PGP 2020

[larilcsn]

What was the average processing time at that time? do you remember that?

It still saying 20 to 24months on the website
This parents & grandparents program is very complicated and frustrating to all of us!

 

[larilcsn]

Hi I submitted the interest form yesterday. But i did not get any confirmation email till now...is anybody facing same issue?

Check your spam! Mine arrived after like 2h

 

[larilcsn]

1. No need to add cosigner details now.
2. No need to add dependent now. I think Common-law partner should be added.

Others please suggest on the 2nd point.

I believe this whole info like dependents, partners, co-signer etc will be only asked once you get selected to apply! On the form, name of the parents and/or grandparents only!

 

[YVR123]

What was the average processing time at that time? do you remember that?

You can check the spreadsheet of each year's PGP on this forum to calculate average time.
We were invited to apply on Oct 2018 (2nd round lottery) and we submitted the application early Dec. The application took roughly 15 months for passport request/COPR. It may be different for 2020 with COVID and the slight change of process (2020 NOA to be submitted later)

 

[laxsun]

My sincere thanks to you for your reply: I still have some doubts about—
1) As you said IRCC might consider aadhar card/ voter card / 10th class certificate,,,, I don’t doubt your knowledge, please don’t take any offence to this but are you certain about this, I mean you know someone who was in the same boat and was successful in the past.

Appreciate your help

If you want to be quite sure I advise you to consult an experienced Immigration Lawyer. Do not expect all the information shared here in this forum is accurate and guaranteed. We are helping each other by sharing our information.

 

[at4446]

You can check the spreadsheet of each year's PGP on this forum to calculate average time.
We were invited to apply on Oct 2018 (2nd round lottery) and we submitted the application early Dec. The application took roughly 15 months for passport request/COPR. It may be different for 2020 with COVID and the slight change of process (2020 NOA to be submitted later)

for 2018, when did the registration finish? I want to know the time difference between the time you registered and the time they invited you.

 

[ROBBEN]

It is confusing. If you are qualifying with your individual income, how come you won't qualify if you are combined. Could you please elaborate?

You can co-sign on each other's application.

Thanks for your response, I don't qualify based on my income alone, hence I need my wife to Co-sign. so does she needs to submit a different sponsorship application ??

 

[YVR123]

for 2018, when did the registration finish? I want to know the time difference between the time you registered and the time they invited you.

It doesn't matter. The registeration was at the beginning of the year. There were so many unqualified interest to sponsor forms filled and they did not have enough applications submitted from the first round of lottery picked. So they decided to do the lottery again. It was a surprised to us.

This year's time is not the same as previous years. So it's hard to "guess".

 

[YVR123]

Thanks for your response, I don't qualify based on my income alone, hence I need my wife to Co-sign. so does she needs to submit a different sponsorship application ??

She will be in your application when your interest to sponsor is picked.
She doesn't submit a different interest to sponsor just to be a co-signer.

However, if she wants to sponsor her own parents, then, yes, she should submit her own interest to sponsor form.

 

[babybenz]

What was the average processing time at that time? do you remember that?

In 2018, my parents case was processed from completed submission to Passport request (immigrant visa) was about 6 months. But we were well prepared for the details. I know there're cases get to about under 2 years as complication arose like newborn or decease; medical results needed further tests; missing documents (marriage Certificate, Birth certificate, etc...) etc... which all add up months in total.

 

[babybenz]

Hi I submitted the interest form yesterday. But i did not get any confirmation email till now...is anybody facing same issue?

When you finish the submission, did you see the confirmation screen with the Confirmation number? If you see that, it means IRCC has received your submission successfully and the email should arrive anytime onward, doesn't matter. What matter is the confirmation number that you need to check if you are selected later on. You should write down this number, and I hope it's not too late for you?
I heard email arrived late 1-2 days in the past...

 

[canuck78]

It doesn't matter. The registeration was at the beginning of the year. There were so many unqualified interest to sponsor forms filled and they did not have enough applications submitted from the first round of lottery picked. So they decided to do the lottery again. It was a surprised to us.

This year's time is not the same as previous years. So it's hard to "guess".

Don't think that was ever confirmed. Was this published? I could have also been a political move to say the Liberals accepted more applications.

 

[canuck78]

It still saying 20 to 24months on the website
This parents & grandparents program is very complicated and frustrating to all of us!

2 years for your parents to access healthcare for life is a prettt minimal price to pay.

 

[Haseeb Hassan]

Would step parent go on the interest to sponsor for or should I just put my mother on the form and put dependents and significant other if/when I get the invitation

 

[canuck78]

In 2018. Invitation letter were sent roughly 45 days after the online form close.
Parents got approval visa in about 6 months from the date of complated submitted application, assuming no medical issues and no futher complication (such as missing documents, wrong dates that need correction, etc...)

Not everyone got approval in 6 months. There is a wide range of approval times. The fastest were around 6 months.