How to Bring Relatives to Canada

1. Bringing Your Relatives to Canada Here are a few things to consider if you want to sponsor your parent or grandparent to live in Canada as a permanent resident via family reunification programs. For many new immigrants to Canada the idea of moving to a new country with no friends or family can be daunting. Luckily, Canadian permanent residents and Canadian citizens are allowed to sponsor their parents and grandparents in Canada as permanent residents under the family class.

2. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will be accepting 20,000 applications under the Family Class for parents and grandparents of Canadian citizens and permanent residents in 2019 and will also be discarding the current lottery system, in which potential sponsors are chosen completely at random. Under this system, those not chosen cannot sponsor their parents or grandparents and must submit an expression of interest for sponsorship again the following year. In 2019 the system will revert to a first come, first served basis, meaning that all permanent residents and citizens will be allowed to submit an application. The government will then process them in the order received until the yearly quota has been filled. Applications that are not included in the quota will be returned to the applicant and will not be processed. Current application fees are as follows: $1,040 CAD per applicant, which includes the sponsorship fee, government fee, and right of permanent residency fee $85.00 CAD per applicant for biometrics, if applicable Permanent Residency Once an immigrant arrives in Canada on an immigrant visa, they become a permanent resident of Canada, after which they need to meet certain criteria before they can apply to sponsor their parents or grandparents for permanent residency. These minimum criteria take a minimum of three years to achieve, as the sponsor needs to prove that they have met the low-income cut-off for their family size

3. in each of the three years preceding the date they submitted their sponsorship application; this can be proven by their Notice of Assessment from the Canada Revenue Agency. Below are the minimum incomes required based on family size for 2015, 2016, and 2017. For anyone sponsoring a parent or grandparent in 2018, they would have had to have met the minimum income requirements listed below in each of the three years. Click Here To Read The Full Aricle: https://www.myconsultant.ca/EN/Bringing-Your- Relatives-to-Canada- Visit Website: www.myconsultant.ca/