Immigrants In Canada: Family Reunification

Parents And Grandparents Dept: The federal government's plan to cut the number of family reunification visas for parents and grandparents of immigrants from 16,000 to 11,000 a year makes fiscal sense, according to Calgary Herald. The study, entitled Elderly Immigrants in Canada -Income sources and selfsufficiency, says "elderly immigrants parents and grandparents reported the second lowest annual income of all categories prior to the 10-year mark and the lowest annual income following the 10-year mark. They also had the highest incidence of OAS and GIS/Allowance following the 10-year mark." Family reunification is a worthwhile immigration goal for Canada - but it must be tempered by economic realities. According to a study done by Citizenship and Immigration Canada in 2009, parents and grandparents are perennially at the bottom of the income-earning scale after 10 years in Canada sponsors must pledge to support immigrant relatives for three to 10 years, depending on the relative's age and relationship to the sponsor . As reported in the news.
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