If you are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident and are at least 18 years old, you may, subject to certain conditions, sponsor your spouse or members of your immediate family for permanent residence in Canada.
If a sponsorship application is filed for a Member of the Family Class and is processed outside Canada, the sponsor has a Right of Appeal to the Immigration Appeal Division if the permanent residence application is refused.
The Immigration Appeal Division will hear the Appeal, unless they find that the applicant is excluded from the Family Class e.g. because the applicant was omitted from a previous application by the sponsor for permanent residence when they were required to be 'examined' by Citizenship and Immigration Canada, or in instances where there is 'serious criminality' on the part of the applicant.
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