Spouses: The spousal relationship must meet a two-prong test, in that it must be both genuine and not entered into primarily for the purpose of acquiring a benefit. 
Eligibility Requirements
• You are at least 18 years old
• You’re a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident
• You can prove that you are not receiving social assistance for reasons other than disability
• You can provide for basic needs of any persons you want to sponsor
• You must demonstrate clear intention to reside in Canada and live together once you sponsor 
• You must prove the relationship to your spouse if genuine and is not entered for the purposes of acquiring permanent residency
• A marriage that took place outside Canada must be legal in the country it took place and must also conform to Canadian law.

Common law partners are someone with whom a sponsor is cohabiting in a conjugal relationship for at least one year. It is important to establish by evidence that the sponsor and the common-law partner have been living together in one dwelling as a couple.

Someone residing outside Canada who has been in a conjugal relationship with the sponsor for at least one year is defined as a conjugal partner. Cohabitation is not a requirement for a conjugal partner relationship. The lack of cohabitation is usually the result of an immigration impediment.

Eligibility Requirements:
• You are at least 18 years old
• You’re a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident and must be living in Canada
• The sponsor must meet the income requirement for the last three years
• The sponsor must have enough money for supporting the parents/grandparents and must sign an undertaking to support the sponsored person for 20 years from the day they become a permanent resident 
• The sponsor must sign a mutual agreement with the sponsored person. The applicant has the opportunity to learn of the sponsor’s undertaking obligations when he signs his/her part of the form.

Dependent child means a biological child, or an adopted child of the parent, when the child is in the following situations of dependency:
• Is under age 22 and single; or
• Has been financially dependent on a parent since before age 22 and is unable to financially self-supporting due to a physical or mental disability.

Siblings including half and step siblings, nephews, nieces, and grandchildren, may also be admitted as sponsored relatives if they are orphaned, not a spouse or common law partner, and are under 18.