China Overseas Chinese Network, January 6th. According to a comprehensive report from the Canadian "Sing Tao Daily", the lottery for the 2020 Parent and Grandparent Sponsored Immigration Program (PGP), which was postponed due to the epidemic, has been completed and the Canadian Federal Department of Immigration has begun issuing formal applications this week The invitation of the plan.
There are still 30,000 new applications for the PGP plan in 2021.
The lottery was originally scheduled to take place at the end of 2020, but was postponed due to the global epidemic and other reasons.
The Department of Immigration Canada stated on January 5 that it will send a notice of invitation to the selected PGP sponsors in the near future. Those who submitted the sponsorship interest form in the fall of 2020 can check their email accounts regularly within this week to see if they receive it. invite.
Those who receive the invitation to apply must submit a complete application to the Department of Immigration within 60 days.
The application deadline will be clearly marked on the invitation letter.
If the delivery of the application documents is delayed due to the service interruption caused by the epidemic, the Immigration Department will grant a 90-day extension, provided that convincing evidence is submitted.
Immigration Canada reopened the postponed 2020 PGP program on October 13, 2020, and interested applicants can submit a sponsorship interest form before November 3.
In order to ensure that applicants have fair, transparent and equal opportunities, the Department of Immigration eliminates duplicate and incomplete forms.
For the 2020 PGP program, the Department of Immigration will accept up to 10,000 processing applications.
Those who submitted a sponsorship interest form in 2020 but were not selected for a formal application will have another chance this year.
There will be 30,000 new applications for the PGP plan in 2021. The relevant information and timetable will be released on the website of the Ministry of Immigration in the first half of the year.
Immigration Minister Mendicino stated in a statement to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that family reunification is a core part of Canada's immigration policy.
He also said that in view of the impact of the global epidemic, the Canadian government has relaxed the income requirements for applicants for the program and has formulated a more flexible timetable.