Parents And Grandparents: Jason Kenney

Wait Time Dept: But to make up for the restriction, it is also creating a new, 10-year, special visa that will allow parents and grandparents of permanent residents to enter Canada multiple times as visitors and stay for up to two years at a time, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says the moves are part of a broader plan to cut the backlog of parents and grandparents and reduce the wait time for processing to about four years from more than eight years now and oTTAWA - The federal government is putting a two-year moratorium on immigration applications from parents and grandparents, starting immediately. At the same time, Ottawa is going to allow in far more parents and grandparents next year from the existing, very long, waiting list. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.