clairebear said:
I know it would just be speculation...but what's everyone's opinion about how the parental sponsorship will be introduced? Will it be greatly reformed? I know we don't have crystal balls to see the future, but someone might have an educated guess as to what will happen?
CIC's goal is to reduce the intake of applications. The things could happen are below:
1. Giving Canadian Citizens opportunity to sponsor their parents. i.e. sponsor and co-signer both should be citizens and PR's cannot sponsor their parents
2. Banning people from sponsoring for parental sponsorship for at least 1st five years of becoming PR (I doubt this because any how these days it is taking almost 5 years for a person to become canadian citizen after becoming a PR
3. Asking for $40,000 per parent to give to Canadian Government for parental sponsorship application (Australia asks for money)
4. Banning parents with dependent children to be eligible for sponsorship.
5. Increasing the LICO requirement significantly.
6. Making sponsor support his/her parents for life - i.e parents will not be eligible for pension after living 10 years in Canada.