The parents and grandparents program normally opens for applications in January, but won’t open as scheduled in 2020
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says the government needs time to develop a new intake process.It’s the most recent attempt by the Liberal government to overhaul the widely popular program that allows for around 20,000 parents or grandparents to be admitted each year.
The Liberals then moved to a lottery system, which was criticized for being too random, and then a first-come, first-serve online program that in 2019 saw all the spots snapped up within minutes. Instead, on Dec. 20, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino issued instructions to the department to postpone the acceptance of new applications.
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