{"id":76140,"date":"2020-03-28T20:42:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T00:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigrationca.staging.wpengine.com\/canada-delays-opening-of-parents-and-grandparents-program-blaming-coronavirus"},"modified":"2020-03-28T20:44:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T00:44:22","slug":"canada-delays-opening-of-parents-and-grandparents-program-blaming-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/canada-delays-opening-of-parents-and-grandparents-program-blaming-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Delays Opening Of Parents and Grandparents Program, Blaming Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"

2020-03-28 – Canada has delayed the opening of the 2020 Parents and Grandparents Program<\/a> as it focuses on the response to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement issued on Friday, March 27, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said it had expected to launch the call for expressions of interest \u2018in the coming weeks\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the present circumstances, however, we are prioritizing our efforts to contribute to the whole-of-government response to the pandemic,\u201d the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n

IRCC says the delayed launch should not impact when parents and grandparents arrive in Canada. It said the processing of applications is ongoing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Government of Canada remains strongly committed to family reunification, and IRCC is committed to opening the program as soon as possible,\u201d IRCC said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The opening of the controversial program had already been delayed.<\/span><\/p>\n

In December 2019, IRCC issued a statement saying the PGP would not open in January to allow more time for a new intake process to be developed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The PGP application process has been highly controversial in recent years, given the huge number of Canadian citizens and permanent residents who wish to bring their relatives here.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2019, the IRCC employed an online first-come, the first-served process for submitting \u2018Interest to Sponsor\u2019 forms.<\/span><\/p>\n

The form was available for only minutes when it went live on January 28, 2019, with many saying they were never able to see it.<\/span><\/p>\n

IRCC says 100,000 people tried to access the form at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result, Canada\u2019s federal government awarded 70 places under the program to settle two lawsuits that said the online application system was unfair<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The settlement, made in secret, saw members of the lawsuits allowed to sponsor their parents and\/or grandparents to immigrate to Canada,\u00a0according to a CBC News report<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Officials moved to change the system for 2019 in response to complaints about the lottery method used for the previous two years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under the previous method, interest to sponsor forms was submitted during a month-long window in January, with candidates drawn at random to complete full applications.<\/span><\/p>\n

Parents and Grandparents Program: 2019 Process<\/h3>\n

Please note:<\/i><\/b>\u00a0A new process is expected for 2020 applications<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Step 1: Potential sponsors indicate their interest<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Eligible potential sponsors complete an \u2018Interest to Sponsor\u2019 form to let IRCC know they wish to sponsor their parents and grandparents. The form requires potential sponsors to upload a copy of a status in Canada document.<\/span><\/p>\n

The form will remain available until a set number has been received.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 2: Invitations to sponsor are sent<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Once the interest to sponsor period ends, IRCC will review the submissions and remove duplicates.<\/span><\/p>\n

IRCC officials will then invite interested potential sponsors to submit a complete application to sponsor their parents and grandparents, in order interest to sponsor forms were received. This process will continue until the cap of 20,000 completed applications is reached.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 3: Applications are submitted<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Those who are invited to apply have 60 calendar days for IRCC to receive their complete application. Those who submit an interest to sponsor form and receive a confirmation number, but do not receive an invitation to apply in 2019, will have their form retained by IRCC for consideration in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2020-03-28 – Canada has delayed the opening of the 2020 Parents and Grandparents Program as it focuses on the response to the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement issued on Friday, March 27, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said it had expected to launch the call for expressions of interest \u2018in the coming weeks\u2019. \u201cGiven…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":76135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68467,4859,29535],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coronavirus-fr","category-lactualite-canadienne","category-parent-grandparent-news-fr","category-68467","category-4859","category-29535","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}