Before you start
- Use only your own government account.
- Never share government or email credentials.
- Confirm fees, deadlines and checklists when you act.
CHANGING CONDITIONS
The 2025 parents and grandparents intake is closed and was invitation-only. New intake instructions, household-income controls and invitation rounds can change; monitor IRCC directly.
REVIEWED STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
Responsibilities, outputs and checkpoints
- 01RESPONSIBLESponsor
Record the live intake status
Read the current IRCC intake notice and record whether interest forms or applications are accepted; the 2025 intake is currently closed and was by invitation only.
- Expected output
- A dated intake-status record.
- Checkpoint
- No interest form or application is prepared as open unless IRCC formally opens a current intake.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Sponsor your parents and grandparents · www.canada.ca - 02RESPONSIBLESponsor
Document sponsor and family facts
Prepare sponsor status, residence, household, prior undertakings, family relationship and the parent/grandparent and dependant facts used by the current sponsor rules.
- Expected output
- A sponsor, relationship and family-composition record.
- Checkpoint
- Civil records support each relationship and every dependant is disclosed.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Sponsor your parents and grandparents · www.canada.ca - 03RESPONSIBLESponsor
Prepare income-period evidence
If an actual invitation permits an application, prepare the sponsor and co-signer’s current required tax/income records for the family-size and period controls shown by IRCC.
- Expected output
- A dated household-size and income evidence table.
- Checkpoint
- Live thresholds, years and household count are rechecked; FileNorth does not decide financial eligibility.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Sponsor your parents and grandparents · www.canada.ca - 04RESPONSIBLECanada
Verify and accept only an official invitation
If IRCC issues an invitation, compare its sponsor identity, interest-form details and account deadline before opening the application guide and personalized checklist.
- Expected output
- A verified invitation and application-deadline record.
- Checkpoint
- Only an authentic invitation starts the application stage and the account deadline is retained exactly.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Sponsor your parents and grandparents · www.canada.ca - 05RESPONSIBLESponsor
Submit the invited sponsorship package
The sponsor and applicants complete their current forms, civil/family, income, police, medical and checklist records; the principal applicant submits and pays IRCC directly.
- Expected output
- An invitation-linked sponsorship/PR submission, receipt and AOR.
- Checkpoint
- Every form is signed by the responsible person and submitted before the invitation deadline.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Sponsor your parents and grandparents · www.canada.ca - 06RESPONSIBLECanada
Complete requests and any Québec undertaking
Answer IRCC biometrics, medical, police or document requests and, for Québec destination, complete the separate provincial undertaking only when instructed.
- Expected output
- A complete request-response, Québec handoff if applicable and final decision file.
- Checkpoint
- A closed intake does not terminate an older invited/submitted case and no final status is assumed before IRCC’s decision.
Official source reviewed · 2026-07-13Sponsor your parents and grandparents · www.canada.ca
DOCUMENT PREPARATION SUMMARY
What this procedure organizes
- Prepare the live intake/invitation record, sponsor status/residence/prior undertakings and household count, civil relationship and dependant records, required tax/income evidence, current forms and personalized checklist, applicant identity/history, police/medical controls, receipts, AOR, requests, any Québec undertaking and final decision.