Yet another reason this system is insane. There shouldn’t be this confusion and it should be very clear that only one set of parents or grandparents can be sponsored at one time. What happens is it is likely left up to the VO to interpret the rules without consistency and left up to applicants to interpret whether they can include both divorced parents during EOI. The ability for one person to be able to sponsor what sounds like 2 separate families with what sounds like 4 seniors is demographically insane. With an ageing population we are adding 4 seniors for one worker in Canada. Even if earning 250k most would not have an extra 10-15k+ in their budget if every senior needed longterm care at once and that is bare minimum. Getting old in Canada is expensive and most overestimate what is covered and what services they can expect from government.
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Yet another reason this system is insane. There shouldn’t be this confusion and it should be very clear that only one set of parents or grandparents can be sponsored at one time. What happens is it is likely left up to the VO to interpret the rules without consistency and left up to applicants to interpret whether they can include both divorced parents during EOI. The ability for one person to be able to sponsor what sounds like 2 separate families with what sounds like 4 seniors is demographically insane. With an ageing population we are adding 4 seniors for one worker in Canada. Even if earning 250k most would not have an extra 10-15k+ in their budget if every senior needed longterm care at once and that is bare minimum. Getting old in Canada is expensive and most overestimate what is covered and what services they can expect from government.
Seems logical if they are married. Not being able to submit 2 applications at once would be to ensure that each family has an equal chance of sponsoring one family unit versus some being able to sponsor multiple family units and others sponsoring none. The changes to EOI are typically referring to change in who is the primary applicant in the couple for example because primary applicant may now be deceased. Agree that IRCC should be very clear about how to deal with divorced parents, how to deal with parents and grandparents as separate units (since many consider them as one family unit), etc.
It can also be logical to only add 1 parent and add the other as spouse in the application if they are married.
If you are right, then they would not add the 2nd button to Add a parent.
And if there is, then it should also cover divorced parents scenario, not someone who is now deceased.
It's like adding father and mother names, but then they get divorced and now I got selected to apply. Giving that they got divorced but I also mentioned their names in the interest form, I can apply for both of them.
Note something, the interest form doesn't mention "principal applicant", it mentioned Parent (1) then Add a parent button.
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From https://ircc.canada.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=1329&top=14
In short, if you add 2 parents in your application (Mother + father, or Mother + grandfather, or Father + grandmother) and you get invited to apply, you apply for both of them either by adding them as spouse or separate applications if they are divorced.
In short, if you add 2 parents in your application (Mother + father, or Mother + grandfather, or Father + grandmother) and you get invited to apply, you apply for both of them either by adding them as spouse or separate applications if they are divorced.
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