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How to bring my Parents or Grandparents to Canada

We are dedicated to helping families come together. Citizens and permanent residents are now able to bring over their parents or grandparents on a Super Visa. As of December 1 2011, you may be eligible to apply for the Parent and Grandparent Super Visa. The Super Visa could be valid for up to 10 years [...]

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Canadian Immigration Backlog Almost Reduced By Half Since 2008

According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the massive backlog of permanent resident applications has been reduced by forty per cent since 2008.  This massive backlog has been partly responsible for a number of different changes to Canada’s immigration system, namely the introduction of the SuperVisa for parents and grandparents over family sponsorship for permanent residency. [...]

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Super Visa Application Case – Study

Type of Case:  Super Visa Application for A Parent Details of the Super Visa Case: The applicant is a citizen of Pakistan who has a son who is a permanent resident in Canada. The applicant’s son recently had a new born child and as he and his wife both work very demanding and time consuming [...]

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Immigration Lawyer Michael Niren on the new Super Visa

According to Canadian Immigrant, the new Super Visa for parents and grandparents is getting mixed reviews from applicants. After the sponsorship program stopped accepting applications for parents and grandparents, the government of Canada compromised by introducing the Super Visa: A long-term visa that would allow parents and grandparents to visit their children and grandchildren in [...]

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Super Visa for Parents to be in Canada for new baby

Q. I want to apply for a Super visa. My Parents live overseas and I want them to come to Canada to be here for the birth of our baby. How can we get them here. A. Parent and Grandparents can come to Canada under the Super Visa category. Below are the requirements. To apply [...]

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Is The Super Visa Program For Parents And Grandparents A Success?

Last year as a part of their effort to clear a massive immigration application backlog, the Government of Canada announced they would not be accepting any new applications to sponsor parents and grandparents to Canada. Some of these permanent residency applications were taking up to eight years to be processed.  Instead, the Government of Canada [...]

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Canada Denying Lots of Super Visa Applications

In spring of this 2012, the Canadian government put the family sponsorship of parents and grandparents on pause, but at the same time introduced the Super Visa – a 10 year, multiple entry visa that parents and grandparents could use to come to Canada for two years at a time. However, multiple media outlets are [...]

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Supervisa Application for Canada Approved

Hi Amandine Thank you So much for all your efforts,  for my parents and brothers visa, My parents got the supervisa and my brother got the multiple entry visitors visa. I am very much relived and my family is very grateful to your law firm and wished me to express their heartfelt thanks to you all. [...]

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Super Visa Application Approved

Hi Amandine, It is with great pleasure to inform you that, my parents have received their passports along with visa stamp from Canadian High Commission until 2006.  I have asked them to send me a copy of visa stamp (thru scanning). Super-Visa Application is successfully accepted!!!! I must thank you from the bottom of my heart- the whole team [...]

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A Quick Look on Super Visa

Since December last year, the government introduced a new way to visit a family member living in Canada. With the  inception of the new visiting regulation, parents and grandparents of Canadian citizens and permanent residents can be eligible for a Super Visa for up to two years without the need of renewing a status. You [...]

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Canadian Government may continue to limit sponsorship of parents and grandparents

Options to further limit sponsorship of parents and grandparents considered Late last year, the Canadian Government put the sponsorship of parents and grandparents on hold due to a backlog of applications. Instead, they introduced the Super Visa, which is a 10-year, multiple-entry visa for temporary visits. The program is currently under review as Citizenship, Immigration [...]

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Super Visa for Parents now launched

Super Visa Applications for Parents and Grandparents Today is the day that Canada immigration gets “Super”. Super Visas for Parents and Grandparents are now effective. We wrote about the new Super Visa program here. Super Visas are Visas for Parents and Grandparents of Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents who wish to come to Canada on [...]

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