The Parent and Grandparent Program (PGP) of Canada are scheduled to be reopened on 3rd January, 2017. Nearly 10,000 applications will be received as and when this program opens. The program is immensely popular among permanent residents and citizens of Canada as they can sponsor their grandparents and parents to come to Canada as permanent residents.
PGP is a part of the Family Class immigration to Canada and according to the government of the country this category will become more prominent in the coming years. It is because of this reason; the intake cap under the PGP program has been doubled to what was announced in the year 2016.
This intake is almost twice of what was there in 2015 and 2014. Even though, the immigration number has been doubled for this category, it is expected that the number of people sponsoring their grandparents and / or parents will be greater that the intake cap announced.
It is expected that the intake cap will be filled within days just like the way it happened in the year 2016.
Demand More Than Supply
The popularity of PGP can be ascertained from the January, 2016 intake. As and when this program opened on January 4, the intake got filled within a period of 3 days. This means more than 5,000 applications were received for this program within three days.
As per sources more than 14,000 applications were received for this program and a total of 10,000 were retained by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Taking note of the situation, the announcement to increase the application intake for 2017 to 10,000 was taken few weeks later.
Potential applicants should note here that PGP takes applications on a first-come first-serve basis. It is because of this reason it is important to prepare the application well in advance and in the perfect manner, so that it can be accepted as soon as it is submitted.
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