Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced that applicants who are interested to sponsor parents and grandparents may complete an online form to express their interest to sponsor. The form will be available to be completed as of January 3, until 12 p.m. EST on February 2, 2017
Through the PGP, Canadian citizens and permanent residents may sponsor their parents and grandparents to immigrate to Canada as Canadian permanent residents. Last month, The IRCC moved from a first-come, first-served processing system on this program to an invitation-based system for the 2017 application cycle. As part of this switch, potential applicants who wish to sponsor their parent(s) or grandparent(s) are required to complete the new online form indicating their interest in the program.
New PGP ‘Interest to Sponsor’ form
Individuals looking to sponsor their parent(s) or grandparent(s) must provide the following information on the new form: • Last name(s) (also known as family name, surname); • Given name(s) (also known as first name); • Date of birth; • Country or territory of birth; • Main home address; • Postal Code; and • Email address
Once this information is provided, the potential sponsor may then electronically sign and submit the form.
Individuals completing the form are not asked to provide any information about the parent(s) or grandparent(s), they are looking to sponsor. Moreover, individuals completing the form are not asked to provide any information relating to their income, or any other financial questions. As a result, the form does not evaluate for program eligibility,
Submitting the form is not an application to the program. The 2017 PGP application package will be available as of January 9, 2017.
