parental sponsorship

[shanzay2]

Does any one have idea about when CIC is going to start re accepting parental sponsorship applications again ?and will there be any changes in criteria?

thanks in advance.

 

[wilson]

The chances are dim in the near future. Try Super visa.

 

[user828]

Does any one have idea about when CIC is going to start re accepting parental sponsorship applications again ?and will there be any changes in criteria?

thanks in advance.

No word yet but here is the latest excerpt from Jason Kenney - You can follow our Parents thread here - http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/parents-sponsership-joine-here-t91654.13785.html

I don't think they can just abolish the sponsorship program albeit can make it with more stringent conditions. As usual, its all speculation and supervisa is a good way to be with your folks
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Let's now look at the parents and grandparents program. First of all, I came before you in August of 2011, after the last election, where we had promised to speed up processing for permanent residency sponsorship of parents and grandparents of Canadians.

When I did so, we were looking at a backlog of 167,000 parents and grandparents, with an eight-year wait time, which is totally, completely unacceptable. Had we not taken any measures, we would be on track to a backlog of a quarter of a million parents and grandparents waiting for 15 years for us even to look at their application, totally unacceptable. Instead, I came before you again in the summer of 2011 and announced the Action Plan for Faster Family Reunification, which involved four elements.

Firstly, the two-year temporary pause in new applications; secondly, a 60 % increase in the number of parents admitted to Canada each year, going up to 25,000 admissions in 2012 and 2013; thirdly, the introduction of the new Super Visa, the 10-year multiple-entry visa for parents and grandparents; and fourthly, consultations with Canadians on how to restructure the parents permanent residency sponsorship program so that in the future it was fast and sustainable.

I can now report to you that as a result of the initial work we have done on the Action Plan for Faster Family Reunification, we have seen a dramatic reduction in that backlog, going from 167,000 to 125,000 today, going from an eight-year wait time to a five-year wait time. We will reopen that program for a limited number of new applications, based on the new criteria, in January of 2014. I stress a limited number of new applications to avoid an explosion of the backlog again.