Updates:Super Visa-Change in Length of Stay!!! Read More
Updates:Super Visa-Change in Length of Stay!!! Read More
The Parent and Grandparent Super Visa was created to replace the time-consuming sponsorship program for permanent residence, allowing family members to be reunited sooner.
From July 4,2022, with a Super Visa, the foreign national is allowed to stay for up to 5 years at a time without the need to renew their visa, and may re-enter as many times as they wish over a ten-year period according to the provisions of section 183 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR).
The ministerial instructions issued on June 7, 2022 are as follows: Pursuant to the authority found in section 15(4) of the IRPA, I, Sean Fraser, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and I, Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety, hereby issue the following instructions:
Before Entry: Officers are instructed, when assessing applications for TRVs made by foreign nationals seeking to visit their Canadian citizen or permanent resident child or grandchild in Canada for an extended period of time, that if they are satisfied that the applicant may be issued a TRV and that the applicant meets the eligibility criteria for a Parent and Grandparent Extended Stay Visa (to be known as a “Super Visa”) set out below, they should issue a multiple-entry TRV for the duration of the validity period of the applicant’s passport less one month, up to a maximum duration of ten years. In order to receive a Super Visa, the applicant must, in addition to meeting all legislative requirements for a TRV, meet the following eligibility criteria:
Have undergone a medical examination and be admissible on health grounds;
Where the applicant meets the eligibility criteria for a Super Visa and is otherwise admissible to Canada, but was issued a single-entry visa, the examining officer at the POE should treat such a visa as a Super Visa for the purpose of fixing the period of authorized stay.
At Port of Entry: When a foreign national who seeks to visit his or her Canadian citizen or permanent resident child or grandchild for an extended period of time arrives at the POE, is a holder of a Super Visa and continues to meet the eligibility criteria set out above, and is otherwise admissible for temporary residence, the examining officer should normally fix the period of authorized stay as five years pursuant to the provisions of section 183 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR).
Foreign nationals who seek to visit their Canadian citizen or permanent resident children or grandchildren for an extended period of time, and who do not require a TRV to enter Canada, will be advised by IRCC to contact a Canadian Mission abroad before departing for Canada to request a letter confirming that they have met the eligibility criteria set out above. Upon presentation of this letter at the POE, the examining officer should normally fix the period of authorized stay as five years pursuant to the provisions of section 183 of the IRPR if the applicant continues to meet the eligibility criteria set out above and is otherwise admissible for temporary residence.
To be eligible for a super visa, you must:
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