Sponsors Your Parents for Permanent Residence
Individuals wishing to sponsor their parents or grandparents for PR will have to enter a yearly draw, and wait to be selected to apply. The quota each year is approximately 20,000 invitations. IRCC started issuing invitations to sponsor on May 21, 2023.
Once an invitation is issued, individuals will have 60 days to submit a complete application to IRCC. It is extremely important to submit an complete application. Otherwise, the application will not be accepted for processing and will be returned 4 months later for being incomplete. Individuals will lose their opportunity to sponsor on the issued invitation as the 60-day deadline window for submitting a complete application will have passed by the time the application is returned for being incomplete. These individuals will have to re-enter the draw again in following years and be lucky enough to get another invitation to sponsor.
All PR applications are now submitted electronically to IRCC.
To be eligible to sponsor:
- You must be a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident
- You must be 18 years of age or older
- You must meet or exceed the minimum necessary income (MNI) requirement for Family Sponsorship
- You must sign an undertaking agreement that commits you to provide financial support for your sponsored parents or grandparents and repay any provincial social assistance benefits paid to the sponsored family members for 20 years.
- If the sponsor lives in Quebec, an additional undertaking agreement must be signed
Sponsors must provide three Notices of Assessment from the CRA to IRCC to prove that they meet the minimum necessary income requirement.
If you do not qualify for Parental PR sponsorship because you do not meet the MNI for the 3 year period, you can apply for a Super Visa as the income required is only for 1 year and it is about 30% lower. Read more about Super Visa.
Minimum Necessary Income tables for 2023
*The below table is for all provinces except Quebec. A separate table is used for Quebec residents
| Family Members | MNI 2023 | MNI 2022 | MNI 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 persons | $44,530 | $43,082 | $32,898 |
| 3 persons | $54,743 | $52,965 | $40,444 |
| 4 persons | $66,466 | $64,306 | $49,106 |
| 5 persons | $75,384 | $72,935 | $55,694 |
| 6 persons | $85,020 | $82,259 | $62,814 |
| 7 persons | $94,658 | $91,582 | $69,934 |
| Each additional person | $9,636 | $9,324 | $7,120 |