Filipiniana News - September 2017 Latest Immigration Updates Summarized below are a few more changes which have recently been implemented by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) that may be of interest to those who have pending applications or are planning to submit one for themselves or their family members. Parent-Grandparent Sponsorship Applications Since IRCC did not receive 10,000 complete applications by 4 August 2017, it has decided to issue a second round of invitations to potential sponsors for permanent residence applications of their parents or grandparents. Please note however that these additional invitations will be taken from the same randomized list that was opened early this year. Hence, if you did not register in that list, then you will not be invited at this most recent round. The new potential sponsors will receive an email inviting them to submit an ...