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Thousands of Canadians to start receiving invitations to apply to sponsor parents and grandparents

Posted on: July 22, 2025

Thousands of Canadians will soon receive invitations to apply to sponsor their parents and grandparents as permanent residents.

The 2025 intake will open for a few weeks starting July 28 for 17,860 potential sponsors who submitted an interest-to-sponsor form in 2020, according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) in a notice published online Wednesday.

IRCC said its goal is to accept up to 10,000 complete applications under the federal Parents and Grandparents Program.

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