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Visitor Visa – Super Visa – Visitor Record PGP Sponsorship2020
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I and my husband are permanent residents in Canada for the last 4 years. We have two little children. My in-laws are visiting us in Canada on a visitor record. We have extended their visitor visa already which will be expiring in mid August 2020. Can we apply sponsor them permanently or on a super visa so that we do not need to extend their visitor visa every six months?
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I think you are getting a little confused about the terminology in regards to Canadian immigration. A temporary resident visa or a super visa is only an entry document and it CANNOT be extended. The purpose of the entry document is to allow the person to present themselves to a CBSA officer for examination. Once the CBSA officer has granted the person entry, the person will get status in Canada. Now, this status can be extended over and over usually 6 months at a time. Whether you apply for a super visa or just a regular visitor visa, you will have to keep extending your in-laws stay in Canada so that they remain in status.
If you would like your in-laws to stay in Canada on a permanent basis, you would have to try sponsoring them under the PGP class. The PGP intake for the current year has not yet begun so you would have to await news from IRCC.
Until then, I would suggest you extend their status again.
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