niece, nephew, sister, brother or under 18 year old unmarried or orphaned grandchild who also cannot be involved with any common-law interest or relationship.
5. Child under 18 that one intends to adopt

With a sponsor the following two necessities for the Family Class visa which are basic come into play.

1. A medical examination must be successfully passed. Here it is of great value to have immigration lawyers counsel explaining the criteria involved which is tied in with the sponsor and what the relationship with them is.
2. One's police record in the country they are coming from has to be clean and the same applies for any and all other countries they have lived six months or longer after their eighteenth birthday.

USA Family Regroupment Visas

Members of the family of either permanent residents or US citizens are able to use those connections to obtain a Green Card for themselves. Here are some of the advantages that come with that card:

1. No restrictions where one can live in the USA.
2. One can accept employment without an employment authorization being necessary.
3. One can work in any capacity for anyone.
4. One is able to sponsor other relatives Green Card applications.
5. After five years one can qualify to become a citizen of the United States.

The sponsor one has to be able to immigrate into the US must meet this criteria:

1. They have to prove they are a permanent resident or citizen of the USA.
2. They have the ability to support the person they are sponsoring at one hundred twenty five percent of the poverty line that is mandated.
3a. Should they be a citizen of the United States the person involved must be either a parent, sister, brother, married daughter or son any age, unmarried daughter or son not yet 21 years old, wife or husband.
3b. Should they be a permanent resident of the USA the individual involved must be either an unmarried child, wife or husband.

The bottom line is that these are complicated issues and best left to immigration attorneys to successfully handle. They will be able to provide the guidance and expertise one needs to smoothly navigate through the process.