Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will reopen its popular Parents and Grandparents Program on Jan. 2, 2018.
IRCC said the online form will be available starting at 12 p.m. EST that day. Those who wish to sponsor their parents and grandparents in 2018 must first fill out this form, which will be available until Feb. 1, 2018, at 12 p.m.
Submitting the Interest to Sponsor form is the first step in applying to the Parents and grandparents program, which allows selected Canadian citizens and permanent residents to sponsor their parents and grandparents to immigrate to Canada as Canadian permanent residents.
IRCC selects potential sponsors at random from the Interest to Sponsor submissions that it receives and invites those selected to apply to sponsor their parents and grandparents. All individuals who submitted an online form will be notified whether they have been invited or not.
Those invited to apply will have 90 days to submit a completed application, including all supporting documents.
Eligibility requirements
Only those who meet the eligibility requirements should submit the form in order to ensure the online application system’s efficiency.
In order to be eligible to sponsor one’s parents and grandparents to become a permanent resident under the Family Class, applicants must be:
• At least 18 years old.
• A Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
• Support that person and their dependants financially
• Meet the minimum necessary income level minimum necessary income level for this program by submitting notices of assessment issued by the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) in support of their sponsorship.
• Sponsors must also demonstrate they have met the minimum necessary income level for three consecutive years. If married or in a common-law relationship, the income of both persons can be included; and
• The sponsor and the sponsored relative must sign a sponsorship agreement that commits the sponsor to provide financial support for the sponsored person for up to 20 years.
Potential sponsors who live in Quebec must also meet Quebec’s immigration sponsorship requirements after IRCC approves them as a sponsor.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will reopen its popular Parents and Grandparents Program on Jan. 2, 2018.
IRCC said the online form will be available starting at 12 p.m. EST that day. Those who wish to sponsor their parents and grandparents in 2018 must first fill out this form, which will be available until Feb. 1, 2018, at 12 p.m.
Submitting the Interest to Sponsor form is the first step in applying to the Parent and grandparents Program, which allows selected Canadian citizens and permanent residents to sponsor their parents and grandparents to immigrate to Canada as Canadian permanent residents.
IRCC selects potential sponsors at random from the Interest to Sponsor submissions that it receives and invites those selected to apply to sponsor their parents and grandparents. All individuals who submitted an online form will be notified whether they have been invited or not.
Those invited to apply will have 90 days to submit a completed application, including all supporting documents.
Eligibility requirements
Only those who meet the eligibility requirements should submit the form in order to ensure the online application system’s efficiency.
In order to be eligible to sponsor one’s parents and grandparents to become a permanent resident under the Family Class, applicants must be: At least 18 years old.
• A Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
• Support that person and their dependants financially
• Meet the minimum required income for this program by submitting notices of assessment issued by the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) in support of their sponsorship.
• Sponsors must also demonstrate they have met the minimum necessary income level for three consecutive years. If married or in a common-law relationship, the income of both persons can be included; and
• The sponsor and the sponsored relative must sign a sponsorship agreement that commits the sponsor to provide financial support for the sponsored person for up to 20 years.
Potential sponsors who live in Quebec must also meet Quebec’s immigration sponsorship requirements after IRCC approves them as a sponsor.
The following chart lays out Low Income Cut-Off (LICO) figures outside the province of Quebec plus 30 percent for each of the three years.
Quebec
Sponsors living in the province of Quebec must meet different MNI figures. Sponsors are presumed capable of fulfilling an undertaking if, over the past 12 months, they have had gross income from Canadian sources equal to the total of the income appearing in Table 1 and Table 2 below. The income in both tables is indexed each year.
TABLE 1
TABLE 2
