If you are dealing with  family class applications, this article might be handy to prepare your legal arguments on the Submission letter. 

Here I have tried to put all the possible provisions related to family class (sponsorship) applications found in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR). The below sources are taken from www.canada.ca. Please check the latest rules, acts and regulations before you act upon as rules, acts and regulations are always changable for greater cause.   

Provision	Location
Sponsor does not meet requirements	A11(2)
Selection of members of family class	A12(1)
Right to sponsor a family member	A13(1)
Right to appeal family class refusal	A63(1)
Definition of common-law partner	R1(1)
Definition of family member	R1(3)
Definition of foreign national	A2(1)
Definition of dependent child	R2
Definition of minimum necessary income	R2
Definition of social assistance	R2
Bad faith, new relationship (relationship of convenience, dissolutions of convenience)	R4 and R4.1
Requirements of applications	R10
Sponsorship application	R10(4)
Multiple applications	R10(5)
Invalid sponsorship application	R10(6)
Submission of an application not made by electronic means	R11
Return of an application	R12
Definition of a member of the family class	R117(1)
Withdrawal of sponsorship application	R119
Approved sponsorship application	R120
Members of the Spouse or Common-law Partner in Canada (SCLPC)	R124
Exclusions from the SCLPC class	R125(1)
Withdrawal of SCLPC sponsorship	R126
Approved SCLPC sponsorship application	R127
Who may sponsor	R130(1)
Canadian citizen residing abroad who can sponsor	R130(2)
Undertaking	R131 and R132
Duration of undertaking	R132(1)
Duration of undertaking – Quebec sponsors	R132(2) and (3)
Sponsorship Agreement	R132(4)
Who can co-sign an undertaking	R132(5)
Sponsorship criteria and bars	R133
Income calculation rules	R134
Default of a sponsorship undertaking	R135
Suspension of a sponsorship application	R136
Undertaking, Province of Quebec	R137
Collection and disclosure of a sponsor’s/co-signer’s personal information	R137.1

Provision	Location
A spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner under 18 years of age	R5 R117(9)(a) R125(1)(a)
A spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner, if the sponsor previously submitted an undertaking for a spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner, and at least three years have not passed since that person became a permanent resident.	R117(9)(b) R125(1)(b) R132(1)
A spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner, if the sponsor is already married or in a common-law relationship (bigamous or polygamous relationship).	R117(9)(c) R125(1)(c)
A separated or former spouse or common-law partner or other non-accompanying family members who were not examined at the time of the sponsor’s application for permanent residence. For more information on excluded relationships, see Family class: Excluded relationships.	R117(9)(d) R117(10) R117(11) R125(1)(d) R125(2) R125(3) R4.1, R4, R5(b)(ii)

 

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Disclaimer: The above writing is not intended to be a source of legal advice. Please seek legal advice and use your own good judgement before choosing to act on any information provided above. If you choose to rely on this article, you do so entirely at your own accountability.