Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) received more than 14,000 new parent and grandparent applications since the program re-opened on January 4, 2016.
Intake is now closed while we review the applications received. The first 5,000 complete applications received will be placed in the inventory queue.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/2016-01-07.asp
Closing of the parent and grandparent application period
