Find out if you’re invited to apply
2025 intake
Starting July 28, 2025, we invited potential sponsors who submitted an interest to sponsor form in 2020 to apply for the 2025 intake.
We sent 17,860 invitations over approximately 2 weeks. Our goal is to accept 10,000 complete applications.
You must submit your complete application by 11:59 p.m. ET on October 9, 2025. There are no exceptions.
If you’ve been invited to apply
We sent your invitation to the email address you put on your 2020 interest to sponsor form.
Check your invitation status
Use the Check your invitation status tool below to look up your confirmation number and see if you’ve been invited to apply.
If the tool says you’ve been invited but you didn’t get an invitation
- Check your junk mail or spam folder to make sure you didn’t miss the email.
- If we couldn’t send you the invitation by email, we sent it by mail to the mailing address you put on your 2020 interest to sponsor form. Check your physical mailbox.
If you still can’t find your invitation, use the Find your lost confirmation number page to ask for a copy.
If your email address has changed or you’ve lost your confirmation number
Use the Find your lost confirmation number page to
- get your confirmation number
- get a copy of your invitation to apply, if you’ve been invited
- tell us your new email address if you’ve changed it
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If you have not been invited to apply
If you’d like your parents and grandparents to come to Canada, they may be eligible to apply for a super visa, which lets them stay in Canada for 5 years at a time.
Parents and grandparents visiting on a super visa can also apply for 2-year extensions to their stay while they’re still in Canada.
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