年初移民部讓父母團聚移民的意向擔保人填寫表格，並在3月份抽選了一次。目前3月份抽中的擔保人遞交申請的日期已經截止，想必是有部分名額沒有用完。今天（7月30日）宣布會開展第二次抽籤，抽中的擔保人會在接下來幾天收到郵件。或者可以在這個鏈接搜索年初收到的確認號查看是否抽中。
去年父母團聚移民也抽了兩次，預計以後每年抽取兩次會成為常態。通常來說，第一次抽的名額會多一些，第二次只是作為補充。抽中的概率每年（兩次都算上）大概在15%-20%左右。
新生代目前採取收取少量費用幫助客戶填寫意向抽籤表格的方式簽約父母團聚移民，主要服務費用會在確認抽中後收取。
Ottawa, July 30, 2018—Family reunification is a top immigration priority for the Government of Canada. In order to meet high demand for the parents and grandparents sponsorship program, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will send a second round of invitations this week to additional potential sponsors who completed an Interest to Sponsor form earlier this year.
At the beginning of 2018, interested potential sponsors were given 30 days to fill out and submit an online Interest to Sponsor form, letting IRCC know they wanted to sponsor their parents or grandparents to come to Canada. On February 1, when the form closed, IRCC reviewed the submissions, removed any duplicates and created a randomized list of interested potential sponsors. IRCC then selected a first round of potential sponsors from this list.
Those chosen in the first round were sent invitations to submit an application the week of March 19, 2018, and received reminder emails the weeks of May 7 and May 14, 2018 to ensure that IRCC received their complete application by May 25, 2018.
For the additional invitations, IRCC will use the same randomized list to invite additional potential sponsors to submit an application. These additional potential sponsors will be given 60 calendar days to send in an application to sponsor their parents and grandparents.
It is important to note the following:
Invitations will be sent to potential sponsors beginning on July 31, 2018.
This process will continue over a few days. Anyone who submitted an Interest to Sponsor form in 2018 but has not yet received an invitation is encouraged to check their email and junk mail carefully throughout the week.
Only those who have been randomly selected to submit an application will receive an email.
As of July 31, potential sponsors can confirm whether or not they have been selected by looking up their unique Confirmation Number to compare it with the list of numbers that were randomly selected.If their number appears, they have been invited to submit their sponsorship application.
If their number doesn’t appear, they have not been selected.
If potential sponsors are not sure what their unique confirmation number is, and want to confirm whether or not they were selected to submit an application, they can:complete the Check If You Were Selected web form. We’ll respond to potential sponsors within 10 business days to let them know if they were selected or not.
Those who have a child or grandchild in Canada, and who wish to spend an extended period of time with their families in Canada, also have the option to apply for the parent and grandparent super visa, whether they are being sponsored for permanent residence or not. The super visa offers holders the option of staying in Canada for up to 2 years during each visit, whereas the regular visa provides a 6-month maximum.
