{"id":1705,"date":"2024-09-08T01:02:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T01:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration-services.org\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2024-09-08T01:02:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T01:02:13","slug":"canadas-parents-and-grandparents-sponsorship-program-2019-to-reopen-january-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration-services.org\/?p=1705","title":{"rendered":"Canada&#8217;s Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship Program 2019 to reopen January 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/images\/_1200x630_crop_center-center_82_none\/canadavisa-parents-and-grandparent-2018.jpg?mtime=1656366688\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">  <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Canadavisa parents and grandparent 2018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/images\/_newsThumbnail\/canadavisa-parents-and-grandparent-2018.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Canadavisa parents and grandparent 2018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/images\/_newsThumbnail\/canadavisa-parents-and-grandparent-2018.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Individuals looking to sponsor their parents and\/or grandparents in 2019 may begin the process by submitting an Interest to Sponsor form on January 28 at NOON Eastern Standard Time.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The form will be available for a limited time and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will invite potential sponsors to submit a complete application, in the order their submissions were received, until the 2019 cap of 20,000 complete applications is reached.<\/p>\n<p>This first-in, first-served approach will replace the randomized invitations process for IRCC&#8217;s Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) that was used last year.<\/p>\n<p>Canada&#8217;s Minister of Immigration, Ahmed Hussen, said the Interest to Sponsor form has been improved to include features that can help the department detect duplicate submissions and prospective fraud.<\/p>\n<h3>Who is eligible to sponsor a parent or grandparent to Canada?<\/h3>\n<p>Potential sponsors must<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident;<\/li>\n<li>be 18 years of age or older;<\/li>\n<li>support the sponsored person and their dependants financially<\/li>\n<li>meet the\u00a0minimum necessary income level\u00a0for this program by submitting notices of assessment issued by the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) in support of their sponsorship.<\/li>\n<li>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<\/li>\n<li>sign a sponsorship agreement that commits the sponsor to provide financial support for the sponsored person for up to 20 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any potential sponsors who reside in the province Quebec must also meet Quebec\u2019s immigration sponsorship requirements after IRCC approves them as a sponsor.<\/p>\n<h4><em>If you receive or have received an invitation to apply to the Parents and Grandparents Program, you may email\u00a0pgp@canadavisa.com\u00a0to learn about the next steps regarding your application.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p> Please visit:  <br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/teo-bg.com\/en\/tractors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Our Sponsor<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Individuals looking to sponsor their parents and\/or grandparents in 2019 may begin the process by submitting an Interest to Sponsor form on January 28 at NOON Eastern Standard Time.\u00a0The form will be available for a limited time and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will invite potential sponsors to submit a complete application, in the order&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-immigration-services-at-one-place"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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