Would like to sponsor PR for my parents in India

[VedhaVyas]

Hi I am Vedh, I am a PR in Canada since 2019 and I would like to apply PR for my parents and I don't know how to apply. Someone told there is a window period like lottery that gets opened by Government and if your file gets picked you are lucky. I am not sure about this process.

Please if anyone can help me to give some info about how to apply PR for Parents , what are the checklist of documents needed and all that would be great

Thank you so much

 

[scylla]

Hi I am Vedh, I am a PR in Canada since 2019 and I would like to apply PR for my parents and I don't know how to apply. Someone told there is a window period like lottery that gets opened by Government and if your file gets picked you are lucky. I am not sure about this process.

Please if anyone can help me to give some info about how to apply PR for Parents , what are the checklist of documents needed and all that would be great

Thank you so much

Yes, parent sponsorship is managed as a lottery. We do not know if and when the lottery will re-open this year. In order to qualify to sponsor them, you need to meet the income requirements for thee years in a row through income in Canada and you'll need to provide CRA returns for 3 years to show you meet this requirement if you are selected. Full details here:

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/family-sponsorship/sponsor-parents-grandparents.html

 

[YVR123]

I replied in a different discussion...

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/how-to-sponsor-parents-with-pr.769489/post-10128533

There was a special route for sponsoring parents and most likley there will be one for 2022 as well but there is no news on the process yet.
Here is the link:
https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/results-by-topic.asp?st=14.1

This is the discussion of people who applied in 2021:
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/parents-and-grandparents-sponsorship-2021.744749/

Highlevel is that each year, there will be some kind of interest to sponsor parents and grandparents availble some time within the year.
And depending on the year, there were first come first serve or lottery system to pick people who can apply to sponsor their parents.
There was income requirement for the sponsor to meet before they can apply for interest to sponsor.
And it's based on number of people currently in your family plus number of the applicant side. (family is spouse/common law partner plus dependent children) And the income is based on your NOA of the previous 3 years (1 year for Quebec residents) and your spouse could be your co-signer so his/her income on NOA can be added to the calculation.
The above is a very highlevel info and doesn't cover all flavors of PGP over the last few years.