Pagtakhan: Federal Government

federal government: The government has indicated that just 5,000 applications for all of Canada will be accepted. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "Its going to be a run to get there first," said Pagtakhan. "They ve said We ll take these things first come, first served, " he said. On Thursday, the federal government reopens the floodgates a crack to a fraction of the tens of thousands of families hoping to sponsor parents and grandparents to come to Canada. "It isnt very much," said Winnipeg immigration lawyer, Reis Pagtakhan. When the federal government "froze" the program in 2011, they were receiving applications for 38,000 parents and grandparents per year, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.