Inviting parents as a Permanent Resident (originally came as a refugee)

[SuperBuilders]

Hi,

I'm a PR card holder, however, when I arrived in Canada I originally came as a refugee. I've had my PR card for over 2 years now. I was thinking of inviting my parents to visit but I was told by the lawyer office that my parents are going to have their visitor's visa declined due to me coming to Canada as a refugee and that I'm currently not a Canadian citizen. Originally, I wanted to wait for the Canadian Passport, however, now that all non-PR card holder days are no longer counted it's going to be quite a long wait for me. Can anyone confirm that or does anyone know someone who came as a refugee and now a permanent resident, and were able to invite his/her parents to Canada? Thanks very much.

 

[scylla]

You would be better off posting your question to the Visitors section of the forum.

 

[rajmalhotra7]

Hi,

I'm a PR card holder, however, when I arrived in Canada I originally came as a refugee. I've had my PR card for over 2 years now. I was thinking of inviting my parents to visit but I was told by the lawyer office that my parents are going to have their visitor's visa declined due to me coming to Canada as a refugee and that I'm currently not a Canadian citizen. Originally, I wanted to wait for the Canadian Passport, however, now that all non-PR card holder days are no longer counted it's going to be quite a long wait for me. Can anyone confirm that or does anyone know someone who came as a refugee and now a permanent resident, and were able to invite his/her parents to Canada? Thanks very much.

Inviting parents as visitor is separate from sponsoring your parents as a Permanent Resident. You do not invite your parents as a PR, but you sponsor them. I do not know the complexity for inviting them as visitors, as you came to Canada as refugee. However, you can certainly apply for parents immigration for Canadian PR as long as you meet income requirements.