Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says it will scrap its controversial randomized selection process for its Parents and Grandparents Program in 2019 and revert to a first-come, first-served approach to inviting interested sponsors to apply.
The move was announced August 20 in a news release that also said Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (IRCC) will accept up to 20,000 new sponsorship applications next year through the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP).
Who has the right?
To be eligible to sponsor parents and grandparents, applicants must:
Be over 18 years of age; and
Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
If you sponsor your parents and grandparents to come to Canada as a permanent resident, you should:
To support this person and their dependents financially
Observe the minimum required level of income for this program
Sponsors also need to demonstrate that they had the required level of income for three consecutive years. If you are married, the income of both persons can be included;
The sponsor and the sponsored relative must sign a sponsorship agreement that requires the sponsor to provide financial support to the sponsored person for up to 20 years.
