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Lottery System: Canadian Citizens and Olena Stetskevych

lottery system: Canada adopts lottery system for reuniting immigrants with parents, grandparents The change is designed to make the system fair for all applicants, according to a release from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, according to CBC. Between Jan. 3 and Feb. 2, 2017, Canadian citizens and permanent residents who want to sponsor their parents or grandparents can complete an online form. Olena Stetskevych said she was planning on submitting her application this year after working the required three years in Canada but now she and everyone else who wants to submit an application will have to enter a lottery to do so. The department will then randomly pick 10,000 prospective sponsors and invite them to complete the full application. You can be lucky or not lucky.'- Olena Stetskevych Excuse me, lottery can never be fair. It's just a game. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.