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Sponsorship For Parents & Grand Parents

Sponsorship For Parents & Grand Parents

What is Super Visa?

Sponsorship for Parents and Grandparents

The PGP allows Canadian citizens and permanent residents to sponsor their parents and grandparents to immigrate to Canada. Parents and grandparents who are approved under this program are granted permanent residence and may later apply for Canadian citizenship.
Sponsorship for Parents and Grandparents

How to apply

If you’re invited to apply to sponsor your parents and grandparents, there are 2 applications:

  • You must apply to become a sponsor.
  • Your parents or grandparents must apply for permanent residence.
  • Submit both the sponsorship and the permanent residence applications together online at the same time.

IRCC must get your application package 60 days from the date of your invitation. The deadline is clearly marked on your invitation to apply.

Step 1. Get an invitation to apply

IRCC randomly selects and invites potential sponsors to apply to sponsor their parents and grandparents.

Lets make a call request

    Step 2. Apply online

    Do not begin completing your application until you have been asked to apply to the current year programme. This will prevent you from utilising out-of-date forms or an outdated instruction manual. The sponsorship application processing fee is not refundable if you apply but are not accepted. This year, they will accept applications through an online process from those who are invited. On its website, IRCC continually updates information regarding the procedure. You must visit its website to acquire the most recent information. The procedures to sponsor your parents and grandparents in Quebec can alter if you reside in Quebec. Assistance with your grandparents’ and parents’ applications If you want to, you must obtain authorization and submit the appropriate paperwork.
    • Prepare or assist You would be serving as their agent if you prepared your parents’ and grandparents’ applications and spoke with immigration officials on their behalf.
    • Verify the progress of their application.
    How to find out your citizenship status in Canada   To sponsor your parents or grandparents, you need
    • the date you became a Canadian citizen
    • your UCI or client ID number
    To find the date and the number, check the back of your citizenship certificate. If you don’t have your citizenship certificate, you can apply for a
    • citizenship certificate urgently, or
    • search for citizenship records urgently
    If you can’t get proof of your citizenship within the 60-day period you have to apply, you can include an explanation letter saying
    • why you don’t have it and
    • what steps you’ve taken to get it

    Step 3. Pay your application fees

    In most cases, your fees will include:

    processing fees for you, the people you’re sponsoring, and their dependents

    the Right of Permanent Residence Fee

    the biometrics fee
    You have to pay your fees online(opens in a new tab).

    Biometrics fee

    In most cases, you must pay a biometrics fee when you submit your application. If you don’t your application may be delayed. The biometrics fee covers the cost of collecting fingerprints and digital photos.

    Third-party fees
    Depending on your situation, you may need to pay third parties for

    • your medical exam
    • a police certificate

    Step 4. Send additional information during the processing

    During processing, IRCC may ask the person you’re sponsoring to submit their

    • medical exams
    • Police certificates
    • You don’t have to include police certificates when you apply. They’ll ask you for them later in the process.
    • You need a police certificate for the people being sponsored and each family member 18 or older (who isn’t already a Canadian citizen or permanent resident).
    • Police certificates are generally valid for 1 year from the date they’re issued.
    • Depending on processing times, you may be asked for new certificates.
      biometrics
    • When the biometrics fee is paid, they’ll send your family members a letter asking them to give their biometrics.
    • Your family members must show this letter when they give their biometrics.
    • They have 30 days to give their biometrics in person at their closest collection point.

    COVID-19: Changes to biometrics requirements and collection procedures
    Temporary measures have been put into place for biometrics requirements and collection procedures.

    IRCC will send instructions and let your family members know how much time they have to send this information.

    You must tell authorities of any change to your situation, such as:

    • birth or adoption of children
    • marriage or divorce
    • death of an applicant or dependant