In regards to applications to Sponsor Members of the Family Class: Select one: the ability to meet the minimum income requirement is mandatory, unless the sponsor is sponsoring a spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner or a dependent child where the child has dependent children of their own. the ability to meet the minimum income requirement is mandatory, unless the sponsor is sponsoring a spouse, common-law partner, or conjugal partner with no dependent children the ability to meet the minimum income requirement is mandatory, unless the sponsor is sponsoring a spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner or a dependent child where the child has no dependent children of their own. the ability to meet the minimum income requirement is mandatory, unless the sponsor is sponsoring his parents, grandparents or a dependent child where the child has no dependent children of their own