IRCC introduces enhancements to the super visa program for parents and grandparents!

Early this month, Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Honourable Sean Fraser announced changes to Canada’s super visa program. He said that these changes will make it easier for Canadians and permanent residents to reunite with their parents and grandparents in Canada and will allow parents and grandparents with the super visa to
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How the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) is responding to COVID-19

Finally, the Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program or AINP has posted on its website changes to application and assessment process as of April 29, 2020. AINP assures everyone that their office continues to accept and process applications, however, with temporary adjustments due to COVID-19. Submitting applications AINP will accept copies for all document types, as well
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Federal government postponed the implementation of parents & grandparents Sponsorship Program

I’m sure by now you must be wondering what happened to the parents’ and grandparents’ Sponsorship Program (PGP). January is the time of the year when we, at the office, open our computers and struggle to create the Expression of Interest profile for our clients for the parents’ and grandparents’ Sponsorship application. However, it did
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What is a Permanent Resident Travel Document (PRTD)?

I received a call from a client who is a Permanent Resident whose permanent resident card is expired and left Canada due to a sudden death in the family. I told her to submit an application for a permanent resident travel document. She never heard of a permanent resident travel document or PRTD. She then
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Supervisa- Can an application for a super visa be processed inside Canada?

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I had a question from a kababayan I met last weekend at a Filipino event. Her parents are in Canada on visitor records visiting their grandchildren. The inviters and the applicants meet all the eligibility requirements for the super visa. Before I answer the question let me provide a background of super visa. It is
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