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Invitations to Apply for the 2020 Parents and Grandparents Program
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has begun sending invitations to apply for the 2020 Parents and Grandparents Program. IRCC is encouraging those who submitted an interest to sponsor form in the fall of 2020 to check their email accounts regularly throughout the week.
The interest to sponsor form was available on the IRCC website from October 13 to November 3, 2020. Since then, to ensure a fair, transparent and equal opportunity for applicants, IRCC has removed duplicate submissions and randomly selected potential sponsors to invite them to apply.
The number of people interested in sponsoring their parents and grandparents always exceeds the number of applications IRCC can accept. For the 2020 program, IRCC will accept up to a maximum of 10,000 applications for processing.
Those who receive invitations to apply must submit their complete applications to IRCC within 60 days. The deadline to apply will be clearly marked on the invitation. In the event of delays in providing documentation due to service disruptions caused by COVID-19, IRCC may grant a 90-day extension upon submission of satisfactory evidence.
If you successfully submitted an interest to sponsor form, but have not received an invitation in your email inbox, please check your junk mail and make sure you’re checking the email address you provided on your interest to sponsor form.
Only those who have been randomly selected to apply will receive correspondence from IRCC. You can also check your invitation status on IRCC’s website—this information will be available after all the invitations to apply have been sent out.
You can read more about the invitation process on the IRCC website.