{"id":82749,"date":"2021-01-06T11:04:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T16:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigrationca.staging.wpengine.com\/parents-and-grandparents-program-ircc-carries-out-lottery-draw-for-10000-places"},"modified":"2021-10-18T10:52:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T14:52:51","slug":"parents-and-grandparents-program-ircc-carries-out-lottery-draw-for-10000-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/parents-and-grandparents-program-ircc-carries-out-lottery-draw-for-10000-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents and Grandparents Program: IRCC Carries Out Lottery Draw For 10,000 Places"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nCanada has carried out the lottery draw for the 2020 Parents and Grandparents Program<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is to notify the 10,000 sponsors selected to apply to the program over the next 10 days.<\/p>\n

The lottery selection program comes after prospective sponsors filled out the interest to sponsor form in the fall. <\/span><\/p>\n

The opening of the PGP has attracted significant controversy in recent years. IRCC has struggled to find a format considered fair by potential applicants.<\/p>\n

In 2019, it opened an online first-come, first-served process of submitting the interest to sponsor form. However, many potential sponsors claimed they could never access the form after the program allocation was filled within eight minutes.<\/p>\n

Many argued the process favoured sponsors with better internet connections, better computers and who were more able in using a computer.<\/p>\n

In 2018, the government opened a month-long window for submitting the form, and received more than 100,000 forms for just 10,000 places.<\/p>\n

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Read More<\/b><\/p>\n

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\nCanada Delays Opening Of Parents and Grandparents Program, Blaming Coronavirus<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Do I Qualify to Sponsor My Parents and Grandparents?<\/h3>\n

Sponsors must:<\/p>\n