Parents and grandparents sponsorship: second round of invitations to apply to start on September 6,

Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced that, by August 4, 2017, they did not receive 10,000 complete applications to sponsor parents and grandparents under the Family Class. As a result, a second round of invitations to submit an application to potential sponsors will begin on September 6, 2017.

As indicated by IRCC, the additional potential sponsors will be selected using the same randomized list that was prepared to identify the first 10,000 potential sponsors already invited to submit an application. Potential sponsors receiving the IRCC email of invite will have until December 8, 2017, to submit their complete sponsorship applications.

The second round of invitations signifies an additional opportunity for potential sponsors who were not invited in the first round. Potential sponsors who have been invited in the first round, but did not submit an application to sponsor, will not be given another opportunity to apply in 2017.

As per IRCC release, potential sponsors who are not selected to submit applications in 2017 can show their interest to sponsor their parents and grandparents again in early 2018.