IRCC made a transformative announcement through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada on March 7, 2025, which reorganized the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP). The government initially dismissed new invitations this past year yet made a reversal in 2025 when they announced they would send Invitations to Apply (ITAs). This development creates new potential for Canadian citizens together with permanent residents who seek to petition their parents and grandparents for obtaining permanent residency. Your 2020 interest on sponsorship documents may finally lead to your success during this year. The following summary will provide all necessary information about the PGP and Super Visa and upcoming changes. What’s New with the Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship Program in 2025? A Surprising Policy Pivot The Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada through an announcement made in January 2025 decided to halt the distribution of new ITAs for PGP applications during 2025 and concentrated all efforts on 2024 applications processing. The department made a sudden shift during March 7th towards a different direction. In 2025 the department plans to send ITAs to all who displayed interest in PGP sponsorship in 2020. The Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has kept prospective sponsors on edge by postponing the announcement of exact dates. They do promise to provide more information about these dates in the near future. Who’s Eligible for the 2025 Invitations? The system modification by IRCC specifically benefits those who submitted forms to sponsor in the 2020 PGP intake group. The program has maintained its closed status for new applications by using the original pool instead. People who submitted their interest to sponsor forms during the 2020 PGP intake will get their opportunity to apply in 2025. How Does the Lottery System Work? As a matter of procedure the PGP holds its operations through random selection. IRCC extracts names from the 2020 application pool before giving out ITAs to fortunate sponsors. The selection method is random while also being unpredictable since participants cannot use any method to advance through the queue.