Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced that, starting May 21, 2024, invitations will be sent to potential sponsors to apply for their parents and grandparents to become permanent residents.
- IRCC will send 35,700 invitations over the course of approximately two weeks to those who submitted an interest to sponsor form in 2020.
- The goal is to accept up to 20,500 complete applications for the 2024 intake.
For those who aren’t invited to apply as a sponsor, their parents and grandparents may be eligible to apply for a super visa which lets them stay in Canada for five years at a time, and to apply for two-year extensions once they are in Canada.
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