The Parent and Grandparent Program (PGP) allows Canadian citizens and permanent residents to sponsor their parents and grandparents to become permanent residents in Canada.
This immigration pathway was introduced to unite Canadian families with their loved ones. Moreover, there is also another program known as Super Visa Program that allows Canadian citizens to reunite with their families.
Under the Parent and Grandparent Program (PGP), the federal government immigration levels set specific entry targets. An intake of 23,500 new applicants will be accommodated into the country, where they will be awarded permanent residence in Canada.
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Parent and Grandparent Sponsorship
In the previous years, the Parent and Grandparent Program (PGP) introduced a lottery system. In this system of selection, the random candidates were selected in a draw. In 2019, the system was reverted back, and first, come and serve bases were introduced.
To apply under this program of 2019, the applicants had to submit their application, commonly referred to as the Interest to Sponsor form, to the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
Moreover, if you had submitted an interest to sponsor form in 2020, your sponsor application was accepted, and you were invited to apply for the 2021 intake. You are allowed to sponsor your parents and grandparents to Canada. After receiving an invitation to apply, there is two application that is submitted under this program. These two applications are:
- Sponsorship application
- Permanent residence application
When both applications are approved, then you are required to sign an agreement.
- Parent and Grandparent Sponsorship Requirements
The applicants become eligible to sponsor their parents and grandparents to Canada when they are permanent residents or citizens of Canada. Moreover, other conditions include the applicant to be:
- The applicants must be invited to apply
- Must be at least 18 years old or above
- Lives in Canada
- Permanent Resident or Canadian Citizen or registered under the Canadian Indian Act
- Canadian citizens living outside the country must need to show that they intend to live in Canada; when they want to sponsor
- The applicants cannot sponsor someone living outside Canada
- Financially stable to bear the expenses of the family for the next three years
- Not receiving any assistance from the government
- Intend to live in Canada or return back
In addition to these, the sponsors must have a Minimum Necessary Income (MNI) according to their family size. Moreover, they should also provide Canada Revenue Agency an issue notice of assessment as proof for MNI.
The sponsor must also sign an agreement acknowledging their commitment to repay the social assistance benefits granted to them and their family members over a 20-year period.
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Sponsors from Quebec
The sponsor living in Quebec must meet Quebec’s immigration sponsorship requirements as they are approved as a sponsor.
Quebec’s ministry of immigration also assesses your income. Along with those constraints, you must sign an undertaking with the Quebec province. The duration for that undertaking is ten years for this province.
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Who you can sponsor?
With this stream, you can sponsor your biological parents and grandparents as well as those related to adoption. In the case of divorced parents, you will need to submit separate applications for divorced parents or grandparents. Moreover, you can also add your sibling, half-siblings, or step-siblings only if they meet the criteria as dependent children.
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