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Canada Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP) Guide- 2023
Potential sponsor invites will be consider under parents and grand parents program (PGP), aiming to receive up to 15,000 complete applications. Those invited to apply as part of the 2023 intake will continue to use the Permanent Residence or the Representative Permanent Residence. This is part of commitment to modernize Canada’s immigration system and to speed up and simplify the application process.
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Invitations will be sent by email over the next two weeks to randomly selected potential sponsors from the remaining pool of 2020 Interest to Sponsor forms.
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If you submitted an Interest to Sponsor form in 2020 and did not receive an invitation to apply as part of either the 2020, 2021 or 2022 intake, keep checking the email address you provided on that form, including your spam and junk mail folders.
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If you lost your confirmation number or no longer have access to the email address you used to submit your Interest to Sponsor form, you'll be able to retrieve your confirmation number or provide a new address once all the invitations have been sent
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If you receive an invitation to apply, you must submit your PGP application electronically through Permanent Residence Portal or the Representative Permanent Residence Portal by the deadline on your invitation
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If you’re invited to apply to sponsor your parents and grandparents, there are 2 applications
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You must apply to become a sponsor.
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Your parents or grandparents must apply for permanent residence.
Submit both the sponsorship and the permanent residence applications online at the same time.
You must submit your application by the deadline stated in your invitation to apply letter.
Step 1. Get an invitation to apply
IRCC randomly select and invite potential sponsors to apply to sponsor their parents and grandparents. For the 2023 intake, we’ll invite potential sponsors from the remaining pool of interest to sponsor forms submitted in 2020. Between October 10 and 23, 2023, we’ll send 24,200 invitations to apply to potential sponsors. Our goal is to accept up to 15,000 complete applications. If you’re invited to apply, we’ll email you using the email address you put on your 2020 interest to sponsor form.
If your email address has changed
If you’re no longer using the email address you put on your 2020 interest to sponsor form, you’ll be able to tell us your new email address using the Find your lost confirmation number page. We’ll post a link to this page on October 23, 2023.
Step 2. Fill out the application
Don’t start filling out your application unless you’re invited to apply to the 2023 intake. If you apply without being invited, IRCC
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will return your application and
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won’t refund the sponsorship application processing fee
Step 3. Pay your application fees
You need to pay processing fees for you, the people you’re sponsoring and their dependants.
Step 4. Submit your online application
Before you submit your application, make sure you
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answer all questions on the forms
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electronically sign your application (type your full name exactly as shown on your passport)
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include your processing fee receipt
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upload all the supporting documents
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upload a copy of your invitation to apply letter for the 2023 intake under the section “Required documents” in your online application
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If your application is incomplete, IRCC will send you a request letter to submit any missing documents. You’ll have 30 days to submit the missing documents.
Follow the instructions in the request letter you received for details on how to submit the missing documentation. After 30 days, if your application is still incomplete, we’ll return the application to you and it won’t be processed.
Step 5. Send additional information during processing
During processing, the person you’re sponsoring must submit their
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medical exams
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police certificates
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biometrics within 30 days of receiving the biometric instruction letter
If the people you’re sponsoring can’t give their biometrics on time
Book a biometric collection appointment as soon as you receive the biometric instruction letter to avoid processing delays. If the people you’re sponsoring can’t give biometrics within 30 days, use the web form to tell IRCC why they need more time.
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