PARENTS-GRAND PARENTS APPLICATION - CHANGES

August 20, 2018 – Surrey, BC

Government of Canada will accept up to 20 000 applications for the sponsorship of parents and grandparents, in 2019. This is 4 times the number of applications accepted when the program reopened in 2014, when the cap was set at 5000 applications.

n 2019, as in previous years, the Interest to Sponsor form will be available online, at the beginning of the year, so eligible potential sponsors can let IRCC know they wish to sponsor their parents and grandparents to come to Canada. However, instead of randomly selecting the sponsors to apply, we will invite them to submit an application to sponsor their parents and grandparents based on the order in which we receive their Interest to Sponsor forms. This process will continue until we reach the 2019 cap of 20 000 complete applications.

Quick facts

• IRCC will accept for processing 17 000 applications for sponsorship of parents and grandparents, in 2018, and 20 000 applications, in 2019.

• The number of parents and grandparents to be admitted to Canada in the coming years are as follows:

  • In 2018, the government plans to admit 20 000 parents and grandparents in its immigration levels plan.
  • Parents and grandparents admission levels will increase to 20 500, in 2019, and 21 000, in 2020.