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Not Just You - Bring Your Family to Canada While You Study

Students are setting their eyes on Canada to pursue their International academics. Canada is the homeland for top institutions with a wide range of a multicultural society and promising post-graduation opportunities. Canada is ready to welcome 3,50,000 study permit visa holders in 2025. What if you can take your loved one along with you until your study permit for strong moral support. Canada gives the invitation to travel along with your loved ones to their land throughout your academic venture.

Travelling with your family while studying in Canada land not only gives you a sense of emotional support, but also allows your spouse or family can also enjoy a quality of life in Canada. Availing a visa itself is a difficult task, bringing the family along with requires a complex process to obtain the visa for them. 

This is where the expert guidance comes to rescue you from the confusing situation and provides you with the proper guidance to travel with your loved ones. Croyez Immigration provides unwavering support and guidance to bring your dream to reality.

Why Study in Canada with Your Family?

Canada allows you to pursue a global education. The country welcomes the students and also their families together, encouraging the joint family nurture and providing a fulfilling experience by eliminating the stress.

Listed below are the reasons to choose Canada to travel with your family.

Benefits for Students:

• Globally Ranked Universities: Top Universities like the University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia, and McGill University are situated in Canada, which have the top rankings all the time. 
• Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP):  After completing the study with the valid study permit, one is eligible to apply for post-graduation work permit for up to 3 years.
• Pathways to Permanent Residency:  The Qualified Graduates can apply for PR through Express Entry and Provincial Nominee Programs.

Family Benefits:

• Spouses: They are eligible to apply for an Open Work Permit and take full-time work in Canada. 
• Dependent Children: Those under the age of 19 are facilitated to attend public school, and Canada also provides free education for them. 
• The Student, along with their families, travelled through a Temporary Resident visa to enjoy the perks of universal healthcare, a land of low crime rates and can dive into the multicultural environment. Families can enjoy Canada’s universal healthcare, low crime rates, and vibrant multicultural environment.

The year of 2024 was the year of opportunities, as Canada welcomed 80,000 family class immigrants, for which the number will go higher in 2025 as planned by the Canadian Immigration. The main aim of Canada’s policy is to support family reunification.

Study Permit + Family: Canada promises you.

Canada Student visa family application allows any one of the family members to accompany you who is falling under the eligibility criteria. 

Eligible Family Members:
Spouse: You must have a legal marital relationship with the person or must have lived together for 12 months. 
Dependent Children: You can take your children along with you, who are under the age of 22. They can be biological or adopted, but should be unmarried.

Bringing Family, and the loved ones to  join with you from the start, or they can apply during the middle of your study. Parents, siblings and other relatives are not considered dependents under the student visa category.
Canada immigration policies allow same sex partners or common-law partners to accompany them as they protect their lives, also under the 2025 goals. 

Visa Routes to Bring Your Family with You to Canada

The visa options differ with the role and purpose of the person accompanying you during your study:

For Spouse or Common-Law Partner:

Open Work Permit: They can undertake any work in Canada to support their partner during their study, their visa is valid until the study permit period of their partner.
Visitor Visa: If the spouse or the partner does not wish to stay or wants to have a visit occasionally, the visa is estimated for up to 6 months.

For Dependent Children:

Study Permit: The child is eligible to apply for this visa and undertake the education.This is for the Grade of 1 to 12 who are staying for more than 6 months.

Visitor Visa: Younger Children to get enrolled or stay only for a temporary period.

The visa for the family members can be applied for at the same time as the study permit or afterwards in the middle of the permit. The Study Direct Stream for students processed over 50% of student applications in 2024, especially for countries like India.

Family Visa Basics: What You Need to Qualify

The applicants applying for a Canada family visa for students must meet some of the requirements listed below: 

Valid Study Permit: The student or the primary applicant must have enrolled in a Designated Learning Institution(DLI).

Proof of Relationship:

• Marital documents or affidavits for the partner or spouses.
• Cohabitation documents for common-law partners (joint leases, bills, photos).
• Birth certificates of the children.

Financial Support:

• Documentation leading to sufficient funds to support the travel of the student and the accompanying member.
• The minimum financial requirement for a student is CAD 20,635, and the additional funds for the family members. 

Medical Exams and Police Clearances:

• The basic requirement for the accompanying member varies with the duration of their stay.

Completed Application Forms:

• IMM 1294 - Work Permit
• IMM 5707 - Family Information
• Other documentation based on visa requirements

Proper and a complete documentation is essential as the visa application rejection rates are increasing due to the changes with the immigration regulation and strict policy.

Your Step-by-Step Family Visa Guide

Listed are the steps to guide the family visa application:
Step 1: Get the study permit
Apply in the IRCC Online portal or through an SDS Program, which is specifically for countries like India, China, Philippines.
Step 2: Documentation
Proof of relationship, proof of fund and financial documents/affidavits, passports, medical clearance certificate and police clearance certificate to show no criminal records. 
Step 3: Applications for Family members
Apply in the IRCC Portal or VFS Global. This one is specifically recommended for the Indian Applicants.
Step 4: Clear Application Fees

• CAD 155 for work permits
• CAD 150 for study permits
• Biometrics: CAD 85 per person (as applicable)

Step 5: Wait for the Visa Process to know the status

• Work permit: 2–8 weeks
• Visitor visa: 4–12 weeks
• SDS applications: Faster processing (often within 20 days)

Croyez Immigration will assist you in each and every step without putting pressure, making it a smooth journey for the applicants.

Don’t Stress the Process: Let Croyez Handle the Tough Parts

Students and their families face these challenges during the application process and with the Information about bringing family members to Canada.

• Providing Financial Support with 2025’s increased thresholds.
• Cohabitation Proof for common-law partners, when they have shared their life above 12 months. 
• Application Delays due to insufficient documents or IRCC backlogs 

Expert Guidance, Real Results:  Croyez Immigration Gets It Done

• Customised Financial Planning for individual applicants to show valid and adequate proof of funds.
• Guided Documentation: Affidavits and checklists, and supporting documents for the relationship are properly taken into care 
• Application Review: A Highly Professional and experienced team checks the application to prevent errors and visa refusals

Sharing with you a Success Story of an Indian student from Chennai who got approved after 8 weeks of applying. He brought his wife and Canada along with him to Canada. All the process and efforts made by the Croyez experts and support with fast fast-tracked SDS process.

Why Families Trust Croyez: Your Partner for Canadian Immigration

Croyez Immgiration gives end-to-end guidance to all the visa applicants for the families in India, their guidance includes:
Specialised Expertise: Canadian student visas and dependent visas that include family work visa and visitor visa  under SDS and non-SDS categories 
Transparent process:  With free consultations and tailored financial guidance, all the fees and services are transparent.
End-to-End Support: Providing end-to-end support from the initial process of application till the post-arrival guidance.
Personalised Service: Have the branches in Coimbatore, Chennai and other major cities across India to provide their personalised support for the locals.
Proven Success Rate: Have the highest track record with many happy students and families living across Canada with the Croyez Guidance. 

Conclusion

It is a Golden opportunity for the International students to bring your family together with you to Canada during your study. With a valid study permit, relationship documentation and the proper financial support, one a start a fresh life in Canada one of the beautiful and welcoming countries in the world. This is the perfect time to appropriate decision as the Canada’s 2025 objective focus on family reunification.
The benefits of being with your family and having their emotional support throughout the study journey is truly a blessing.
Croyez Immigration is trusted by many students to embark their journey in the new land.