Find out if you’re invited to apply
2024 intake
Starting May 21, 2024, we randomly invited potential sponsors who submitted an interest to sponsor form in 2020 to apply for the 2024 intake.
We have finished sending invitations. We sent 35,700 invitations over the course of approximately 2 weeks. Our goal is to accept up to 20,500 complete applications.
You must submit your complete application by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 2, 2024. There are no exceptions.
If you’re 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 see if you received an invitation. Answer a few questions to look up your confirmation number and find out if you were invited to apply.
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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.
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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
What does your confirmation number start with?
- A
What’s the second character?
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- B
What’s the second character?
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- C
What’s the second character?
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- D
What’s the second character?
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- E
What’s the second character?
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- F
What’s the second character?
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- 0
What’s the second character?
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- 1
What’s the second character?
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- 2
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- 3
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- 4
What’s the second character?
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- 5
What’s the second character?
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- 6
What’s the second character?
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- 7
What’s the second character?
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- 8
What’s the second character?
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- 9
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You were not invited to apply.
Confirmation numbers
- Numbers that begin with "A", followed by a number
- Numbers that begin with "A", followed by a letter
- Numbers that begin with "B", followed by a number
- Numbers that begin with "B", followed by a letter
- Numbers that begin with "C", followed by a number
- Numbers that begin with "C", followed by a letter
- Numbers that begin with "D", followed by a number
- Numbers that begin with "D", followed by a letter
- Numbers that begin with "E", followed by a number
- Numbers that begin with "E", followed by a letter
- Numbers that begin with "F", followed by a number
- Numbers that begin with "F", followed by a letter
- Numbers that begin with "0", followed by a number
- Numbers that begin with "0", followed by a letter
- Numbers that begin with "1", followed by a number
- Numbers that begin with "1", followed by a letter
- Numbers that begin with "2", followed by a number
- Numbers that begin with "2", followed by a letter
- Numbers that begin with "3", followed by a number
- Numbers that begin with "3", followed by a letter
- Numbers that begin with "4", followed by a number
- Numbers that begin with "4", followed by a letter
- Numbers that begin with "5", followed by a number
- Numbers that begin with "5", followed by a letter
- Numbers that begin with "6", followed by a number
- Numbers that begin with "6", followed by a letter
- Numbers that begin with "7", followed by a number
- Numbers that begin with "7", followed by a letter
- Numbers that begin with "8", followed by a number
- Numbers that begin with "8", followed by a letter
- Numbers that begin with "9", followed by a number
- Numbers that begin with "9", followed by a letter
If you aren’t 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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