According to the immigration strategy in 2022-2023 which is designed and planned by the IRCC ( Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada) which is expecting almost 23,500 newcomers will be invited through Parents And Grandparents sponsorship in 2022. Before the outburst of the coronavirus pandemic, the IRCC has revealed complete information regarding their new PGP plans. Immigration Refugees, Citizenship Canada has released the updates and organized PGP draws in 2020 and 2021 during the coronavirus pandemic. There is not any definite information on when IRCC (Immigration, Refugees, Citizenship Canada) will start the PGP in 2022 and what be it’s format. IRCC has introduced a lottery or draws system in previous years to select sponsors on the basis of EOI (expressions of interest) among the applications received on the website of Immigration, Refugees, Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
Before the coronavirus pandemic, IRCC (Immigration, Refugees, Citizenship Canada) tried to administer the PGP to consider the demand and numbers to sponsor the parents and grandparents with available seats of PGP. In this process, IRCC received around 200,000 EOI in the year 2020- 2021. The immigration officials have now decided to introduce almost 40,000 applications for PGP in the year 2020- 2021. The IRCC (Immigration Refugees Citizenship Canada) has declared the processing time for PGP applications. It can take 20 to 24 months as the processing time.
Eligibility To Sponsor Parents And Grandparents
If you want to sponsor your parents and grandparents to make them permanent citizens of Canada then you have to complete the following eligibility criteria:
- You must have sufficient financial sources to support your parents’ grandparents and your dependents.
- You have to make sure that they will not require any kind of social assistance from the Canadian government.
- Your parents and grandparents must be Eligible to get Sponsorship in Canada.
You can sponsor your parents and grandparents if you can able to meet the following norms:
- Your age should be at least 18 years old or above.
- You are already a resident of the nation and have permanent residency status.
- You must have citizenship of the nation or be listed as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act in Canada.
- You must require sufficient Financial sources to support your parents and grandparents. You want to be a sponsor. You would need submission of the proof for having sufficient funds.
Who To Sponsor
You can sponsor your parents and grandparents because of having blood relations. You can plan to sponsor your parents if they are divorced. If your siblings and cousins are eligible to get your sponsorship then you can sponsor them. You can sponsor your dependent children by including them in your sponsorship application.
If you decide to sponsor more candidates then you should provide proof of your income and funds to show that you can support all your relatives after their arrival in Canada.
The person whom you are willing to sponsor also requires you to complete certain eligibility criteria such as:
- Your valid passport
- All important documents with complete information regarding their stay in a certain country.
They must submit all important documents with their application:
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- They required your complete medical examination certificates
- They require police certificates to prove that they didn’t have any criminal background
- Their biometrics.
