Questions About SuperVisa for Parents

[chef_078]

Hey folks,

Looking for insight for anyone who has gone through the process with a parent

Looking into options for my mum to move to Canada permanently (I own a house, and can fiscally support her, but she still receives a pension which she will keep receiving post move).

We are looking into the SuperVisa as a starting point, with a hope to apply for the PPR or PR under her own application if she decides this is something she wants more permanently. (She has a house in the UK she wouldn't sell until after getting PR, and family and friends she would want to visit regularly so she still has ties to the UK for the SuperVisa).

I'm a British Citizen with Canadian PR (hopefully citizenship soon), she's a British Citizen.

Wondering about the following:

1. Once accepted into SuperVisa program, how long do you have to activate the visa? (For example I had 2 years to cross the boarder and activate my visa on a working visa, but not sure if thats a thing for the SuperVisa?)

2. Anyone done the SuperVisa before sponsoring parents for PR? The PPR wait time is like 5 years for application, so the SuperVisa seems like a good way to bridge that gap. We'd apply for the PPR ASAP, if the SuperVisa was successful

3. Which insurance companies did anyone use? Most places I have found in the UK are max duration of 31 days, so any recommendations from others?

 

[Naturgrl]

1. Supervisa is just a visitor visa for a longer stay. Activate once approved. SV is not to move permanently.
2. PGP program has not been open to new profiles since 2020. Did you submit a profile in 2020. If not, if and when it reopens expect hundreds of thousands of applications for a lottery based on a few spots. Don't expect to be selected for many years.
3. Look at Canadian health insurance companies that cater to supervisas.

 

[canuck78]

Hey folks,

Looking for insight for anyone who has gone through the process with a parent

Looking into options for my mum to move to Canada permanently (I own a house, and can fiscally support her, but she still receives a pension which she will keep receiving post move).

We are looking into the SuperVisa as a starting point, with a hope to apply for the PPR or PR under her own application if she decides this is something she wants more permanently. (She has a house in the UK she wouldn't sell until after getting PR, and family and friends she would want to visit regularly so she still has ties to the UK for the SuperVisa).

I'm a British Citizen with Canadian PR (hopefully citizenship soon), she's a British Citizen.

Wondering about the following:

1. Once accepted into SuperVisa program, how long do you have to activate the visa? (For example I had 2 years to cross the boarder and activate my visa on a working visa, but not sure if thats a thing for the SuperVisa?)

2. Anyone done the SuperVisa before sponsoring parents for PR? The PPR wait time is like 5 years for application, so the SuperVisa seems like a good way to bridge that gap. We'd apply for the PPR ASAP, if the SuperVisa was successful

3. Which insurance companies did anyone use? Most places I have found in the UK are max duration of 31 days, so any recommendations from others?

1. No activation just like any tourist visa. Can’t move on a tourist visa but she can visit as long as she can obtain and pays for supervisa insurance annually.
2. If/when the PGP program is ever opened again you will be competing with hundreds of thousands of others trying to sponsor their parents. There is no guarantee you will ever get to sponsor your mother and especially within a certain timeline. You can’t apply for PGP right away if your mother secures a superivsa. The program has not been open since 2020. IRCC has been slowly exhausting the 2020 applicant list over the past 5 years and it could take another few years to exhaust the list if they continue to operate the program as they have since 2020. The demand for parent sponsorship far exceeds the amount of spots and with healthcare under incredible strain I would expect there may be pressure from the public to reconsider whether the program is actually feasible or at least keep the yearly quota very small.
3. You need supervisa insurance not general travel medical insurance. The cost is higher because of the age of applicants and how many people actually have medical emergencies. 100k is not a lot of coverage for emergency care so some go over 100k and have to pay the rest back out of pocket.