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The Immigration Minister of Canada, Jason Kenney, made an announcement on Friday declaring that the federal government’s parent and grandparent immigration stream, that was on hold since December 2011, is now going to admit 5,000 new applications starting in January. Kenney anticipated that the long wait times and massive backlogs, which previously prompted suspension of new applications will now be cut in half by Jan. 2, 2014, hence consenting for the program’s relaunch.
He explained that the government is also unleashing a new qualifying criteria for sponsoring parents and grandparents in order to “increase the financial responsibility of sponsors to ensure they have the means to support those they sponsor, while limiting the program’s cost to taxpayers and Canada’s strained health and social programs.” Speaking more on the matter, Kenney added that “these new criteria ensure sponsored family members are well supported by their sponsors throughout their time in Canada.” Kenney alleged that Canada will continue to admit a total of 25,000 parents and grandparents as permanent residents in 2014. He confirmed that the 10-year, multiple-entry super visa will remain as an alternative to immigration.
Kenney stated that “the Action Plan for Faster Family Reunification is on track to meet the goals of cutting in half the backlog and wait times in the parent and grandparent program.” He added that “it is very important that we continue to make progress and not return to the old broken system with wait times as long as a decade. That would be unfair to families.”
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