Ministerial Instructions 53 (MI53) and 54 (MI54): Parents and Grandparents
Effective October 6, 2022, new Ministerial Instructions for the 2022 calendar year were issued to amend the previous Ministerial Instructions that came into effect on January 1, 2022 (MI50). These instructions provide authority to accept into processing up to 30,000 applications received as part of the 2021 intake. These instructions also provide authority to invite randomly selected sponsors and receive up to 15,000 new applications as part of the 2022 intake.
Since the applications received as part of the 2022 intake will be accepted into processing in 2023, new Ministerial Instructions for the 2023 calendar year will come into effect January 1, 2023. These instructions provide authority to accept into processing up to 15,000 applications received as part of the 2022 intake.