What is the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP)?

Credit to Author: Julia Hornstein| Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 13:25:13 +0000

Canadian citizens and permanent residents can sponsor their parents and grandparents to come to Canada. If your family is approved under the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP), they will receive Canadian permanent residence and may be eligible to eventually apply for Canadian citizenship. Sponsor your family for Canadian immigration In 2021, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship […]

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How to sponsor your spouse and children for Canadian immigration

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:00:40 +0000

Canadian citizens and permanent residents can sponsor their immediate families for Canadian immigration. As the sponsor, you need to meet certain eligibility criteria. For instance, you must be at least 18 years old; have Canadian citizenship, permanent residency, or Indian status (under the Indian Act); prove that you are not receiving social assistance; and be […]

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Pilot exempting certain family members from lifetime sponsorship ban now in effect

Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 21:04:48 +0000

A new two-year pilot begins today that will allow sponsorship applications for certain family members who would normally be banned from obtaining permanent residence under Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.  The pilot concerns non-accompanying family members who were not examined and in some cases were not even declared when a foreign national applied for […]

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