parent sponsorship – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com A Blog all about Canadian Immigration Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:48:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://www.akcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/favicon.jpg parent sponsorship – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com 32 32 Canada to Extend 35,700 Invitations to Apply under Parent/Grandparent Program https://www.akcanada.com/canada-to-extend-35700-invitations-to-apply-under-parent-grandparent-program/ Tue, 21 May 2024 21:35:11 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/?p=2970 Starting today, Tuesday, May 21, 2024, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will randomly invite potential sponsors who submitted an interest to sponsor form in 2020 to apply for the 2024 intake. IRCC intends to send 35,700 invitations over the course of approximately 2 weeks. Their stated goal is to accept up to 20,500 complete […]

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]]> Government Announcement Regarding 2020 Parent and Grandparent Sponsorships https://www.akcanada.com/government-announcement-regarding-2020-parent-and-grandparent-sponsorships/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:42:01 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1340 On December 30, 2019, the Government of Canada announced the postponement of the 2020 Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship Program until further notice to allow the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) sufficient time to complete the development of a new intake process for the program.  IRCC wants to develop an intake process which will ensure […]

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]]> Federal Government eliminates Family Reunification lottery; accepting 20,000 more Parent/Grandparent Sponsorship Applications https://www.akcanada.com/federal-government-eliminates-family-reunification-lottery-accepting-20000/ Mon, 20 Aug 2018 17:30:35 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1311 Today, Monday, August 20, 2018, the Government of Canada announced that it will be eliminating the lottery system for reuniting immigrant families and reverting back to a first-come, first-served system in 2019. The federal government announced it will admit up to 20,500 parents and grandparents under its reunification program in 2019, and 21,000 in 2020. […]

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]]> Parents/Grandparents Sponsorship Program to Reopen in New Year https://www.akcanada.com/parentsgrandparents-sponsorship-program-to-reopen-in-new-year/ Fri, 22 Dec 2017 18:01:25 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1296 In 2017, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) introduced a new process for application intake for sponsoring parents and grandparents. Now, potential sponsors must first notify IRCC that they are interested in sponsoring their parents and grandparents by submitting an “Interest to Sponsor” form. Using a random selection process, IRCC will then invite potential sponsors to apply to […]

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]]> Canada Immigration – Changes to Parent/Grandparent Sponsorships https://www.akcanada.com/changes-to-parentgrandparent-sponsorships/ Wed, 14 Dec 2016 15:02:41 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1275 Today, Wednesday, December 14, 2016, The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced changes to Parent and Grandparent Sponsorships that, in his opinion, “will improve access to the application process, given that the number of applications accepted for intake is limited”. Between January 3 and February 2, 2017, Canadian citizens […]

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]]> Ministerial Announcement Regarding Parent/Grandparent Sponsorships Deferred to December 14, 2016 https://www.akcanada.com/ministerial-announcement-regarding-parentgrandparent-sponsorships-deferred-to-december-14-2016/ Thu, 08 Dec 2016 18:34:59 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1272 The Ministerial announcement regarding Parent and Grandparent sponsorships, which was anticipated today, Thursday, December 8, 2016 has been deferred to Wednesday, December 14, 2016. As soon as it is made, the contents will be made available on this website.

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