Government of Canada announces details for opening of 2020 Parents and Grandparents Program

The Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship has announced today that over a 3-week period, from 12 p.m. EDT on October 13, 2020, to 12 p.m. EST on November 3, 2020, Canadians and permanent residents who wish to sponsor their parents and grandparents to come to Canada will have an opportunity to submit an interest to sponsor form online.

IRCC will randomly select potential sponsors and send them an invitation to submit an application. Selected applicants will have 60 days to submit their application. In order to accommodate sponsors have been financially impacted by the exceptional circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, IRCC is introducing a temporary public policy that will reduce the income requirement for the 2020 tax year to the minimum necessary income, instead of the minimum necessary income plus 30%.

A maximum of 10,000 applications will be accepted for processing as part of the 2020 PGP intake. In 2021, IRCC will open a new intake of interest to sponsor forms to accept a total of 30,000 new applications.

Contact us today to know how you can sponsor your parents and grandparents.