In order to be a Manitoba Supporter, an individual must be:
Able to provide documents proving that he or she has been living in Manitoba continuously for a minimum of one year;
A Canadian citizen or permanent resident;
Able to demonstrate sufficiently close ties to the applicant and the province;
For close relatives, both the applicant and the supporter must provide documents proving their familial relationship.
Close relatives are considered to be those related to the applicant (or the applicant’s spouse) in one of the following ways:
Sister or brother,
Niece or nephew,
Aunt or uncle,
First cousin,
Mother or father,
Grandmother or grandfather.
Able to demonstrate that any applications they previously supported resulted in successful, permanent economic establishment in Manitoba;
Able to support the applicant’s Settlement Plan.
