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All invitations to apply for the 2020 Parents and Grandparents Program have now been sent out by the Government of Canada. Invitations were issued to potential sponsors of parents and grandparents who had submitted an Interest to Sponsor form during the 2020 application period. About two weeks ago, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held its PGP 2020 lottery and began sending out invitations over a ten-day period. Potential sponsors who received an invitation now have 60 calendar days to submit a complete application to sponsor their parents and grandparents. IRCC stated in a...

Canadians and permanent residents who submitted interest to sponsor forms for the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) in 2020 are currently receiving invitations from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Earlier this week, IRCC held its PGP 2020 lottery and will be issuing invitations over a 10-day period. Candidates were able to submit their interest to sponsor forms between October 13 and November 3, 2020. IRCC will look to accept up to 10,000 applications for the 2020 PGP. This is a major year for the PGP. In 2021, Canada will look to issue up to 40,000 invitations. The ...

Canada has carried out the lottery draw for the 2020 Parents and Grandparents Program. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is to notify the 10,000 sponsors selected to apply to the program over the next 10 days. The lottery selection program comes after prospective sponsors filled out the interest to sponsor form in the fall. The opening of the PGP has attracted significant controversy in recent years. IRCC has struggled to find a format considered fair by potential applicants. In 2019, it opened an online first-come, first-served process of submitting the interest to sponsor...

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is delaying its Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) 2020 immigration lottery until early 2021. The lottery was planned to take place by the end of this month, but a number of factors including the global coronavirus pandemic will cause a delay. IRCC opened the PGP 2020 expression of interest window to potential sponsors between October 13 and November 3, 2020. During this period, Canadian citizens and permanent residents could fill out a form to notify IRCC of their desire to sponsor their parents or grandparents to immigrate to Canada. A...