Sponsorship Application: Lottery System and Immigration Office

sponsorship application: That change came into effect this week, according to CBC. CBC POLITICS Canada adopts lottery system for reuniting immigrants with family Kevork Tanielian, a citizen who came to Canada from Bulgaria in 2010, is trying to bring his mother here. Last month, the federal government announced its plan to replace the first-come, first-served application process for the family reunification program with a lottery system. He had been working to complete the sponsorship application under the old guidelines, which required that all of the paperwork be fully filled out and delivered to the immigration office on the first day of business in January. But at the last moment we were told that this is already gone. It's been like a roller coaster in a sense, because it took a tremendous amount of paperwork that needed to be completed, Tanielian told CBC Toronto's Metro Morning on Wednesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.