Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced recently that starting October 10, 2023, they will begin sending invitations to apply to 24,400 interested potential sponsors, with the goal of receiving up to 15,000 complete applications. Invitations will be sent over in the course of two weeks. PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY THOSE WHO SUBMITTED AN INTEREST

I received an email from a kababayan asking if he is eligible to sponsor his wife who is in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He currently receives disability support payments and lives in his parents’ basement. His question is if he is eligible to sponsor his wife of two years. Let us check first the definition

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that they have finished sending invitations to Apply to potential sponsors. IRCC started sending out ITAs on September 23 up to October 4, 2021. They sent out enough invitations to reach their goal of accepting 30,000 complete applications. You must check the email address you used when you

Finally, after several months of waiting Canada announced the details of the Parents and Grandparents Program for 2021. Same as in previous years, the Parents and the Grandparents Program or PGP will feature a lottery once again. IRCC will accept up to 30,000 additional applications to give Canadians and permanent residents the opportunity to bring

Parents and Grandparents Program to open on October 31, 2020 until November 3, 2020 The Government of Canada announced last October 5, 2020 the details for opening of 2020 Parents and Grandparents Program. I’m sure lots of kababayans have been waiting for this announcement since January this year. I was hoping that they would change

In July 2019, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that they would waive the application of s.117 (9)(d) in certain limited cases. Let us examine s.117 (9)(d) of IRPR- a foreign national shall not be considered a member of the family class by virtue of their relationship to a sponsor if (d) subject to

My husband’s friend who is a Canadian citizen has been living in Thailand for several years now. He got married in Thailand and now wants to Sponsor his spouse. He has lived abroad for many years where he operates a small business and has infrequently visited Canada. His question is can he sponsor his spouse

While I was enjoying my café Mocha at Tim Horton’s Westmount, a kababayan approached me and asked if she and her common-law partner are free to travel while their In-Canada spousal sponsorship application is in process. Let us examine Section 124 of the Immigration, Refugee and Protection Regulation (IRPR): A foreign national is a member