Canada Delays Opening Of Parents and Grandparents Program, Blaming Coronavirus

Canada Delays Opening Of Parents and Grandparents Program, Blaming Coronavirus
2020-03-28 – Canada has delayed the opening of the 2020 Parents and Grandparents Program as it focuses on the response to the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement issued on Friday, March 27, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said it had expected to launch the call for expressions of interest ‘in the coming weeks’. “Given
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Canada Delays Parents and Grandparents Program With New Intake Process Under Development

Canada Delays Parents and Grandparents Program With New Intake Process Under Development
2019-12-31 – Canada’s federal government has delayed the opening of the intake process for the 2020 Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP). Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) says the delay is to allow more time for a new intake process to be developed. Previously, the process was due to open on January 1, 2020. Now
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Parents and Grandparents Program: 2020 Intake Details Expected Soon

Parents and Grandparents Program: 2020 Intake Details Expected Soon
2019-12-16 – Details of the intake process for Canada’s Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) in 2020 will soon be available, according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). The PGP continues to be very popular, with a high demand for sponsorship from Canadian citizens and permanent residents, according to the latest government reportings. Read More
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Parents and Grandparents Program Application Deadline Approaching Fast

Canadian Employers Told to Get Labour Market Impact Assessment Requests in Early
Jun 26, 2019 – Sponsors who received invitations to apply for Canada’s Parents and Grandparents Program have until Friday June 28, 2019 to submit their applications. The program allows Canadian citizens and permanent residents to sponsor their parents and grandparents to come to Canada permanently. A renewed application process for 2019 was highly controversial, involving
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Ottawa Settles Lawsuits By Awarding 70 Parents and Grandparents Program Places: Report

Canadian Employers Told to Get Labour Market Impact Assessment Requests in Early
May 30, 2019 – Canada’s federal government awarded 70 places under the Parents and Grandparents Program to settle two lawsuits that said the online application system was unfair, a report says. The settlement made in secret saw members of the lawsuits allowed to sponsor their parents and/or grandparents to immigrate to Canada, according to a
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Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship Program: Application Deadline Approaching Fast

Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship Program: Application Deadline Approaching Fast
September 13, 2018 – The October 5 deadline is fast approaching for completed applications to be submitted under Canada’s Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship Program. Following the second draw of 2018, which took place in August, sponsors who received an Invitation to Apply were given 90 days to apply to the federal government. Anyone missing the
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Canada To Accept 20,000 Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship Applications in 2019 Under First Apply Immigration System

Canada To End Controversial Parents and Grandparents Lottery System
August 21, 2018 – Canada will end the controversial lottery system for selecting candidates under the Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship Program in 2019. From next year, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will issue invitations to apply based on the order in which online interest to sponsor forms are submitted. Invitations will continue to be issued
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Canada Announces Second Lottery Draw For Parents and Grandparents Program

Canada To End Controversial Parents and Grandparents Lottery System
July 30, 2018 – Canada will conduct a new lottery draw for the Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship Program, starting Tuesday, July 31. The second draw of 2018 will be from the same sponsors who entered the lottery in January, when a 30-day window was opened. Those who are drawn at random from the list will
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Stinging Criticism of Canada’s Parent and Grandparent Program

The 9-Month Review: Canada Express Entry Sees Busiest Quarter Of 2018 With 22,800 ITAs Issued
June 11, 2018 – Experts have launched the most stinging criticism yet of Canada’s Parent and Grandparent Program lottery system. Statisticians say qualified candidates could sit in the lottery pool for a decade and never get selected.  Meanwhile, other candidates who do not qualify for the program get selected, but see their applications fail after
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Canada To Reopen Parents and Grandparents Lottery With Tweaked Process

Parent and Grandparent Sponsorship
December 22, 2017 – Canada immigration authorities announced a new lottery system for selecting candidates under the Parents and Grandparents Program, as it reopens on January 2, 2018. More questions have been added to the ‘Interest to Sponsor’ form to try and ensure only those eligible to sponsor their parents and grandparents enter the lottery.
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