Permanent residence for extended family of former language and cultural advisors: Who can apply

On this page:

• Who is eligible for this public policy
• Family members you can bring with you to Canada
• Being admissible to Canada

Who is eligible for this public policy

You can apply to come to Canada if you’re an eligible extended family member of a former language and cultural advisor (LCA) living in Canada.

The former LCA must:

• have worked for the Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND) in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2021
• provide information about their employment
  • We’ll confirm employment records with DND.
  • Employment must be confirmed by DND for your application to be further considered
• have been a Canadian citizen or permanent resident when they worked for DND in Afghanistan
• be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident currently living in Canada
• provide you with a signed statutory declaration form confirming
  • their relationship to you
  • that they currently live in Canada

To be eligible to apply, you must

• be an Afghan national
• be outside Canada when you apply
• have been in Afghanistan on or after July 22, 2021 (you don’t need to currently be in Afghanistan or return there to be eligible)
• have a family member (the former LCA) who
  • worked for Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND) in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2021 and
  • is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who lives in Canada
• be one of these extended family members to the former LCA:
  • their child (your age doesn’t matter)
  • their grandchild
  • their parent or grandparent
  • their sibling (brother or sister)
  • their sibling-in-law (brother-in-law or sister-in-law) if
    • the former LCA’s sibling is missing and presumed dead, or deceased, and
    • you were married or in a common-law relationship with the sibling when they disappeared or died, and
    • you don’t have another spouse or common-law partner
• have (along with any family members coming with you)
  • a valid passport or travel document or
  • a valid identity document or statutory declaration (as described under sections 178(1) and 178(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations), if you don’t have a passport or travel document
• apply using this application package, which includes
  • a statutory declaration from the former LCA to confirm their relationship to you
  • a statutory declaration that the former LCA lives in Canada

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Family members you can bring with you to Canada

You can bring these family members with you to Canada

• your spouse or common-law partner
• your dependent child who is
  • under 22 and doesn’t have a spouse or partner or
  • 22 or over and
    • has depended on you for financial support since before they were 22
    • can’t support themselves financially because of a mental or physical condition
• your grandchild (dependent child of your, or your spouse or partner’s dependent child)

You must include these family members in your application, even if they won’t come to Canada with you. If you don’t, they won’t be able to come with you now or later.

Being admissible to Canada

You and your family members must be admissible to Canada for your application to be approved. Find out what could make you inadmissible to Canada.

Under this public policy

• your family members who aren’t coming with you to Canada don’t need to get medical exams
• you won’t be inadmissible for financial reasons

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