Individual applications
If you’re applying by yourself and no one will come with you to Canada, you’re the principal applicant.
Family applications
When a family applies together, one member must be the main or principal applicant.
For example, if you’re applying for a work permit and you’ll bring your spouse and child with you, you’re the principal applicant.
Immediate family members are the closest relatives to the principal applicant.
They are the principal applicant’s
- spouse or common-law partner
- dependent children
- dependent children of their dependent children (grandchildren)
