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Published Date: December 19, 2019
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04 Special Groups |
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Persons with Immigration Status |
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General Eligibility
Income Support, Training and Health Benefits (ISTHB) Regulation, sections 10, 13, 28, 75 and 77
POLICY
The following table is a summary of IS eligibility for the more common types of immigration status based on current Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) terminology and immigration conditions.
Immigrant Status |
Conditions for IS Eligibility |
Permanent Resident |
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Family Classes
(FC/Sponsored Immigrants FC1 Spouse FC2 Fiancé FC3 Son/Daughter FC4 Parents and grandparents FC5 Orphaned brother/sister/nephew/ niece/grandchild FC6 Child to be adopted FC7 Other relative FC9 Child adopted by a Canadian Citizen or permanent resident FCC Common-law partner (same or opposite sex) FCH Member of the family class but the person was permitted forward for reasons of humanitarian or for public policy reasons |
Sponsors must sign a Sponsorship Undertaking to be financially responsible for the sponsored immigrant and their dependents for the duration of the sponsorship.
The circumstances under which a sponsored immigrant may be eligible for IS.
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Economic Classes |
Immigrants who are in economic classes may be eligible for IS providing they meet all eligibility criteria; however, the reason they were eligible to immigrate to Canada was that they had sufficient funds to be self-supporting in Canada (therefore their finances would have been thoroughly reviewed). |
Temporary Resident |
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Foreign Workers |
Not eligible for IS |
Foreign (International) Students |
Not eligible for IS |
Visitors/tourist |
Not eligible for IS, including children |
Temporary Resident Permit Holders (formerly Minister’s Permit) |
Not eligible for IS Exception: individuals approved by the Alberta Government, and those individuals who have been recognized as Victims of Human Trafficking by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). |
Other |
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Immigrant Children/ |
When one parent meets IS eligibility criteria, dependent children are eligible for IS. |
Persons in Canada Illegally |
Not eligible for IS |
Family Class (Sponsored Immigrants)
Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada may undertake to sponsor a family member under the Family Class status of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). The period of sponsorship varies depending on the relationship with the sponsor and the age of the sponsored person. Undertakings begin upon the person's entry into Canada and continue from the date the person became a permanent resident until the duration listed in the Sponsorship Undertaking has ended.
IRCC determines the ability of a sponsor to provide for the basic needs of a family member based on criteria contained in the IRPA (and its Regulation), including whether the sponsor and co-signer (if applicable) are in default of any previous sponsorship or are in debt to IRCC.
Temporary Resident
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