Canada halts applications for sponsorship of parents and grandparents
Canada halts applications for sponsorship of parents and grandparents: Important alterations to Immigration Rules in 2025
The hold will continue indefinitely until additional guidance is given by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller. Miller mentioned that this strategy is in line with the government's wider goals for immigration and family reunion.
Canada has stopped accepting fresh applications for the sponsorship of parents and grandparents for permanent residency within the Family Class category, as detailed in a directive from the minister.
The directive, released in the Canada Gazette, emphasizes the government’s dedication to family reunion while focusing on processing applications submitted the prior year.
Immigration Minister Marc Miller indicated that this strategy corresponds with the government’s larger immigration and family reunification goals. To tackle the ongoing backlog, other immigration pathways have also paused new sponsorship applications.
This hold will persist indefinitely until additional guidance is issued by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller.
The announcement in the Gazette notes, “These instructions aim to ensure that starting January 1, 2025, no new applications for permanent resident visas submitted by parents or grandparents of a sponsor, nor the related sponsorship applications, will be processed until further instructions are provided.”
While new applications for permanent residency are suspended, parents and grandparents can still submit an application for the supervisa, which is a long-term, multiple-entry visa.
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