The beginning of the road

[ellaal]

Hi all,
I'm a canadian citizen working and living abroad. I want to go back in Canada in a year or so and start sponsorship of my parents. Here is the question - does in take less time in terms of processing times and sponsorship in different canadian provinces? What is the difference in processing times and sponsorship requirements? Thanks

 

[scylla]

All sponsorship applications are processed centrally - so it doesn't matter which province you are living in when you sponsor.

The sponsorship process has two stages. The first stage of processing (within Canada) currently takes 41 months. How long the second stage takes depends on where your parents live. See the following page for the time lines for your parents' country: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm/fc-parents.asp

 

[ellaal]

Scylla, thanks for your reply