Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship 2019

[usr19]

and then found out they were not even eligible

Because eligibility requirements were kept secret and only revealed after EOI submission! No wait, they just didn't do their homework and blocked some eligible applicants. I'm starting to think there should be some kind of penalty.

 

[canuck78]

Because eligibility requirements were kept secret and only revealed after EOI submission! No wait, they just didn't do their homework and blocked some eligible applicants. I'm starting to think there should be some kind of penalty.

That's not true. Eligibility requirements were released before. People don't read them.

 

[ZOYAMAN13]

That's not true. Eligibility requirements were released before. People don't read them.

Agreed. These kind of people have been messing up with the system ever since lottery system came into effect.

 

[canuck78]

Agreed. These kind of people have been messing up with the system ever since lottery system came into effect.

There are so few requirements so I don't know how people can't check in advance. I guess if you are really close to LICO you could calculate and miss a couple hundred dollars but...

 

[hellen119119]

Don't know if they will start sending out the invitations after Easter day, but they updated the webside page last Friday.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...ip/sponsor-parents-grandparents/selected.html

 

[deerestlovelybear]

Don't know if they will start sending out the invitations after Easter day, but they updated the webside page last Friday.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...ip/sponsor-parents-grandparents/selected.html

Yeah noticed that they update their website on Friday on the part of Find out if you received the invitation

 

[linsahoo]

My understanding is that if the new kid is born after the paperwork is sent, he/she will count on the year he/she was born only and you'd have to have enough income then. I am on a similar situation: currently on a family of 3 (husband, mother (divorced) and myself) but I am pregnant. So when I filled out my interest form I counted a family of 3 for 2016/17/18 and am aware that will need to have enough money for a family of 4 in 2019.
If I got this wrong, someone should speak up, please!

Just popping in from 2018 application thread. I had a baby in September last year, and I was selected to sponsor my mother to come to Canada in March. I already have another child and husband who was co-signer and applied as family of 4. I informed the CIC about the addition of a new child in October, thinking they might ask to provide updated income or what not (as I went also on EI), but they never even acknowledged my webform/email submissions or asked any more questions or proofs... So not sure how significant it was in the end.We, however, meet income requirement even with the new baby. Hope this helps.

 

[vividglider]

Timeline
Interest Form submitted: 12:05 PM
Confirmation Email received: 13:00 PM

 

[danny_scars]

Just popping in from 2018 application thread. I had a baby in September last year, and I was selected to sponsor my mother to come to Canada in March. I already have another child and husband who was co-signer and applied as family of 4. I informed the CIC about the addition of a new child in October, thinking they might ask to provide updated income or what not (as I went also on EI), but they never even acknowledged my webform/email submissions or asked any more questions or proofs... So not sure how significant it was in the end.We, however, meet income requirement even with the new baby. Hope this helps.

Thanks for sharing!! How far are you in the whole process?

 

[linsahoo]

Thanks for sharing!! How far are you in the whole process?

we are done. Submitted copy of passport (visa exempt country) to ottawa om April 1st, got copr back April 10th. Crossed border on the 18th of April. Took 11 months from start to finish.

 

[vermas]

Don't know if they will start sending out the invitations after Easter day, but they updated the webside page last Friday.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...ip/sponsor-parents-grandparents/selected.html

What changed after the update?

 

[nguyentu2001]

Line 150 AND you have to Minus any amount you receive in EI Benefits.

Please note that EI received under Special such as Mat Leave...still counts as income so do not deduct it.

 

[nguyentu2001]

I have a feeling that letters will be sent out soon

Rounds of invitations
When we invite a group of potential sponsors to submit a complete application, we call this a round of invitations. Depending on the number of complete applications we receive, we may do more than 1 round of invitations.

For 2019, we’ll invite enough sponsors to receive 20,000 complete applications.

For each round of invitations:

• We only email the selected potential sponsors. To make sure you don’t miss our email:
  • Check the same email account you used on the interest to sponsor form.
  • Check the junk mail folder to see if the email from us is there.
  • Let us know if your email address changed.
• We post your invitation status on this page.
• We announce it on our Facebook page, our Twitter account and on our website.

 

[danny_scars]

we are done. Submitted copy of passport (visa exempt country) to ottawa om April 1st, got copr back April 10th. Crossed border on the 18th of April. Took 11 months from start to finish.

OMG this is amazing!!!
Congratulations! Oh God, this is really amazing news, hope I am as lucky as you were with the processing time!!

 

[danny_scars]

What changed after the update?

The font looks different but I can't tell what information is different - wish I had a print screen to compare

*keeping fingers crossed for e-mails on May 01, 2019*