Parents & Grandparents Program(PGP) 2024

[Saeidrr]

Hi All,
Inside the invitation letter, it mentions: "You must upload a digital copy of this page under the section "Additional Supporting Documents" with the Document name of "Other" in the portal.
But, before Additional supporting documents there is already a section for invitation letter! I am confused. is this invitation letter different from the one we have received?

 

[riddymon]

Hi All,
Inside the invitation letter, it mentions: "You must upload a digital copy of this page under the section "Additional Supporting Documents" with the Document name of "Other" in the portal.
But, before Additional supporting documents there is already a section for invitation letter! I am confused. is this invitation letter different from the one we have received?

I would just upload in both sections to be on the safe side. No harm in doing that. That's what I would do. I had a similar question.

 

[riddymon]

I actually have a question. I am sponsoring my parents - together we own property in Nova Scotia (purchased in 2016). I currently maintain this property and they stay there when they visit. They plan to live there full time once they receive their PR (stated in the application). I now live in Ontario with my wife (recently got married). Will that be an issue?

 

[riddymon]

Hi friends i was filling the 1344 sponsorship form there is a one question 3. are you sponsoring a member of the family class or a member of the spouse or common law partner in canada class. what should be the answer yes or No. am confused the family class thing.

Am a canadian citizen sponsoring my mother who stays in india.

This is considered a family class sponsorship

 

[fswaspirant]

Hello, we got the invitation to apply for parents PR. Is there any considerations (advantage / disadvantage) in having spouse as a co-signer ? Trying to take a simplified option.

 

[riddymon]

Hello, we got the invitation to apply for parents PR. Is there any considerations (advantage / disadvantage) in having spouse as a co-signer ? Trying to take a simplified option.

Main advantage is the dual income (if both spouses work) as meeting the financial threshold to be able to sponsor your parents would be your main blocker

 

[katie26]

Hi guys,

Questions about personal history for principal applicant- if retired for the past 10 years do they have to fill out visits to Canada for 6 months or more (visitor extension) or that would have to go under travel history ?
My mom who is a principal applicant stayed in Canada during covid and had her visitor visa extended during that time so I guess that would have to go under personal history since she stayed in Canada over 6 months but all the other 6 months visits would have to go under travel history ?
Your help is greatly appreciated!

Also if I don't remember exact dates/months but will not leave any gaps, it should be fine? They don't go into details as checking exact dates?


Thanks!

 

[riddymon]

Hi guys,

Questions about personal history for principal applicant- if retired for the past 10 years do they have to fill out visits to Canada for 6 months or more (visitor extension) or that would have to go under travel history ?
My mom who is a principal applicant stayed in Canada during covid and had her visitor visa extended during that time so I guess that would have to go under personal history since she stayed in Canada over 6 months but all the other 6 months visits would have to go under travel history ?
Your help is greatly appreciated!

Also if I don't remember exact dates/months but will not leave any gaps, it should be fine? They don't go into details as checking exact dates?


Thanks!

There's a specific section in one of the forms that asks if the prinicipal/dependant applicants were resident in another country for more than 6 months. It has to go in there..don't remember where. You put the length of her stay there and her status is a visitor. That entire stay (not just the 6 months) should go under the travel history as well.

Do the best that you can with the dates..what I would recommend is using her email (to find bookings) and cross reference those dates with the passport stamps to confirm travel. It's annoying and tedious but it works

 

[kunalkhanna]

I have two questions regarding form IMM5768:

- For question 14, I need to provide the employment history and the gross income/benefits for the three consecutive tax years. I will include a line item from January to December for each tax year to match the notice of assessment. For Jan 2024 until Present, what should I insert as Gross income? Should it be the gross income for the year or for Jan to July since it is until "present"

[KK] yes, mention your gross income from Jan to July 2024

- For Question 3A. "Number of persons included in box#3 of the Generic Application Form for Canada (IMM 0008)". I am sponsoring only my mother and I am single, so the family size is 2. If I insert the number from box #3 in IMM0008 in Question 3A, this makes the total in question 7 "total number of persons for the purpose of determining your minimum necessary income" as 3, since myself is included already in Question 1. What should I do?

[KK] In question 3A, the number of persons must be 1, since you are only sponsoring your mother. The rest of the section 3B, 4,5,6 all must be 0 so you have a total family size as 2
IMM 0008, is being filled by the principal applicant who is your mother so box 3 will have to be filled with "1" and not "2". Only your mother is to be included in the IMM00008 as the applicant you are just going to be a sponsor.

hope it helps.

 

[rajaram]

hello friends, Is there any shared spreadsheet being maintained by this forum to track status of PGSP 2020-2024 applications?

 

[kunalkhanna]

hello friends, Is there any shared spreadsheet being maintained by this forum to track status of PGSP 2020-2024 applications?

found this link on another forum

https://sites.google.com/view/pgp2019/pgp-2023

 

[xs2me]

Hi All,
Inside the invitation letter, it mentions: "You must upload a digital copy of this page under the section "Additional Supporting Documents" with the Document name of "Other" in the portal.
But, before Additional supporting documents there is already a section for invitation letter! I am confused. is this invitation letter different from the one we have received?

I only realized this instruction in the invitation letter after submitting the application I had seen this instruction when the invite first came in, made sure to keep a PDF with this page only, but at last completely forgot to upload it as "Other" while finalizing things today based on documents and checklist :'(

I am gutted rn

 

[riddymon]

I only realized this instruction in the invitation letter after submitting the application I had seen this instruction when the invite first came in, made sure to keep a PDF with this page only, but at last completely forgot to upload it as "Other" while finalizing things today based on documents and checklist :'(

I am gutted rn

Highly doubt it's a big deal if they provide a specific section for the actual document. As long as the document exists, it should be good.

 

[Greninja]

Just submitted the application yesterday ... anyone received AOR yet LOL

 

[Saeidrr]

I would just upload in both sections to be on the safe side. No harm in doing that. That's what I would do. I had a similar question.

Sounds good, I will do the same. Thank you very much