Sponsor Someone: Guarantee Applications and First-Serve System

sponsor someone: From those, immigration officials will randomly draw 10,000 individuals who will then be asked to submit the full application within 90 days, according to National Observer. The change comes after The Canadian Press reported earlier this year that the old first-come, first-serve system was seeing couriers charge more than 400 to guarantee applications would be at the top of the pile. Beginning January 3, Canadians will have 30 days to fill out an online form indicating their desire to sponsor someone. That raised concerns that the visas were going to those who could afford to pay the high fees or camp out for hours at the Mississauga, Ont., immigration office the only place in Canada accepting the forms. The popular parent and grandparent program routinely receives thousands more applications than there are spaces. Immigration Minister John McCallum says the new system is designed for fairness. ; Were ensuring everyone can access the application process by giving them the same chance to have their name chosen, he said in a statement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.