Lottery System: Right Direction and Preparation Time

lottery system: However anyone who had planned on getting an application in for the Jan. 3 deadline has already spent hundreds and often thousands of dollars, as well as several months of preparation time, according to Toronto Star. This is all non-refundable money wasted. No doubt the actual change towards a lottery system is a move in the right direction as the prior system required significant expenditure on lawyers and couriers. The timing of the announcement of the change is therefore completely unfair. It seems only fair that these applicants be grandfathered and that the changed process be implemented starting in 2018. If this change was planned, would it not make sense to make an announcement a few weeks or months beforehand, rather than waiting till all the work has been already completed by individual applicants and sponsors Article Continued Below Parental sponsorship forms require original signatures from people residing in different parts of the world and translation of documents so it is unreasonable to expect that prospective applicants will have waiting till 17 days before applications are due. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.