https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com Best Immigration Lawyer Vancouver, Best Immigration Lawyer Canada, Canada Immigration Lawyer | Sas & Ing Immigration Law Centre, Vancouver BC Mon, 11 Oct 2021 23:22:02 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/favicon.png https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com 32 32 https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/what-ever-happened-to-speedier-processing-times-for-parents-and-grandparents/ Tue, 13 Oct 2015 22:54:33 +0000 https://canadian-visa-lawyer.com/?p=1283 Canada's Family Class immigration program has historically allowed for Canadians to be able to sponsor their parents and grandparents. However, in November of 2011, Canada's immigration program for parents and grandparents was suspended to allow for a backlog of nearly 165,000 applications to be finalized. The Minister of Immigration introduced the "Action Plan for Faster Family Reunification" increasing processing levels from approximately 15,000 parent and grandparent applications per year to 25,000 applicants for each of 2011, 2012 and 2013. ]]>