Thinking about it day and night to reunite with your parents and grandparents in China? Amid the epidemic, Chinese people face many difficulties returning home. The good news is that it may just get easier for parents and grandparents to come to Canada.
Canadian MP Kyle Seeback recently proposed a new bill to support parents and grandparents coming to Canada.
The proposed changes will affect super visas for parents and grandparents. Currently, the super visa allows Canadians’ parents and grandparents to live in Canada for two consecutive years and to travel to Canada multiple times within 10 years. This visa requires the child or grandchild of a Canadian to meet minimum income requirements set by the government. It also requires parents and grandparents to purchase health insurance with a Canadian company.
Seeback is a member of the Conservative Party and a member of the Canadian Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. He introduced Bill C-242, which calls for three major reforms to the super visa.
Firstly, Seeback wants parents and grandparents to be able to stay for five consecutive years without having to renew their visas.
Secondly, the bill proposes to allow super visa applicants to purchase health insurance from countries other than Canada. Seeback said this could save families thousands of dollars a year in insurance costs.
Finally, the bill also proposes that the government lower the income threshold for Canadians wishing to host parents and grandparents. While Seeback said he believes the minimum income requirement should be eliminated entirely, he doesn't think now is the time to do it.
"The idea that bringing a parent or grandparent with you is a financial burden is wrong," Seeback said. "I actually find... that when a parent or grandparent comes, it improves the financial situation of the family... it can be Their arrival reduces daycare costs as parents or grandparents can help look after the children."
So far, the bill has passed first and second reading and is currently being studied by the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. The bill will become law only after it passes third reading and consideration by the Senate and becomes effective upon signature by the Governor.
Some committee members questioned the bill, particularly the items related to insurance. Seeback introduced the idea of allowing parents and grandparents to buy international insurance, noting that for someone in their early 70s with no pre-existing conditions, the annual cost would be between $1,700 and $4,600.
"This does not mean you can go to any insurance company anywhere in the world," Seeback told the committee. "I would encourage the minister to establish a framework of ground rules so that people can buy insurance abroad."
However, many people The fear is that if foreign insurance companies fail to cover medical bills, the responsibility will fall on Canadian taxpayers.
In response, Seeback said he was confident the government could establish a framework to ensure foreign insurance companies would cover the medical costs of super visa holders if they became ill. He noted that Canada currently has a framework for determining which international doctors can provide medical clearance, and he said insurance companies should have a similar framework.
While he said he didn't know how quickly the framework could be built, he said "it will be worth the wait."
Although the super visa makes it convenient for parents and grandparents to join the family reunion, the annual medical insurance expenditure of thousands of dollars is still a considerable expense for some families; if the (grandparents) apply for reunion immigration, this can be solved This question is because Canadian permanent residents can enjoy free medical care in Canada.
As we all know, the reunion immigration project has always been very popular. The latest data released by Immigration.ca shows that the number of new immigrants coming to Canada through the reunion program has more than doubled in the first quarter of 2022 compared with last year.
Official data shows that from January to March this year, 5,235 new permanent residents arrived in Canada’s 10 provinces through reunion immigration, an increase of 148% from 2,110 in 2021.
This number is also higher than before the COVID-19 crisis hit Canada: 4,080 immigrants came to Canada through reunion in the first quarter of 2020.
From a full-year perspective, Canadian provinces are expected to welcome nearly 21,000 reunion immigrants in 2022, up from 11,725 in 2021.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) hopes that number will continue to rise in the coming months, with an admissions target of 25,000 in 2022.
In the next three years, the number of immigrants Canada receives through reunion immigration will increase by more than one-third each year.
Ottawa’s latest immigration level plan targets 25,000 admissions in 2022, 28,500 people in 2023, and 32,000 people in 2024.
Parent Reunion Immigration Project Application Procedure
This project is very popular, and the number of applicants far exceeds the limit. IRCC uses a lottery system to issue invitations. Citizens and permanent residents must submit an expression of interest to sponsor form before an immigration application can be placed into the pool. IRCC randomly draws from the pool and issues invitations to apply. The sponsor and their parents and grandparents will then have 60 days to submit a complete application.
IRCC officials have not opened the window for submitting expressions of interest to sponsor forms since 2020, and said earlier in 2022 that they were still processing existing reunion immigration applications.
Who is eligible to sponsor a parent or grandparent?
The sponsor must:
be at least 18 years old;
live in Canada;
be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or a person registered in Canada as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act;
have sufficient funds to support the person they wish to sponsor. For people, the income in the previous three years meets the minimum income requirements. Applicants can include a co-signer on the application so that the combined income of both individuals is calculated.
The sponsor must also:
agree to sponsor the parent or grandparent for 20 years, starting from the date they are approved for permanent residence;
repay the government for any social assistance paid to the parent or grandparent during this period.
Sponsors residing in Quebec
Sponsors residing in Quebec must meet the Quebec immigration sponsorship requirements after being approved by IRCC to become a sponsor. The Ministry of Immigration, Franchise and Integration (MIFI) will also assess the sponsor's income and ask them to sign a letter of commitment.
Who can apply for reunion immigration?
Citizens and permanent residents may sponsor their parents and grandparents, who may be related by blood or adoption;
In the case of divorce or separation, the spouse or legal partner of the parents and grandparents is also eligible;
The sponsor's siblings, or half-siblings, are only eligible if they qualify as dependent children;
more than one person or a couple can be the guarantor if they meet the financial requirements.
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