What are the benefits of the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP)?

Credit to Author: Julia Hornstein| Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 12:00:13 +0000

If you are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, you may be able to sponsor your parents or grandparents to join you in Canada through the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP). The benefits of the PGP are that if your parent or grandparent is approved under the program, they will be granted permanent residence and […]

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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 improve Canada’s Parents and Grandparents immigration program in 2020

Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 16:03:40 +0000

January has typically marked the opening of the window for immigrants to express their interest in sponsoring family under Canada’s Parents and Grandparents Program, or PGP. However, given the challenges Canada has had managing the PGP and the recent federal election in October, it remains unknown as to when the PGP intake window will open […]

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IRCC ‘quietly’ settled Parents and Grandparents Program lawsuits, CBC reports

Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 21:30:28 +0000

The Government of Canada allowed at least 70 potential sponsors to apply to its Parents and Grandparents Program in exchange for dropping two lawsuits related to the program’s controversial expression of interest intake in January, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is reporting.  The settlement was done in secret and involved a non-disclosure agreement, CBC reports. Immigration, […]

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The race is now on to apply to Canada’s Parents and Grandparents Program

Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 18:42:09 +0000

The Government of Canada has finished issuing invitations to potential sponsors to its Parents and Grandparents Program — and those invited now have less than 60 days to submit a complete application.  Known as the PGP, the program allows eligible Canadian citizens and permanent residents over the age of 18 to sponsor their parents and/or […]

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IRCC now inviting interested sponsors to apply to Parents and Grandparents Program

Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:54:02 +0000

The Government of Canada is now issuing invitations to apply to its Parents and Grandparents Program.  Canada’s Parents and Grandparents Program allows Canadian citizens and permanent residents over the age of 18 to sponsor their parents and/or grandparents for Canadian permanent residence. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said invitations are being issued in the […]

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IRCC begins inviting interested sponsors to apply to Parents and Grandparents Program

Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:54:02 +0000

The Government of Canada is now issuing invitations to apply to its Parents and Grandparents Program.  Canada’s Parents and Grandparents Program allows Canadian citizens and permanent residents over the age of 18 to sponsor their parents and/or grandparents for Canadian permanent residence. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said invitations are being issued in the […]

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IRCC stands by Parents and Grandparents expression of interest process

Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:28:11 +0000

Canada’s Parents and Grandparents sponsorship program reopened to expressions of interest on January 28, sparking fierce competition among aspiring sponsors.   The Interest to Sponsor form for the popular program was due to go live at 12 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) accepting 27,000 submissions on a first-in, first-served basis. Completing […]

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Canada’s Parents and Grandparents Program opens briefly to expressions of interest

Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:28:30 +0000

Canada’s Parents and Grandparents sponsorship program closed to expressions of interest from eligible Canadian citizens and permanent residents after opening briefly on January 28.   Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said it would accept 27,000 Interest to Sponsor forms on a first-in, first-served basis this year as a first step in the annual application cycle […]

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Canada’s Parents and Grandparents Program: Are you ready?

Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:36:17 +0000

Canada will reopen its Parents and Grandparents sponsorship program next Monday to expressions of interest and invitations to apply to the program will be issued on a first-in, first-served basis.   This means the quicker you can get your complete Interest to Sponsor form submitted, the better your chances may be of getting an invitation to […]

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