Grandparent Program: Sponsorship Applications

sponsorship applications: The federal government is reopening the door slightly by accepting 5,000 sponsorship applications under the new Parent and Grandparent Program in 2014. , according to Huffington Post. The sponsor of relatives hoping to immigrate to Canada must now meet new criteria to be eligible to apply, including: Canadian citizens and permanent residents wishing to sponsor foreign parents or grandparents under a special immigration program can do so beginning today. The government froze applications in 2011, to deal with the massive backlog of wait times of eight years. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.