Immigration Update 2025: Canada Halts Parent/ Grandparent Sponsorships: Canada has stopped accepting new applications for Parents and Grandparents sponsorships under the Family Class stream. This Immigration Update 2025 focuses on family reunification and prioritizes the applications submitted in previous years. As per the Immigration Minister Marc Miller statement, this pause is aligns with reunification and immigration goals, because country decide to work on existing backlog.
This halt will remain effective until further notice. The announcement specify that starting January 1, 2025, no sponsorship or PR applications for parents and grandparents will processed.