Sponsor your parents and grandparents for Canada

The Canada Parents and Grandparents Program is a government-funded immigration initiative designed to enable Canadian citizens and residents to sponsor their parents or grandparents for permanent residency in Canada, facilitating family reunification within the country. This program provides a pathway for Canadians to bring their close family members back together.

What do invited PGP sponsors need to submit after being invited?

• If you are invited to sponsor your parents or grandparents, two separate applications must be submitted:
• Your sponsorship and permanent residence applications should both be submitted online at the same time; further information can be found here on IRCC’s webpage.

Canada’s Parent and Grandparent Program (PGP)

Under Canada’s Family Class immigration category, Canadian citizens and permanent residents can sponsor their parent(s) or grandparent(s) through the Parent and Grandparent Program, commonly referred to as PGP.

Sponsoring parents and grandparents allows them to become permanent residents of Canada with all its associated benefits – this includes being free to live and work anywhere within Canada without restriction on time, sector or location, accessing publicly-funded healthcare and services as well as becoming citizens at some point down the line.

Under Canada’s multi-year immigration plan, approximately 25,000 permanent residents will be admitted each year via the PGP.

Parent and Grandparent Program Eligibility.

In order to be eligible for the Parent and Grandparent Program, both sponsors and those being sponsored must satisfy certain eligibility requirements.

Sponsors must:

• Whilst being Canadian citizens or permanent residents; Erfullung certain income requirements and support financially the sponsored persons.
• An agreement between sponsor and sponsored persons must also be in place which includes provisions that ensure it protects both parties equitably.
• Sponsors agree to provide financial support for three to 20 years depending on their age and relationship to them as permanent residents, beginning on the date they become permanent residents.
• Individuals applying to become permanent residents should make every effort to support themselves financially.

Quebec has specific requirements for participation in the Parent and Grandparent Program. Residents living within Quebec must sign an 'undertaking' with the provincial government to bind sponsorship. Once approved by IRCC as sponsors, sponsors in Quebec must also meet specific sponsorship standards set out by Quebec law.

How to sponsor your parents or grand parents to Canada?