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Relatives of English-speaking immigrants in Quebec are becoming new permanent residents in increasingly greater numbers during the pandemic. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) data for Quebec reveal that in the first 10 months of 2021 Quebec welcomed 4,020 new English-speaking permanent residents to Canada under family sponsorship programs. That puts the francophone province on
Families were reunited with their loved ones in Canada through family sponsorship immigration programs in greater numbers in 2021 than during the previous year – but their numbers were still a bit lower than prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first 10 months of 2021, 62,245 new permanent residents arrived in Canada through family
Sponsoring a loved one to come to Canada under the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) is a lot cheaper this year since Ottawa has reduced the income the sponsors needed to have to only the bare minimum for last year. “Since many sponsors may have been affected financially by the COVID-19 pandemic, the income requirement
Canada has announced it will receive 30,000 new applications in 2021 for the Parents and Grandparents Program. That will bring to 40,000 the number of applications received this year, after the 10,000 delayed from 2020 due to COVID-19. A new round of Invitations to Apply will be sent out over two weeks from September 20,
Ottawa’s attempt to re-build its Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) this year by lowering the income needed by sponsors and increasing the number of invitations to apply comes in the wake of it being dealt a devastating blow during the COVID-19 pandemic. Back in 2015, the program was responsible for 15,490 new permanent residents to
Parents and grandparents of Canadian citizens or permanent residents can qualify for permanent residence through Canada’s Parents and Grandparents Program. Canada currently targets 23,500 new permanent residents per year through the program, according to the immigration levels plan announced in October 2020. More recently, Canada announced it would accept an extra 30,000 applications for the
Even at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada continued to welcome new permanent residents to its provinces and territories under the spousal sponsorship immigration program. In 2020, an impressive 36,130 newcomers became new permanent residents in Canada under these programs – and another 11,675 more arrived in the first quarter of 2021. Immigration Minister
The Philippines are one of the top three most important sources of new Canadian permanent residents who come through family sponsorship programs, reveals data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. In 2019, the last full year before the COVID-19 pandemic hit Canada, 8,875 Filipinos became new permanent residents of Canada under these programs. That’s more
Canada’s immigration department is targeting a return to one-year standard processing for spousal applications by hiring staff and increasing office space. In an announcement on Friday March 5, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) says additional resources will be aimed at the processing of overseas applications in the family class. “These added resources will help
Vaccines and new therapies to treat COVID-19 are already showing promise and will soon allow even more Indians to reunite with their loved ones and gain permanent residence in Canada as international travel restrictions loosen up. India is already the most important source of new permanent residents that come to Canada through family sponsorship programs,
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