Canada Gazette: Ministerial Instructions – Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
Processing of applications under the Agri-Food Immigration Class
Effective January 1. 2025, the cap on the number of applications to be accepted for processing in 2025 using online and alternate formats is 1,010.
Processing of applications for a permanent resident visa made by parents or grandparents of a sponsor as members of the family class and the processing of sponsorship applications made in relation to those applications
Effective January 1, 2025, no new permanent resident visa applications made by parents or grandparents of a sponsor and no sponsorship applications made in relation to those applications are received for processing until further Instructions are issued. Unless a new intake for the 2025 calendar year is implemented, for the 2025 calendar year, IRCC will only be accepting for processing permanent resident visa applications made by parents or grandparents of a sponsor and sponsorship applications made in relation to those applications that were received in 2024 pursuant to the conditions outlined.
Applications received in 2024
Applications received in 2024 and made in relation to applications for a permanent resident visa, which are made by sponsors’ parents or grandparents under the family class, will be accepted for processing in the 2025. Applications will be accepted into processing in accordance with the conditions established in the Instructions given on April 12, 2024, for applications received by the Department in the 2024 calendar year.
