Permanent residence for extended family of former Afghan interpreters: 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

To be eligible for this temporary public policy, you must meet the following requirements:

• you’re an Afghan national
• you’re outside of Canada
• you were in Afghanistan on or after July 22, 2021 (you don’t need to currently be in Afghanistan or return to Afghanistan to be eligible)
• your Afghan family member (the former interpreter)
  • worked for the Government of Canada or the Canadian Armed Forces and
  • immigrated to Canada under the 2009 or 2012 public policies:
    • Special immigration measures for local staff in Kandahar who support Canada’s mission in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan as of October 9^th, 2009
    • Temporary public policy concerning certain local staff who provided direct support to the Canadian mission in Kandahar as of February 2012
• you provided a complete and signed statutory declaration from your Afghan family member who immigrated to Canada under the 2009 or 2012 public policies
• you’re one of the following family members to the former Afghan interpreter:
  • their child (your age doesn’t matter)
  • their grandchild
  • their parent or grandparent
  • their sibling (brother or sister, including half-brothers and half-sisters)
  • their sibling-in-law (brother-in-law or sister-in-law) if
    • the former Afghan interpreter’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
• you and any family members coming with you have
  • 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

Family members you can bring with you to Canada

You can bring the following family members with you to Canada:

• your spouse or common-law partner
• your dependent child
  • who is under the age of 22 and does not have a spouse or partner or
  • who is 22 years old or over and meets both of the following requirements:
    • has depended on you for financial support since before the age of 22
    • is unable to 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. If you don’t, they won’t be able to come with you.

Being admissible to Canada

You and your family members must be admissible to Canada to be approved for permanent residence. Make sure you know how you could be inadmissible to Canada.

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