Skynet Immigration & Consultants-Canada
3028 Danforth Avenue M4C1N2 Toronto, ON, Canada

**Parental Sponsorship Program For Permanent Residency 2018** SKYNET IMMIGRATION & CONSULTANTS (ICCRC APPROVED) Unit- 201, 3028 Danforth Avenue, East York, ON, M1K2N3 Ph: 647-9250525, Cell-6476080363 ... Email- [email protected], www.skynetimmigration.com Sponsor requirements for Parents and Grandparents sponsorship: 1. Must Be 18 years of age or older 2. Must be a Canadian citizen or Permanent Resident; 3. Minimum necessary income for this program. If married or in a common-law relationship, income of both persons can be included; 4. The sponsor and the sponsored person must sign a sponsorship agreement to provide financial support; 5. Quebec residents must sign an undertaking with the province of Quebec a contract binding the sponsorship; 6. Sponsors will have to prove that they meet the minimum income requirements by submitting notices of assessment issued by the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) for three consecutive years. Sponsor restrictions for Parents and Grandparents sponsorship: 1. Not receiving social assistance for a reason other than disability 2. Not in default of undertaking, immigration loan or debt, performance bond, support payment obligation or bankruptcy 3. Not subject to a removal order 4. Not convicted of a violent crime, an offence of sexual nature or result in bodily harm to a relative, or an attempt or threat to commit; 5. Not detained in any penitentiary, jail, reformatory or prison. Minimum Income Requirements: 2 persons $38,272 $37,708 $36,637 3 persons $47,051 $46,354 $45,040 4 persons $57,125 $56,280 $54,685 5 persons $64,791 $63,833 $62,023 6 persons $73,072 $71,991 $69,950 7 persons $81,355 $80,153 $77,879 **Parents/Grandparents Have To Count As Family Members And Add To The Total Family Members For Calculating Minimum Fund Requirement. Government benefits like child benefit, ODSP, OSAP or any other assistance will not count as family income.

Canada will raise its annual immigrant intake by about 13 per cent to 340,000 by 2020 under a multi-year plan unveiled by Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen on Wednesday. The plan will bring the country’s yearly immigration level to 0.9 per cent of the population, up slightly from its current 0.8 per cent level, in order to offset the economic effects of an aging population and low birth rate. In 2017, Canada has a population of 36.5 million people and will welcome an estimate...d 300,000 newcomers. However, the 2020 target still falls far short of the 450,000 level recommended by the federal government’s own economic advisory council as the Liberals carefully manage the often sensitive and divisive immigration file. Under its 2018 immigration plan, the government will phase in the increase over three years by raising the intake initially to 310,000 next year and 330,000 in 2019 before reaching the 340,000 target in 2020. Sixty per cent, or 48,000 of the additional spots over the next three years, will be reserved for economic-class immigrants such as investors and skilled workers. The rest will be split among refugees and newcomers in the family class spouses, parents and grandparents. The increase is to meet Canada’s ever-growing demand for skilled labour. We will continue to wisely use immigration as a tool to power our economy, Hussen told the Star in an interview. The multi-year planning will ensure predictability and stability for provinces and cities to plan ahead and do their parts. We are proud of this plan.

IRCC will invite more sponsors of foreign parents and grandparents to submit an application under the Parent and Grandparent Program. Second round of invitation has started on September 6, 2017 and will continue over a few days. Potential sponsors who were not invited to apply in the first round, which took place in April, now have a second chance of being invited to apply. This round is restricted to potential sponsors who submitted an Expression of Interest through the PGP... ‘Interest to Sponsor’ form in early 2017, but who have not yet been invited to apply. Invited sponsors will have to submit their application by December 8, 2017 in order for it to be accepted. Individuals who were invited in the first round, but who did not submit an application by the August 4 deadline, will not be invited in the upcoming round, nor will individuals who did not submit a form in early 2017. IRCC confirmed about registration to enter the PGP ‘Interest to Sponsor’ pool of potential sponsors will reopen in early 2018, allowing more potential sponsors to plan on bringing their parents or grandparent to Canada as permanent residents. Sponsors must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents, and must meet certain minimum income criteria. See more

On September 6, 2017 Express Entry Draw Invites Candidates in the Express Entry Pool with 435 or More CRS Points for Canadian Permanent Residency. A total of 2,772 candidates were invited this draw. Total number of ITAs issued so far this year to 66,549, far more than were issued in the whole of last year. More than half of all ITAs issued since Express Entry was first launched in January, 2015 have been issued in 2017. Candidates who have received ITA in this draw, they have 90 days to submit a complete application for permanent residence, including supporting documentation. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) aims to complete the processing of applications within six months.